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| caption = Shyam Benegal at his office in Mumbai.
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| birth_place = [[Trimulgherry]], [[Hyderabad State]], [[British India]] <br/>(now in [[Telangana]], India)
| occupation = Film director, Screenwriter
| awards = 1976 [[Padma Shri]]<br />1991 [[Padma Bhushan]]<br />2005 [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]]<br />2013 [[ANR National Award]]
| spouse = Nira Benegal
| children = 1
| relatives = [[Guru Dutt]] (cousin)
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'''Shyam Benegal''' (born 14 December 1934) is an Indian director and screenwriter. His first four feature films ''[[Ankur (film)|Ankur]]'' (1973), ''[[Nishant (film)|Nishant]]'' (1975), ''[[Manthan]]'' (1976) and ''[[Bhumika: The Role|Bhumika]]'' (1977) made him a part of the new genre, which has now come to be called the "[[Parallel Cinema|middle cinema]]" in India. He has expressed dislike of the term, preferring his work to be called New or Alternate cinema.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.google.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702223908/http://www.filmsofdesire.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=38|url-status=dead|title=Google|archive-date=2 July 2007|website=www.google.com|access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref> Benegal was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 1976 and the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1991.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> On 8 August 2007, Benegal was awarded the highest award in [[Indian cinema]] for lifetime achievement, the [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] for the year 2005. He has won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi]] seven times. He was awarded the V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 Mumbai International Film Festival.

==Early life and education==
Shyam Benegal was born on 14 December 1934 in [[Trimulgherry]],<ref name=red/> then a British [[Cantonment]], and now twin city of the state capital, as Shyam Sunder Benegal. When he was twelve years old, he made his first film, on a camera given to him by his photographer father Sridhar B. Benegal. He received an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in [[Economics]] from [[Osmania University]], [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]].<ref name=Homi/> There he formed the Hyderabad Film Society.

===Family===
Film director and actor [[Guru Dutt]]'s maternal grandmother and Shyam's paternal grandmother were sisters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Booked_for_a_cause/articleshow/3595496.cms |title='Book'ed for a cause|work==The Times of India |date=15 October 2008 |access-date=1 August 2012}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Shyam Benegal Indian director and screenwriter at International Film Festival of Kerala 2016 02.jpg|thumb|Shyam Benegal, at [[International Film Festival of Kerala]] 2016 [[Thiruvananthapuram]], 11 December]]

===Early career===
In 1959, he started working as a [[copywriter]] at a Mumbai-based [[advertising agency]], Lintas Advertising, where he steadily rose to become a creative head. Meanwhile, Benegal made his first documentary in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], ''Gher Betha Ganga'' (Ganges at the Doorstep) in 1962. His first feature film had to wait another decade while he worked on the script.<ref>[http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Culture/Cinema/Benegal.html Shyam Benegal at ucla.net] ''South Asia Studies'', [[University of California, Los Angeles]].</ref>

In 1963 he had a brief stint with another advertising agency called ASP (Advertising, Sales and Promotion). During his advertising years, he directed over 900 sponsored documentaries and advertising films.

Between 1966 and 1973, Shyam taught at the [[Film and Television Institute of India]] (FTII), [[Pune]], and twice served as the institute's chairman: 1980–83 and 1989–92. By this time he had already started making documentaries. One of his early documentaries ''A Child of the Streets'' (1967), garnered him wide acclaim.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.google.com/|title=Google|website=www.google.com|access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref> In all, he has made over 70 documentary and short films.<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/01/17/stories/2003011700990100.htm ''Shyam Benegal'' Retrospective London's National Film Theatre, 2002] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112210119/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2003/01/17/stories/2003011700990100.htm |date=12 January 2011 }} ''[[The Hindu]]'', 17 January 2003.</ref>

