Shyam Benegal
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 14, 1934, Alwal, Hyderabad, British India (now Andhra Pradesh, India)
- Died
- December 23, 2024
- Movies
- 36
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 Feature Film in Hindi seven times. Benegal died of kidney disease on 23 December 2024 in Mumbai and is survived by his daughter.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2022 | The Master: Shyam Benegal | Himself |
| 2014 | Benegal's New Cinema | |
| 2014 | The Last Adieu | Himself |
| 2012 | Celluloid Man | Self |
| 2012 | Light, Shadow, and Me | Self |
| 2011 | Pride of India: Shama Zaidi | |
| 2001 | Smita | |
| 1989 | In Search of Guru Dutt | Self - Director, Cousin of Guru Dutt |
| 1985 | Satyajit Ray | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2023 | Mujib: The Making of a Nation | Director |
| 2010 | Well Done Abba | Director |
| 2008 | Welcome To Sajjanpur | Director |
| 2005 | Bose: The Forgotten Hero | Director |
| 2001 | Zubeidaa | Director |
| 2000 | Hari-Bhari | Director |
| 1999 | Samar | Director |
| 1996 | Sardari Begum | Director |
| 1996 | The Making of the Mahatma | Director |
| 1994 | Mammo | Director |
| 1992 | Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda | Director |
| 1991 | Inner voice | Director |
| 1987 | Susman | Producer, Director |
| 1985 | Satyajit Ray | Director |
| 1985 | Trikal | Director, Screenplay |
| 1984 | Nehru | Director, Writer |
| 1983 | Mandi | Director, Writer |
| 1983 | Arohan | Director |
| 1981 | Kalyug | Director, Screenplay |
| 1978 | Junoon | Director, Writer |
| 1978 | The Sage from the Sea | Screenplay, Director |
| 1977 | Bhumika | Director, Screenplay |
| 1976 | Manthan | Director |
| 1975 | Nishant | Director |
| 1975 | Charandas The Thief | Director, Writer |
| 1974 | Ankur | Director, Screenplay |
| 1968 | Indian Youth: An Exploration | Director, Writer, Producer |
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