Shyam Benegal was a leading Indian director of nonmainstream Hindi cinema and one of its most prolific filmmakers. He was a founder of the movement of realistic and issue-based filmmaking known variously as New Indian cinema, New Wave Indian cinema, or p
Over a film career spanning more than 60 years, Benegal made many classics like “Manthan” (1976), “Bhumika” (1977), “Junoon” and “Kalyug” (1979), “Aarohan” (1982), “Mandi” (1983), “Trikaal” (1985, “Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda” (1993), “The Making of the Mahatma” (...
Benegal kept busy throughout the next three decades and more, continuing with his quest to bring to screen stories of empowered women (Mandi, 1983, andHari-Bhari, 2000), less fortunate citizens of India (Susman, 1987 andSamar,1998). He also transitioned to biopics of leaders of modern In...
Shyam Benegal (八月 25, 2006) Self Shabana! Actor, Activist, Woman (2002) (Short) - Self Smita (2001) (Short) - Self Kehta Hai Joker (1999– ) (TV Series) - Self Century of Cinema (1996) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1996) And the Show Goes On: Indian Chapter...
Focusing on the eponymous Shyam Benegal film, Sardari Begum (1996), with intermittent reference as well to his Bhumika (The Role; 1976) and Mandi (Marketplace; 1983), this essay explores the relationship of performing women to the gendered, modernizing agendas of the Indian nation-state. ...
Shyam Benegal(八月 25, 2006)Self Shabana! Actor, Activist, Woman(2002) (Short)-Self Smita(2001) (Short)-Self Kehta Hai Joker(1999– ) (TV Series)-Self Century of Cinema(1996) (TV Series)-Self(1 episode, 1996) And the Show Goes On: Indian Chapter(1996)Season 1, Episode 13-Self ...