He was awarded the [[Homi J. Bhabha]] Fellowship (1970–72)<ref name=Homi>[http://mumbai.mtnl.net.in/~hbfc/cv/MR_SHYAM_BENEGAL.html Homi Bhabha Fellowship Council, Fellows, Biodata] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303175156/http://mumbai.mtnl.net.in/~hbfc/cv/MR_SHYAM_BENEGAL.html |date=3 March 2009 }}, "During the period of his Fellowship, Mr. Benegal wrote and directed short films on social themes with special relevance to the lower-income groups of the middle and working classes. He also visited the US, the UK and Japan to study educational television films."</ref> which allowed him to work at the [[Sesame Workshop|Children's Television Workshop]], New York, and later at Boston's [[WGBH-TV]].

===Feature films===
After returning to Mumbai, he received independent financing and ''[[Ankur (film)|Ankur]]'' (''The Seedling'') was finally made in 1973. It was a story of economic and sexual exploitation in his home state, [[Telangana]], and Benegal instantly shot to fame. The film introduced actors [[Shabana Azmi]] and [[Anant Nag]] and Benegal won the 1975 [[National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film]]. Shabana won the [[National Film Award for Best Actress]].

The success that [[Cinema of India#Art cinema in India|New India Cinema]] enjoyed in the 1970s and early 1980s could largely be attributed to Shyam Benegal's quartet: ''Ankur'' (1973), ''Nishant'' (1975), ''Manthan'' (1976) and ''Bhumika'' (1977). Benegal used a variety of new actors, mainly from the FTII and [[National School of Drama|NSD]], such as [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Om Puri]], [[Smita Patil]], Shabana Azmi, [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] and [[Amrish Puri]].

In Benegal's next film, ''[[Nishant (film)|Nishant]]'' (''Night's End'') (1975), a teacher's wife is abducted and gang-raped by four [[zamindar]]s; officialdom turns a deaf ear to the distraught husband's pleas for help. ''[[Manthan]]'' (''The Churning'') (1976) is a film on rural empowerment and is set against the backdrop of [[Gujarat]]'s fledgling dairy industry. For the first time, over five lakh (half a million)<ref>{{cite news |title='Manthan' made on Rs 2 donations |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-11/news-interviews/33761756_1_amul-milk-farmers-milk-producers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023061725/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-11/news-interviews/33761756_1_amul-milk-farmers-milk-producers |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 October 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=11 September 2012 }}</ref> rural farmers in Gujarat contributed {{INR}} 2 each and thus became the film's producers. Upon its release, truckloads of farmers came to see "their" film, making it a success at the box office.<ref>[http://www.ndtvmovies.com/newstory.asp?section=Movies&id=ENTEN20070021927 NDTV movies] ''[[NDTV]]''.</ref> After this trilogy on rural oppression, Benegal made a biopic ''[[Bhumika: The Role|Bhumika]]'' (''The Role'') (1977), broadly based on the life of well-known [[Marathi cinema|Marathi]] stage and film actress of the 1940s, [[Hansa Wadkar]] (played by [[Smita Patil]]), who led a flamboyant and unconventional life. The main character sets out on an individual search for identity and self-fulfilment, while also grappling with exploitation by men.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/film+tv/film/in-search-of-shyam-benegal/17126/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212161340/http://www.laweekly.com/film+tv/film/in-search-of-shyam-benegal/17126/|url-status=dead|title="In search of Shyam Benegal," ''LA Weekly'', 29 August 2007|archive-date=12 February 2008|access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref>

In the early 1970s, Shyam made 21 film modules for [[Satellite Instructional Television Experiment]] (SITE), sponsored by [[UNICEF]]. This allowed him to interact with children of SITE and many folk artists. Eventually he used many of these children in his feature length rendition of the classic folk tale ''[[Charandas Chor]]'' (''Charandas the Thief'') in 1975. He made it for the [[Children's Film Society, India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/Directors-Be-Bu/Benegal-Shyam.html|title=Shyam Benegal - Director - Films as Director:, Publications|website=www.filmreference.com|access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref>
To quote film critic Derek Malcolm:

