Don't fly over Cumbala Hill
I can't think of anyone but Satyajit Ray as the greatest filmmaker of independent India. He set a cinematic standard in a country where none existed...
BY Shyam Benegal 5 February 2022
The theatre movement started by Prithviraj Kapoor, as a three-act play across generations
BY Shyam Benegal 5 February 2022
<i>Omkara, Rang De Basanti </i> pleased these savants. Since they mostly refrain from naming the duds, arrive at your own conclusions by a process of elimination.
BY Shyam Benegal 5 February 2022
A scholarly coffee-tabler, meticulously tracing the intrepid odyssey of India's first lady photojournalist
BY Shyam Benegal 5 February 2022
Thematic score—and silence—were his gift to our films
BY Shyam Benegal 5 February 2022
The Kakars go over what you'd consider old ground, but it helps clear many a cobweb in the mind
BY Shyam Benegal 5 February 2022
To me, even more than Antonioni, Bergman was one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century.
BY Shyam Benegal 5 February 2022
Shyam Benegal turned 13 in 1948
BY Shyam Benegal 5 February 2022
Self-focused, yet altruistic, the actor gave his best
BY Shyam Benegal 14 January 2017
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