Indian cinema faced a major loss on Monday when the news of veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal passing away came out. One of the pioneers of Indian cinema breathed his last at the age of 90 at Mumbaiʼs Wockhardt Hospital due to chronic kidney disease. As the news of his demise started doing the rounds, it…
MUMBAI: The passing of Shyam Benegal, the torchbearer of New Wave cinema, evoked a lament of loss across the film fraternity Monday night. It was Shyam Babu who discovered and mentored an entire generation of the finest natural actors including Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil and Om Puri, having fathered the parallel cinema movement…
NEW DELHI: Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal, a pioneer of Indian parallel cinema, passed away at the age of 90 at Mumbai’s Wockhardt Hospital due to chronic kidney disease. Known for classics such as Ankur, Nishant, and Manthan, Benegal’s contributions to Indian cinema left an indelible mark. As news of his death came in, tributes poured…
