Shyam Benegal श्याम बेनेगल
Born	December 14, 1934 (1934-12-14) (age 72)
Occupation	Film director
Awards Filmfare Awards Best Director: Junoon (1978) Best Director: Kalyug (1980)

Shyam Benegal ( श्याम बेनेगल )(born 14 December, 1934 in Alwal, Secunderabad, then a British Cantonment) is a prolific Indian director. Benegal originated what has come to be called "middle cinema". He graduated from Osmania University. He was initially involved in the advertising industry and produced over 900 advertisements before his interest turned to films. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... The Filmfare Awards ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India [1] and is sometimes referred to as the Indian Oscars. ... The Filmfare Best Director Awards is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. ... Junoon is a 1978 Hindi film produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Shyam Benegal. ... The Filmfare Best Director Awards is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. ... Kalyug is a Hindi film made in 1980, and was directed by Shyam Benegal. ... is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Alwal is a town and municipality in Rangareddi district, just north of Hyderabad city. ... , Secunderabad   is the twin city of Hyderabad, India, and is separated by the man made lake, Husain Sagar, from the capital of Andhra Pradesh. ...

Career

His film directorial debut was Gher Betha Ganga in 1962. Benegal shot to fame with Ankur 1973, which introduced Shabana Azmi, who also starred in Nishant 1975. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1976 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991. On 8th August 2007, he was awarded the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 2005. “Moving picture” redirects here. ... Aṅkur (English: ) is an Indian colour film of 1974. ... Shabana Azmi (Hindi: शबाना आज़मी, born 18 September 1950 at New Delhi, India) is one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema. ... Padma Shri (also spelt Padma Shree, Padmashree, Padma Sree and Padma Sri) is an award given by the Government of India generally to Indian citizens to recognize their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Social Service and public life. ... The Padma Bhushan is an Indian civilian decoration established on January 2, 1954 by the President of India. ...

The success that New India Cinema enjoyed in the 1970s and early 1980s could largely be attributed to Shyam Benegal's quartet Ankur (1973), Nishant (1975), Manthan (1976) and Bhumika (1977), which were artistically superior yet commercially viable films. Tapping fresh talent mainly from the FTII and NSD like Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Smita Patil, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Amrish Puri, Benegal has made several sensitive and stimulating films. Aá¹…kur (English: ) is an Indian colour film of 1974. ... A movie made in Hindi by Shyam Benegal. ... Bhumika (also known as The Role in English) is a 1977 Indian movie directed by Shyam Benegal. ... FTII can refer to: an initialism for Film and Television Institute of India a title indicating that the bearer is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Taxation, in the United Kingdom This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... Naseeruddin Shah in the role of Mirza Ghalib Naseeruddin Shah aka Nasiruddin Shah (b. ... Om Puri Om Puri (born October 18, 1950) is an Indian actor of Hindi movies. ... Smita Patil (Marathi:स्मिता पाटील) (1955 – 13 December 1986) was a leading Bollywood actress from the 1970s to the 1980s in both Hindi and Marathi cinema. ... This biographical article needs more biographical information on the subject. ... Amrish Lal Puri (Hindi: अमरीश पुरी, Urdu: اَمریش پُری, June 22, 1932 – January 12, 2005) was an Indian actor who appeared primarily in Bollywood movies. ...

Benegal is related to the famous film director and actor Guru Dutt Padukone - contrary to what is generally believed. His paternal grand-mother and Guru Dutt's maternal grand-mother were sisters. Both are nominally Konkani speaking Chitrapur Saraswats. He is also the founder of the Hyderabad Film Society and a former Ad Filmmaker. Guru Dutt (July 9, 1925 - October 10, 1964) was an Indian film director, producer, and actor. ... SHIRALI Shirali is located in the southern part of North Kanara (Uttar Kannada) district of Karnataka state and is easily accessible to the Chitrapur Saraswat devotees settled in both South and North Kanara districts. ...

With Nishant, where a teacher's wife is abducted and gang-raped by four zamindars and officialdom turns a deaf ear to the distraught husband's pleas for help and Manthan, set against the backdrop of Gujarat's fledgling dairy industry, Benegal continued to address the viewer in a strict cinematic language bereft of commercial skills. (5 lakh farmers in the state, each of whom contributed 2 Rs, produced the latter film! They came in truckloads to see 'their film' once released thereby making it extremely successful at the box office!)

Bhumika looks at an individual's search for identity and self-fulfillment. The film is broadly based on the life of well-known Marathi Stage and screen actresses of the 1940s, Hansa Wadkar who led a flamboyant and unconventional life. To quote film critic Derek Malcolm

"…What Benegal has done is to paint a magnificent visual recreation of those extraordinary days and one that is also sensitive to the agonies and predicament of a talented woman whose need for security was only matched by her insistence on freedom."