<blockquote>what Benegal has done is to paint a magnificent visual recreation of those extraordinary days and one that is also sensitive to the agonies and predicament of a talented woman whose need for security was only matched by her insistence on freedom.<ref>[http://www.upperstall.com/people/shyambenegal.html Shyam Benegal at Upperstall] ''Upperstall.com''.</ref></blockquote>

===The 1980s===
Unlike most [[Parallel Cinema|New Cinema]] filmmakers, Benegal has had private backers for many of his films and institutional backing for a few, including ''Manthan'' ([[ Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation ]]) and ''[[Susman (film)|Susman]]'' (1987) (Handloom Co-operatives). However, his films did not have proper releases. He turned to TV where he directed serials such as ''[[Yatra (Doordarshan)|Yatra]]'' (1986), for the Indian Railways, and one of the biggest projects undertaken on Indian television, the 53-episode television serial ''[[Bharat Ek Khoj]]'' (1988) based on [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'s book, ''[[Discovery of India]]''.<ref name=red>[http://www.rediff.com/entertai/1999/jul/28shy.htm Shyam Benegal at rediff.com 1999] ''[[Rediff.com]]'', 28 July 1999.</ref> This gave him an added advantage, as he managed to survive the collapse of the New Cinema movement in the late 1980s due to paucity of funding, with which were lost many neo-realist filmmakers. Benegal continued making films throughout the next two decades. He also served as the Director of the [[National Film Development Corporation of India|National Film Development Corporation]] (NFDC) from 1980 to 1986.<ref name=Homi/>

Following the success of these four films, Benegal was backed by star [[Shashi Kapoor]], for whom he made ''[[Junoon (1978 film)|Junoon]]'' (1978) and ''[[Kalyug (1980 film)|Kalyug]]'' (1981). The former was an interracial love story set amidst the turbulent period of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], while the latter was based on the ''[[Mahabharata]]'' and was not a big hit, although both won [[Filmfare Best Movie Award]]s in 1980 and 1982, respectively.

Benegal's next film ''[[Mandi (film)|Mandi]]'' (1983), was a satirical comedy about politics and prostitution, starring Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil. Later, working from his own story, based on the last days of [[History of Goa#Portuguese conquest and colonisation|Portuguese in Goa]], in the early 1960s, Shyam explored human relationships in ''[[Trikal]]'' (1985).

Soon, Shyam Benegal stepped beyond traditional narrative films and took to biographical material to achieve greater freedom of expression.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.metroactive.com/metro-santa-cruz/09.05.07/movies-shyambenegal.html|title=Movie Reviews & Film Showtimes | 'Shyam Benegal' at The Del Mar|website=www.metroactive.com|access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref> His first venture in this genre was with a documentary film based on [[Satyajit Ray]]'s life, ''Satyajit Ray'', in 1985. This was followed by works such as ''[[Sardari Begum]]'' (1996) and ''[[Zubeidaa]]'', which was written by filmmaker and critic [[Khalid Mohamed]].

In 1985 he was a member of the jury at the [[14th Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow1985">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1985 |title=14th Moscow International Film Festival (1985) |access-date=8 February 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316084353/http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1985 |archive-date=16 March 2013 }}</ref>

===The 1990s and beyond===
The 1990s saw Shyam Benegal making a trilogy on Indian Muslim women, starting with ''[[Mammo]]'' (1994), ''[[Sardari Begum]]'' (1996) and ''[[Zubeidaa]]'' (2001). With ''Zubeidaa'', he entered mainstream [[Bollywood]], as it starred top Bollywood star [[Karishma Kapoor]] and boasted music by [[A. R. Rahman]].

