Shyam Benegal Movies

Family Planning issues in a Muslim Hyderabadi family struggling between new and old values

The movie tells the story of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, known mainly for his contributions in shaping the Constitution of India, as the chairman of the...

Divided into three parts — The Awakening, The Struggle, and Freedom — this is a biographical film on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first...

The film is derived from a classic folk tale, originally narrated by Vijaydan Detha, and interpreted as folk play by Habib Tanvir. The film charts...

Hari Mondal(Om Puri) is a poor village farmer who lives in the remote Bengal village of Giripur in Birbhum district with his wife, two sons, brother,...

This documentary is a three-part tribute to director Guru Dutt, who died in 1964 at the age of 39. The work traces Guru Dutt's personal story through...

A documentary on the life of the youth in post-Independence India.

The film starts with the earliest form of cinema and how Shama Zaidi became an integral part of the evolution of Indian Cinema.

A documentary about V.K. Murthy, veteran cameraman of the black & white era of Hindi cinema, and considered a master of light & shadow. He created...

This biographical film is a tribute to a pioneering actress Smita Patil through her works a tribute to the parallel cinema. Her realistic dignified...

A personal portrait of director Shyam Benegal, made by his collaborator, Khalid Mohammed

The struggles of Mohandas Gandhi in South Africa.

Documentary on director Satyajit Ray, featuring an extensive interview and clips from his films, and location shooting of his film "The Home and the...

Having the need to resolve the unfinished relationship with her father who had died suddenly when she was only fourteen, Shabnam decides to confront...