Benegal's vast cinematic canvas encompasses a rich diversity of subjects that move across time, history and geographic ...
The 55th edition of International Film Festival of India has gone off well. The line up of films is ascribed as one reason ...
To say that Benegal was a conscious communicator would be stating the obvious. To watch, listen, observe and learn from his life and works would be a master class in history communication and a ...
Shyam Benegal, a renowned Indian filmmaker known for pioneering a cinema movement that tackled social issues in the 1970s, ...
Benegal also was widely known for “Bharat Ek Khoj,” a landmark 53-episode television series based on the book “Discovery of India,” written by India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
However, these are shaped more by the makers' aesthetic and even political sensibilities than actual facts. Amidst these, Bharat Ek Khoj, a monumental telling of India's 5,000-year-old history, ...
Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal passed away on Monday at the age of 90, at Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai, after battling a ...
Benegal’s oeuvre extended beyond cinema. His epic television series, Bharat Ek Khoj, based on Jawaharlal Nehru’s ‘Discovery of India’ and ‘Samvidhaan’, chronicling the making of the ...
His documentary Satyajit Ray, Filmmaker, and televisions shows, the ambitious Bharat Ek Khoj, based on Jawaharlal Nehru's book Discovery of India and Samvidhaan, a 10-part serial on the making of the ...
He also created notable documentaries and television series, including 'Bharat Ek Khoj' (1988) and 'Samvidhaan' (2014), which focused on India's Constitution. His legacy includes a rich ...