Amol Palekar and Smita Patil shared screen space in Shyam Benegal's 1977 film Bhumika. The movie also starred Naseeruddin ...

At the time, Shyam Benegal had been making films for over 35 years. On being asked what inspires him after so long, the filmmaker said that he sees each film as a "process of discovery" and "a ...

Naseeruddin Shah said, "It is impossible to describe in a few words, what Shyam meant to me. I wonder what I would have become if he hadn't had faith in me when no one else did. H ...

Highlighting Benegal’s works, Tewari said that Benegal tried underlining the problems faced by women, oppressed and ...

The movie starred Shabana Azmi ... a lot like the fictional town of Madna in my film English, August. His office, Shyam Benegal Sahyadri Films or SBSF as we called it, was making feature films ...

Filmmaker Shyam Benegal, a giant of Indian cinema and one ... A man of words that will last for posterity, a creator of movies that linger forever in the collective psyche of Malayalis, Nair ...

Be it Article 15, Mulk, Swades, or Benegal’s works like Samvidhaan and Manthan, our constitutional principles have often lent ...

Another fascinating excerpt from Sangeeta Datta's book Shyam Benegal. PART I: 'Smita Didn't Want Anything To Do With Films' IMAGE: Shyam Benegal and Shabana Azmi worked together in Ankur (1974 ...

"Mr Shyam Benegal passed away at 6:38 PM at Wockhardt ... The noted film director and screenwriter behind sensational movies such as Mammo (1994), Sardari Begum (1996) and Zubeidaa (2001), among ...

NEW DELHI — Shyam Benegal, a renowned Indian filmmaker known for pioneering a cinema movement that tackled social issues in the 1970s, has died after chronic kidney disease. He was 90.

Shyam Benegal brought out the voices of underprivileged and marginalised communities, women and prostitutes through his movies, said actor and writer Atul Tewari on Saturday. He was speaking at ...