On the age of 12, Shyam Benegal shot a movie utilizing a digital camera introduced by his father.
New Delhi:
Chairperson of Adani Basis, Priti Adani, on Monday, stated the passing away of one of many pioneers of ‘parallel cinema’ — film-maker and Nationwide Award winner Shyam Benegal — marks the top of an period in Indian cinema, including that his legacy will proceed to encourage others.
Taking to X, Priti Adani wrote: “Shyam Benegal’s passing marks the top of an period in Indian cinema. A grasp storyteller, his movies bridged artwork and actuality, giving voice to the unheard and shaping the golden age of parallel cinema. His legacy will proceed to encourage filmmakers and cinephiles alike. Om Shanti.”
Shyam Benegal’s passing marks the top of an period in Indian cinema. A grasp storyteller, his movies bridged artwork and actuality, giving voice to the unheard and shaping the golden age of parallel cinema. His legacy will proceed to encourage filmmakers and cinephiles alike. Om Shanti 🙏…
— Priti Adani (@AdaniPriti) December 23, 2024
Shyam Sunder S. Benegal, a a number of Nationwide Award winner and among the many pioneers of ‘parallel cinema’ – with silver display screen classics like “Junoon”, “Ankur”, “Manthan”, “Zubeida” and “The Making of the Mahatma” – handed away after a protracted battle with a kidney illness, his household stated right here on Monday.
A second-cousin brother of the late legend, actor-film-maker Guru Dutt, Benegal was 90 and breathed his final at a personal hospital in Mumbai. He’s survived by his spouse Nira and their daughter Pia.
Conferred the Padma Shri (1976), the Padma Bhushan (1991), the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2005) and lots of different national-international honours, Benegal had celebrated his ninetieth birthday (December 14) with many colleagues from the movie trade current to fulfill and greet him.
The main points of the final rites are usually not but recognized.
Born in Hyderabad on December 14, 1934, Benegal belonged to a Konkani-speaking Chitrapur Saraswat Brahman lineage, along with his photographer-father Sridhar B. Benegal having roots in Karnataka.
On the age of 12, Shyam shot a movie utilizing a digital camera introduced by his father, who impressed and nurtured his curiosity in film-making which grew to become his profession for over six many years.
Later, Benegal went on to review MA (Economics), based the Hyderabad Movie Society, and later began his profession in 1959 as a copy-writer with Lintas Promoting Company in Mumbai, the place he rose to be the Artistic Head, with over 900 advert movies and sponsored documentaries below his belt.
In 1962, Benegal made his first Gujarati documentary movie, “Gher Betha Ganga” (Ganga At Doorsteps), taught on the prestigious Movie & Tv Institute of India from 1966-1973, and later served as its Chairman twice (1980-1983 & 1989-1992).
With over 70 documentaries and brief movies to his credit score and a stint within the USA, Benegal made his first full-length Hindi characteristic movie, “Ankur” (1974), that shot him to fame, bagging 3 Nationwide Awards, one other 43 national-international awards/honours.
Over a movie profession spanning greater than 60 years, Benegal made many classics like “Manthan” (1976), “Bhumika” (1977), “Junoon” and “Kalyug” (1979), “Aarohan” (1982), “Mandi” (1983), “Trikaal” (1985, “Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda” (1993), “The Making of the Mahatma” (1996), “Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero” (2005), “Welcome to Sajjanpur” (2008), “Mujib: The Making of a Nation” (2023), to call a couple of distinguished ones.
He additionally made noteworthy and award-winning documentaries, together with on India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, “Jawaharlal Nehru” (1982) and “Nehru” (1985), on the legendary film-maker Satyajit Ray, Tata Metal’s Platinum Jubilee, A Competition of India, Misplaced Childhood, and lots of extra.
Benegal created memorable tv serials like: “Yatra” (1986), “Bharat Ek Khoj” (1988), “Sankranti” (1997), “Samvidhaan” (2014), amongst a number of others.
Tributes poured in for Benegal on social media from actors, actresses, producers, administrators, his colleagues within the Indian and worldwide movie fraternity, media teams and his legion of followers and admirers.
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