The professor from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, speaks about his new book on one of India’s greatest filmmakers ...

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Shyam Benegal, the conscience keeper of Indian cinema who reflected the complexities and contradictions of Indian society like few other directors, died on Monday evening in Mumbai. Benegal had been ...

India’s most prolific director Shyam Benegal released two very dissimilar, almost antithetical films. To no one’s surprise, ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Shyam Benegal, a renowned Indian filmmaker known for pioneering a cinema movement that tackled social issues in the 1970s, has died after chronic kidney disease. He was 90. His ...

Pioneering director who played a vital role in India’s ‘parallel cinema’ movement, and used his films to explore difficult issues Shyam Benegal being interviewed during the Australian film festival in ...

Dec. 26, 2024 Shyam Benegal, an Indian filmmaker who in a career that began in the 1970s made many of his country’s best-loved films — mostly heavy-hitting features that addressed social ...

Shyam Benegal, the acclaimed Indian filmmaker who spearheaded a new wave cinema movement of the 1970s with films addressing social issues, has passed away at the age of 90 due to chronic kidney ...

FILE - Indian film directors Shyam Benegal, right, is seen during a discussion on Indian Cinema in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A, File) FILE - Indian film ...

NEW DELHI — Shyam Benegal, a renowned Indian filmmaker known for pioneering a cinema movement that tackled social issues in the 1970s, has died after chronic kidney disease. He was 90.