In 1992, he made ''[[Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda]]'' (''Seventh Horse of the Sun''), based on a novel by [[Dharmavir Bharati]], which won the 1993 [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi]]. In 1996 he made another film based on the book ''[[The Making of the Mahatma]]'', based on Fatima Meer's, ''The Apprenticeship of a Mahatma''. This turn to biographical material resulted in ''[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero]]'', his 2005 English language film. He criticised the Indian caste system in ''[[Samar (1999 film)|Samar]]'' (1999), which went on to win the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]].

Benegal is the current president of the [[Federation of Film Societies of India]]. He owns a production company called Sahyadri Films.

He has authored three books based on his own films: ''The Churning'' with [[Vijay Tendulkar]] (1984), based on ''[[Manthan]]''; ''Satyajit Ray'' (1988), based on his biographical film, ''Satyajit Ray''; and ''The Marketplace'' (1989), which was based on ''[[Mandi (film)|Mandi]]''.

In 2009 he was a member of the jury at the [[31st Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow2009">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2009 |title=31st Moscow International Film Festival (2009) |access-date=2 June 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421050940/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2009 |archive-date=21 April 2013 }}</ref>

==Recent projects==
In 2008, his film ''[[Welcome to Sajjanpur]]'', starring [[Shreyas Talpade]] and [[Amrita Rao]], was released to a good response.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://movies.indiainfo.com/2007/12/04/0712040958_amrita.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206061532/http://movies.indiainfo.com/2007/12/04/0712040958_amrita.html|url-status=dead|title=Amrita Rao in Shyam Benegal's next|archive-date=6 December 2007|access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref> Its music was composed by [[Shantanu Moitra]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-bowled-over-by-benegal-1132869|title=Bowled over by Benegal|first=Shridevi|last=Keshavan|date=12 November 2007|website=DNA India|access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref> and it was produced by Chetan Motiwalla. Shyam Benegal is slated to direct an epic musical, ''Chamki Chameli'',<ref>[http://www.ndtvmovies.com/newstory.asp?section=Movies&Slug=Shyam+Benegal+gives+Yashpal+his+due&Id=ENTEN20070032660 Yashpal Sharma in Chamki] ''[[NDTV]]''.</ref> inspired by Georges Bizet's classic Spanish opera ''[[Carmen]]''. The story revolves around the eponymous Chamki, a beautiful gypsy girl with a fiery temper and is written by [[Shama Zaidi]]. The music is by A. R. Rahman and lyrics are by [[Javed Akhtar]].

In March 2010, Benegal released the political satire ''[[Well Done Abba]]''.

One of Benegal's future projects is a film based on the life of [[Noor Inayat Khan]], daughter of [[Inayat Khan]] and descendant of [[Tipu Sultan]], who served as a British spy during [[World War II]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/sify_redirect.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910160544/http://www.sify.com/sify_redirect.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 September 2011|title=Page Not Found|website=www.sify.com|access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref>

Benegal made a comeback on the small screen with ''[[Samvidhaan (TV Series)|Samvidhaan]]'', a 10-part mini-series revolving around the making of the Indian Constitution, to be aired on [[Rajya Sabha TV]] from 2 March 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/more/videos/view/id/2148893|title='Samvidhaan' By Shyam Benegal|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] }}</ref> Along with Benegal, [[Tom Alter]], [[Dalip Tahil]], [[Sachin Khedekar]], [[Divya Dutta]], [[Rajendra Gupta]], [[K K Raina]], and [[Ila Arun]] were seen at the press conference for the TV series.

