Shyam Benegal

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Indian filmmaker documentary filmmaker film director person screenwriter television director

Shyam Benegal is a renowned Indian film director and screenwriter, widely regarded as a pioneer of parallel cinema and known for his socially conscious and critically acclaimed works.

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Shyam Benegal canonical 10
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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian filmmaker ⓘ
documentary filmmaker ⓘ
film director ⓘ
person ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
television director ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1960s ⓘ
almaMater Osmania University ⓘ
awardReceived Dadasaheb Phalke Award ⓘ
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi ⓘ
Padma Bhushan ⓘ
Padma Shri ⓘ
basedIn Mumbai ⓘ
country India ⓘ
countryOfBirth India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-12-14 ⓘ
directed Ankur ⓘ
The Discovery of India ⓘ
surface form: Bharat Ek Khoj

Bhumika ⓘ
Bose: The Forgotten Hero ⓘ
Junoon ⓘ
Mandi ⓘ
Manthan ⓘ
Nishant ⓘ
Welcome to Sajjanpur ⓘ
Well Done Abba ⓘ
Zubeidaa ⓘ
educatedAt Osmania University ⓘ
familyName Benegal ⓘ
fieldOfWork film direction ⓘ
parallel cinema ⓘ
screenwriting ⓘ
fullName Shyam Benegal self-link ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
social realist film ⓘ
givenName Shyam ⓘ
hasInfluenced Indian parallel cinema ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Telugu ⓘ
movement Indian parallel cinema ⓘ
nationality Indian ⓘ
notableFor pioneering Indian parallel cinema ⓘ
socially conscious films ⓘ
notableWork Ankur ⓘ
Bhumika ⓘ
Bose: The Forgotten Hero ⓘ
Junoon ⓘ
Kalyug ⓘ
Kondura ⓘ
Mammo ⓘ
Mandi ⓘ
Manthan ⓘ
Nishant ⓘ
Samar ⓘ
Sardari Begum ⓘ
Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda ⓘ
Trikaal ⓘ
Welcome to Sajjanpur ⓘ
Well Done Abba ⓘ
Zubeidaa ⓘ
television series Bharat Ek Khoj ⓘ
occupation documentary filmmaker ⓘ
film director ⓘ
producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Secunderabad ⓘ
Trimulgherry ⓘ
positionHeld Member of Rajya Sabha ⓘ
relative Guru Dutt ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
spouse Nira Benegal ⓘ
workFocus rural life in India ⓘ
social issues in India ⓘ
women’s experiences in Indian society ⓘ

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The Discovery of India → adaptationDirector → Shyam Benegal ⓘ
Osmania University → notableAlumni → Shyam Benegal ⓘ
Shyam Benegal → fullName → Shyam Benegal self-link ⓘ
Manthan → director → Shyam Benegal ⓘ
Manthan → producer → Shyam Benegal ⓘ
Nishant → director → Shyam Benegal ⓘ
Indian parallel cinema → notableDirector → Shyam Benegal ⓘ
National Film Award for Best Direction → notableRecipient → Shyam Benegal ⓘ
Victor Banerjee → workedWith → Shyam Benegal ⓘ
Rohini Hattangadi → notableWork → Shyam Benegal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shyam Benegal films
Rohini Hattangadi → hasWorkedWith → Shyam Benegal ⓘ