Unlike most New Cinema Filmmakers Benegal has had private backers for many of his films. Following the success of these four films, he was backed by film star Shashi Kapoor for whom he made Junoon and Kalyug (1981). The former set in the turbulent period of the Indian Mutiny of 1857 is one of Benegal's most stylish films and one which is meticulously detailed and visually arresting and one that gave him much satisfaction but Kalyug, a complex narrative based on the Mahabharat in spite of some great moments doesn't quite come off. Shashi Kapoor in Sharmilee (1971) Shashi Kapoor (born Balbirraj Kapoor March 18, 1938) in Calcutta, is one of Indias greatest actors and a member of the famous Kapoor Family (film), an influential film dynasty in Indias Bollywood cinema. ... Junoon is a 1978 Hindi film produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Shyam Benegal. ... Kalyug is a Hindi film made in 1980, and was directed by Shyam Benegal. ... An engraving titled Sepoy Indian troops dividing the spoils after their mutiny against British rule gives a contemporary view of events from the British perspective. ...

In the 1980s however with the collapse of the New Cinema, Benegal's films have not had proper releases and the 1980s also saw him turn to TV where he directed serials like Yatra (1986) for the Indian Railways, and of course one of the biggest projects undertaken on Indian Television, Bharat ek Khoj (1988) a serial based on Nehru's Discovery of India.

He is now making a film, Mahadev, an unusual mix of a sattire & a romantic comedy set in rural India, starring Shreyas Talpade & Amrita Rao. Mahadev is being produced by Chetan Motiwalla & the shooting will commence in September 2007.

Following that Shyam Benegal is directing an epic musical about love, jealousy and betrayal, inspired by George Bizet's classic Spanish opera Carmen. The story revolves around the eponymous Chamki, a beautiful gypsy girl with a fiery temper & is written by Shama Zaidi. The music is to be composed by the internationally renowned musician A. R. Rahman & lyrics to be penned by noted film writer, Javed Akhtar. Chamki, to be produced by Chetan Motiwalla, is in the casting stage & scheduled to go on floor in October 2008.

As a person, Shyam Benegal is man with varied interests and curious mind. Deep interest in life and several domains of human enquiry. The sensibility gets reflect in his cinema which have been inspired by India including different facets e.g The Portuguese in Goa in the early 1960's explored in Trikaal, The final days of Royalty in post colonial India, Rural empowerment in Manthan.

Filmography

Main article: The complete filmography of Shyam Benegal

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Awards

Shyam Benegal has won the following awards (in bold) and nominations.

National Film Awards

• 1975 Second Best Feature Film for Ankur
• 1976 Best Feature Film in Hindi for Nishant
• 1977 Best Feature Film in Hindi for Manthan
• 1978 Best Screenplay for Bhumika
• 1979 Best Feature Film in Hindi for Junoon
• 1982 Best Feature Film in Hindi for Arohan
• 1984 Best Historical Reconstruction for Nehru
• 1985 Best Biographical Film for Satyajit Ray, Filmmaker
• 1986 Best Director for Trikaal
• 1993 Best Feature Film in Hindi for Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda
• 1995 Best Feature Film in Hindi for Mammo
• 1996 Best Feature Film in English for The Making of the Mahatma
• 1997 Best Feature Film in Urdu for Sardari Begum
• 1999 Best Feature Film for Samar
• 1999 Best Feature Film on Family Welfare for Hari-Bhari
• 2001 Best Feature Film in Hindi for Zubeidaa
• 2005 Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration for Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero

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Filmfare Awards

• 1980 Best Director for Junoon
• 1982 Best Director for Kalyug

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Cannes Film Festival

• 1976 Palme D'Or for Nishant

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Berlin International Film Festival

• 1974 Golden Berlin Bear for Ankur

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Moscow International Film Festival

• 1981 Golden Prize for Kalyug
• 1997 Golden St. George for Sardari Begum

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Honours

• 1976 - Padma Shri [1]
• 1991 - Padma Bhushan [2]
• 2004 - Indira Gandhi Award. [3]
• 2006 - Dadasaheb Phalke Award [4] [5] [6]

Padma Shri (also spelt Padma Shree, Padmashree, Padma Sree and Padma Sri) is an award given by the Government of India generally to Indian citizens to recognize their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Social Service and public life. ... The Padma Bhushan is an Indian civilian decoration established on January 2, 1954 by the President of India. ... Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Hindi: ) (19 November 1917 - October 31, 1984) was an Indian politician who served as Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

External links

• Shyam Benegal at the Internet Movie Database
• Shyam Benegal on Upperstall
• BBC's Tom Brook interviews Shyam Benegal on 25th August 2006
• Awards & recognition for Shyam Benegal's films

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