Shyam Benegal Films; The journey of great films that took cinema to new heights and their memorable legacy

Shyam Benegal is the subject of a lot of discussions at this time because he was known as a very famous film director and story writer, although his very best films have been seen in Bollywood, which he has also received a very good award for this work by the government. His career ends on 23 December 2024 at the age of 90.

Many people are also searching about his film that what kind of film he has created or directed in which he has received such a good award, where many big awards are also seen in his name. Let us tell you that he died on 23 December at 6:00 pm, which according to the report, the death reason is being told that he had kidney disease and that has become the cause of his death.

who is shyam benegal

Shyam Benegal is known as a famous director and story writer in Hindi films, where he has provided the industry with very popular films like Ankur Nishant Manthan and Bhumika, which has taken cinema even further. Let us tell you that he got the Padma Shri Award in 1976 and was honored with the Padma Bhushan Award in 1991. In this way, he was given awards by the government. Apart from this, he has also received many Filmfare Awards,

which he has received for Best Director and Best Story Writer. He was born on 14 December 1934 and he died on 23 December 2024 at the age of 90. Talking about his family, his wife’s name is Nira Benegal and he also has a son, his son’s name is Pia Benegal. There is a huge mourning of his name in the Bollywood industry and many Bollywood stars have gone to meet him after his death.

shyam benegal films

His film career started in 1974 when his first film Ankur was seen and this film received the National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film and this film became very popular at that time, after this the film was released which was directed by him in 1975 and the name of this film was Charandas Chor which was created by the Children’s Film Society of Indian Production, then in 1975 a film named Nishant was seen and then here he was also awarded for Best Film Direction, in this way his career started very well and here you have the list of his films in the table below.

Shyam Benegal directed his last film in 2023, named Mujib: The Making of a Nation. Its producer was Bangladeshi Film Development Corporation and National Film Development Corporation of India. The film was very good and the audience also liked it very much. Let us tell you that after his film came in 2010, it came directly in 2023 and after a total gap of 13 years, we got to see one of his films and finally he passed away in 2024, so if you guys want to watch his film, then you will mainly get to watch films on YouTube and OTT platforms.