[[Government of Bangladesh]] has confirmed Benegal would direct the biopic of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]. The film will be released presumably by 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shyam Benegal To Direct Bangabandhu Biopic |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/arts-entertainment/film/shyam-benegal-direct-bangabandhu-biopic-1626226|access-date=23 August 2018 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Shyam Benegal is married to Nira Benegal and has a daughter, Pia.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gerson da Cunha turns 90, celebrates with three parties spread over three days |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/opinion/the-informer/happy-90/articleshow/69834115.cms |access-date=6 December 2020 |work=Mumbai Mirror |date=18 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{{Main|Shyam Benegal filmography}}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:5%" |Year
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:5%" class="unsortable" |Award Ceremony
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:21%" |Film
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:8%" |Award
|-
| align="centre" | 2005
| [[50th National Film Awards]]
! scope="row" | Overall Contribution to the Indian Cinema
| [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/shyam-benegal-wins-dada-saheb-phalke-award/46445-8.html |title=Shyam Benegal wins Dada Saheb Phalke Award |website=[[CNN-News18]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.webindia123.com/government/award/dada.htm| title= Dada Saheb Phalke Award |website=webindia123.com }}</ref>
|-
| align="centre" | 2009
| [[54th National Film Awards]]
! scope="row" | [[Well Done Abba]]
| [[National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues]]
|-
| align="centre"| 2005
| [[50th National Film Awards]]
! scope="row" | [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero]]
| [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration]]
|-
| align="centre" | 1975
| [[20th National Film Awards]]
! scope="row"| [[Ankur (film)|Ankur]]
| [[National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film]]
|-
| align="centre" | 1976
| [[21st National Film Awards]]
! scope="row"| [[Nishant (film)|Nishant]]
| [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi]]
|-
| align="centre" | 1977
| [[22nd National Film Awards]]
! scope="row"| [[Manthan]]
| [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi]]
|-
| align="centre" | 1978
| [[23rd National Film Awards]]
! scope="row" | [[Bhumika: The Role]]
| [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay]]
|-
| align="centre"| 1979
| [[24th National Film Awards]]
! scope="row" | [[Junoon (1978 film)|Junoon]]
| [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi]]
|-
| align="centre" | 1982
| [[27th National Film Awards]]
! scope="row" | [[Arohan (film)|Arohan]]
| [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi]]
|-
|}

;Non Feature Films
* 1984 [[National Film Award for Best Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film|Best Historical Reconstruction]] for ''[[Nehru (film)|Nehru]] ''
* 1985 [[National Film Award for Best Biographical Film|Best Biographical Film]] for ''Satyajit Ray''

;Feature Films
* 1986 [[National Film Award for Best Direction|Best Director]] for ''[[Trikal]]''
* 1993 Best Feature Film in Hindi for ''[[Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda]]''
* 1995 Best Feature Film in Hindi for ''[[Mammo]]''
* 1996 [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English|Best Feature Film in English]] for ''[[The Making of the Mahatma]]''
* 1997 [[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Best Feature Film in Urdu|Best Feature Film in Urdu]] for ''[[Sardari Begum]]''
* 1999 [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film]] for ''[[Samar (1999 film)|Samar]]''
* 1999 [[National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare|Best Feature Film on Family Welfare]] for ''[[Hari-Bhari]]''
* 2001 Best Feature Film in Hindi for ''[[Zubeidaa]]''
* 2005 [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration]] for ''[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero]]''
*[[National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues|Best Film on Other Social Issues]] for [[Well Done Abba]]

;[[Filmfare Awards]]
* 1980 [[Filmfare Best Director Award|Best Director]] for ''[[Junoon (1978 film)|Junoon]]''

;[[Cannes Film Festival]]
* [[1976 Cannes Film Festival|1976]]: [[Golden Palm]]: ''[[Nishant (film)|Nishant]]'': Nominated

;[[24th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]]
* 1974 [[Golden Berlin Bear]] for ''[[Ankur (film)|Ankur]]'': Nominated

;[[Moscow International Film Festival]]
* [[12th Moscow International Film Festival|1981]] Golden Prize: ''[[Kalyug (1980 film)|Kalyug]]''<ref name="Moscow1981">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1981 |title=12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981) |access-date=27 January 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421050907/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1981 |archive-date=21 April 2013 }}</ref>
* [[20th Moscow International Film Festival|1997]] Golden St. George: ''[[Sardari Begum]]'': Nominated<ref name="Moscow1997">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1997 |title=20th Moscow International Film Festival (1997) |access-date=22 March 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322163106/http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1997 |archive-date=22 March 2013 }}</ref>
;[[All Lights India International Film Festival]]
* 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award

