The professor from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, speaks about his new book on one of India’s greatest filmmakers ...
Shyam Benegal, one of India’s greatest filmmakers who was a prominent ... Benegal, burst on the scene with Ankur in 1974. Real, poetic, genuine and disturbing, Ankur also marked the debut of actors ...
Filmmaker Shyam Benegal, who passed away at 90 on December ... With cinematography from Govind Nihalani and Kamath Ghanekar, Ankur clinched three National Film Awards, including the Second Best ...
Shyam Benegal (December 14 ... we present a list of the best films directed by the revered filmmaker. Ankur (1974) ...
Benegal’s debut film is a landmark in Indian parallel cinema. Ankur is a searing portrayal of caste and gender inequality in rural India, revolving around a landlord's illicit relationship with ...
He was 90. Shyam Benegal, celebrated for poignant and hard-hitting films like Ankur, Nishant, Mandi, Manthan and Zubeidaa, examined the main fault lines of Indian society, tackling issues of ...
I find his sense of history astounding, not just history of film, but of life in general.' Another fascinating excerpt from ...
Pioneering director who played a vital role in India’s ‘parallel cinema’ movement, and used his films to explore difficult ...
I don't think Waheeda had the confidence that I could pull it off, so she said no.' IMAGE: Shabana Azmi in Ankur. Shyam Benegal started his film career with the brilliant Ankur. The 1974 film not ...
Pioneering Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal died Monday in Mumbai following ... a move into feature films in the early 1970s. His first, Ankur (The Seedling), starred Anant Nag and Shabana Azmi ...
The seminar room at the Guruswamy Centre was packed to capacity recently, as Hyderabadis gathered to celebrate the life and ...