
Shyam Benegal (December 14, 1934–December 23, 2024) was 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. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1976 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991. On 8 August 2007, he was awarded the highest award in Indian cinema for lifetime achievement, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2005. He has won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi seven times. Benegal died of kidney disease on 23 December 2024 in Mumbai and is survived by his daughter.

कोन्दुरा

Bharat Ek Khoj

सुस्मान

Sardari Begum

त्रिकाल

Bose: The Forgotten Hero

सूरज का सातवां घोड़ा

मंथन

निशांत

মুজিব: একটি জাতির রূপকার

Satyajit Ray

मंडी

भूमिका

अंकुर

वैल डन अब्बा

कलयुग

Welcome to Sajjanpur

The Making of the Mahatma

जुनून

ज़ुबेदा

मम्मो

(Fertility)

Nehru

Indian Youth: An Exploration

आरोहण

चरणदास चोर

Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India