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Ankur (1974): Shyam Benegal’s debut feature, and the feature-film debut of Shabana Azmi (above). She plays a married Dalit woman who has an affair with the upper-caste son of a village zamindar ...
Shyam Benegal. Known for his pioneering body of work, Shyam Benegal is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter, whose films had the unique quality of being aesthetically superior plus commercially viable. He was the man who successfully redefined ‘alternate cinema’ and helmed films like Ankur (1973), Nishant (1975), Manthan (1976) and Bhumika ...
Director: Shyam Benegal. 26. Ankur: The Seedling (1974) 131 min | Drama. 7.8. Rate. Belonging to a lower caste, Lakshmi and her deaf-mute husband Kishtayya serve the landlord's son, Surya. When Surya's young wife finds out about his affair with Lakshmi, they all find themselves at crossroads. Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Sadhu ...
May 12, 2024 · While Payal Kapadia-directed All We Imagine As Light, which is selected for its competition section, is a France, India, Luxembourg and Netherlands co-production, Shyam Benegal-directed Manthan (1976) is the earliest example of a film financed by crowdsourcing as 500,000 farmers, who were members of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing ...
In the first part of an exclusive interview with India’s greatest living filmmaker Shyam Benegal, he talks about “Mujib: The Making of a Nation,” his only fi...
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Jan 20, 2018 · Here is the list of top Shyam Benegal movies. 12. Nishant (1975) Featuring an excellent ensemble cast of Parallel Cinema actors like Shabana Azmi, Girish Karnad, Amrish Puri, Smita Patil, Anant Nag, Nishant is a landmark film about the lawlessness of rural India, the clout of Zamindars and the condition of women across all castes and classes.
The restored version of Shyam Benegal’s landmark film Manthan, starring late actor Smita Patil, made a glorious return to the spotlight with its screening at the Cannes film festival, and the ...
