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May 27, 2024 · Shyam Benegal's Manthan' will re-release theatrically in cities in India, including Mumbai, New Delhi, Anand, Rajkot, Chennai, Kochi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, and Chandigarh. Scroll down to know on ...
Jun 1, 2024 · Filmmaker Shyam Benegal is elated, accepting that the film never looked as good as it does today after a pain-staking restoration job. The venerated filmmaker, 89, didn’t attend the premiere at Cannes, but is reliving the grand old days of shooting the film at a small village called Sanganva near Rajkot, Gujarat, likening the experience to ‘camping’.
Jun 1, 2024 · Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal’s Manthan (1976) was recently restored by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s Film Heritage Foundation. The film, starring Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Pathak, Amrish Puri and Girish Karnad, had a special screening at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and will soon be re-released in theatres across India.
Shyam Benegal (born 14 December 1934, in Trimulgherry, near Secunderabad is 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.
Cannes, Veteran director Shyam Benegal's "Manthan", a film financed by 5 lakh farmers of Gujarat 48 years ago, made a triumphant return to the spotlight and public consciousness with its screening ...
Dec 14, 2023 · Shyam Benegal is an eminent Indian filmmaker and screenwriter, renowned for his impactful contributions to parallel cinema. His insightful storytelling and commitment to social issues have earned ...
Dec 14, 2016 · Benegal himself attributed the success of the new cinema to the existence of a demand. ‘Political cinema will only emerge when there is a need for it,’ he observed. Ankur has also been termed ...
