A former senior fellow at the Centre for Social Studies in Surat, Chandra was one of the panelists at a session titled ...

Naseeruddin Shah's unparalleled talent and impact on Indian cinema, from his iconic roles to admiration for new actors.

Dhallywood megastar Shakib Khan starrer ‘Toofan’ was the most successful film of the year; however, his other films ‘Rajkumar’ and ‘Dorod/Dard ... Moni Kishore, Shujeo Shyam, Papia Sarwar; lyricists ...

The professor from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, speaks about his new book on one of India’s greatest filmmakers Arjun Sengupta met Shyam Benegal last year, the subject of Sengupta’s new book, which ...

Shyam Benegal, a pioneer of parallel cinema, was celebrated for his impactful films reflecting societal issues, honoring his legacy after his passing at 90. Shyam Benegal has made immense ...

The Indian film-maker Shyam Benegal, who has died aged 90, was a pillar of the “parallel cinema” movement, the informal grouping of independently minded and funded creatives whose work stood in stark, ...

And for this present situation of life, I feel grateful to Shyam Benegal. The reason for this sentiment is to be found in an interview that took place in Poona 44 years ago. The setting was the ...

Not many know this. But contemporary Hindi cinema’s celebrated filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali worked with Shyam Benegal for one and a half years. “Not as an assistant, mind you,” Sanjay ...

Shyam Benegal is the towering titan who carried his gravitas with grace. Not for him the lofty perch of the éminence grise of Indian cinema. He believed in accessibility – be it his films ...

Forty-four years after having known and worked with Shyam Benegal, I finally turned my camera on him. It was January 2023. I was asking him about his film Mandi (1984), which I had also worked on.

IMAGE: Shabana Azmi in Mandi. When Joy Bimal Roy, the late great filmmaker Bimal Roy's only son, wanted to learn film craft, he decided on Shyam Benegal as his mentor. Joy became Benegal's ...