;[[Nandi Awards]]
*[[Nandi Awards|B. N. Reddy National Award]] for contribution to [[Indian Cinema]]<ref>[[Eenadu]] daily, Eeenadu Cinema, Page 10, Nandi lifetime achievement awards, retrieved, 24 March 2013.</ref>

===Honours===
* 1970 [[Homi J. Bhabha|Homi Bhabha Fellowship]] (1970–72)
* 1976 [[Padma Shri]]
* 1989 Sovietland Nehru Award<ref name=Homi/>
* 1991 [[Padma Bhushan]]
* 2012 [[List of University of Calcutta honorary degree recipients|D. Litt.]] ''Honoris Causa'' of the [[University of Calcutta]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Annual Convocation|url=http://www.caluniv.ac.in/convocation-2012/hony_degrees.htm|publisher=[[University of Calcutta]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528004638/http://caluniv.ac.in/convocation-2012/hony_degrees.htm|archive-date=28 May 2012}}</ref>
* 2013 ANR National Award<ref>{{cite news |title=ANR National Award for Rajamouli |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/anr-national-award-for-rajamouli/article19646933.ece |access-date=1 March 2020 |work=The Hindu |date=9 September 2017 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
* 2016 [[D. Litt.]] "Honoris Causa" of [[ITM University, Gwalior]] (M.P.)

==Bibliography==
* ''Benegal on Ray: Satyajit Ray, a Film'', by Shyam Benegal, Alaknanda Datta, Samik Banerjee. Seagull Books, 1988. {{ISBN|81-7046-021-2}}.
* ''Shyam Benegal's the Churning (Manthan): Screenplay'', by, Vijay Tendulkar, Shyam Benegal, Samik Banerjee. Seagull Books, 1984. {{ISBN|0-86132-070-0}}.

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
* Shyam Benegal (BFI World Directors) - Sangeeta Datta. 2003, British Film Institute. {{ISBN|0-85170-908-7}}.
* Bollywood Babylon: Interviews with Shyam Benegal, William van der Heide. 2006, Berg Publishers. {{ISBN|1-84520-405-0}}.
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/5293494.stm BBC's Tom Brook interviews Shyam Benegal on 25 August 2006]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071209160243/http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/interviews/benegal.html Girish Karnad interviews Shyam Benegal, National Film Theatre, 2002]
* Sen, Meheli (2011) "Vernacular Modernities and Fitful Globalities in Shyam Benegal's Cinematic Provinces" on manycinemas.org 1, 8-22, [http://www.manycinemas.org/mc01sen.htm/ Online]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [http://www.manycinemas.org/mc01sen.html?file=tl_files/manycinemas/theme/issues/issue_1/pdf/manycinemas-issue1-04-Vernacular-Modernities-and-Fitful-Globalities.pdf pdf-version]

==External links==
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*[http://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/inside.asp?section=entertainmentnation&xfile=/data/entertainmentnation/2012/september/entertainmentnation_september9.xml Shyam Benegal's Retrospective Abu Dhabi Sept27-30,2012] by [http://www.ifsuae.com Indian Film Society of UAE]
*{{IMDb name|id=0070867|name=Shyam Benegal}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100628062027/http://www.bafta.org/access-all-areas/videos/shyam-benegal,1125,BA.html 'Shyam Benegal: A Life in Pictures'] interview at [http://www.bafta.org/ BAFTA]
*[http://www.upperstall.com/people/shyambenegal.html Shyam Benegal on Upperstall]
* [http://www.reachouthyderabad.com/newsmaker/nm66a.htm Awards & recognition for Shyam Benegal's films]

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