Shyam Benegal
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-12-14 (90 years old)
Deathday
2024-12-23
Place of Birth
Alwal, Hyderabad, British India (now Andhra Pradesh, India)
Also known As
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Shyam Benegal
Biography
Shyam Benegal (December 14, 1934–December 23, 2024) was a prolific Indian director and screenwriter. With his first four feature films Ankur (1973), Nishant (1975), Manthan (1976), and Bhumika (1977) he created a new genre, which has now come to be called the "middle cinema" in India although he himself has expressed dislike in the term preferring his work to be called New or Alternate cinema. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1976 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991. On 8 August 2007, he was awarded the highest award in Indian cinema for lifetime achievement, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2005. He has won the National Film Award for Best...
Acting
1989
as Self - Director, Cousin of Guru Dutt
2014
as Himself
2001
2012
as Self
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as Himself
Production
2008
as Director
1968
as Director
1968
as Writer
1968
as Producer
1984
as Script
1984
as Director
1977
as Screenplay
1977
as Director
2005
1992
as Director
1983
as Director
1974
as Director
1996
as Director
1975
as Director
1978
as Director
1981
as Writer
1978
as Writer
1981
as Director
1976
as Director
1976
as Story
1994
as Director
2001
as Director
1985
as Director
1983
as Director
1996
as Director
1985
as Director
1983
as Writer
1987
as Producer
2000
as Script Consultant
1978
as Screenplay
1999
as Director
2000
as Director
1974
as Screenplay
2008
as Story
1985
as Story
1985
as Screenplay
1975
as Director
1978
as Director
1975
as Writer
2010
as Director
2023
as Director
1987
as Director
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