Shyam Benegal came out of nowhere and lit up the ... the social and political tensions of their time. His debut film 'Ankur' (The Seedling), a tale of sexual exploitation set against a feudal ...

Subhash K Jha, in another This Day That Year feature, he takes a look back at the fabulous satire of Shyam Benegal’s Well ...

Shyam Benegal was born in Hyderabad to Sridhar B Benegal, a prominent photographer. He was also the second cousin of the legendary Indian auteur Guru Dutt ...

Well Done Abba, Shyam Benegal’s satire on water scarcity, released in 2010. Thereafter he directed no film, not counting Mujib: The Making Of  A Nation in 2023 which is best forgotten.