At the age of 90, Shyam Benegal, the renowned Indian filmmaker, passed away in Mumbai on December 23, 2024 due to chronic ...

Benegal’s influences were wide-ranging ... He is survived by his wife, Nira Mukerji, and daughter, Pia.

Shabana with Shyam Babu's wife Nira Benegal (in white sari) and daughter Pia Benegal, left. Ila Arun arrives with K K Raina. Ila worked with Shyam Babu in Mandi, Trikaal, Suraj Ka Satwan Ghoda ...

He is survived by wife Nira and daughter Pia. Azmi, who made her acting debut with Benegal's first feature film "Ankur" in 1974, said the filmmaker was her mentor, "although a reluctant one".

He was 90. His daughter, Pia Benegal, told the Press Trust of India, a news agency, that he died in a hospital of chronic kidney disease. Mr. Benegal worked nonstop from the 1950s, when he ...

Benegal is survived by his wife Nira Benegal, a publisher, and daughter Pia Benegal, a costume designer. Born in Hyderabad on December 14, 1934, Benegal, a relative of late actor-filmmaker Guru Dutt, ...

Benegal's contemporaries, colleagues, and younger generations of artists joined his wife, Nira, and daughter, Pia, to pay their final respects to the legendary filmmaker, whose works poignantly ...

his daughter Pia Benegal told news agency PTI. He was 90. Benegal’s strongest cinematic influence came not from his cousin Guru Dutt’s emotion-saturated movies but from Satyajit Ray’s cinema ...

Benegal’s wife, Nira, and daughter, Pia, were joined by his contemporaries, colleagues, and a younger generation of actors and artists in paying their respects. Among those present were actors ...

Benegal's cinema contemporaries, colleagues and younger generations of actors and artists accompanied wife Nira and daughter Pia in paying their last respects to the icon, whose movies captured the ...

The statement, signed by Shyam Benegal's wife Nira Benegal and daughter Pia Benegal, read that the funeral will begin at 2 PM at Shivaji Park Electric Crematorium. Shabana Azmi via Instagram Stories.

Nira’s contributions to Benegal’s films were significant, as she designed costumes for several of his projects. The couple’s creative legacy is carried forward by their daughter, Pia Benegal, who has ...