Shyam Benegal
Film director
1934 –
Who is Shyam Benegal?
Shyam Benegal is an Indian director and screenwriter. With his first four feature films Ankur, Nishant, Manthan and Bhumika he created a new genre, which has now come to be called the "middle cinema" in India. He has expressed dislike of 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, Benegal 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 Feature Film in Hindi seven times.
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- Born
- Dec 14, 1934
Trimulgherry - Also known as
- Shyam Sunder Venegalla
- Shyam Sunder Benegal
- Parents
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Education
- Osmania University
- Nizam College
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on July 23, 2013
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