Shyam Benegal filmography

The filmography of Shyam Benegal is as follows:

Feature films[edit | edit source]

Year	Title	Producer(s)	Other notes
1974	Ankur	Blaze Film Enterprises	Official Indian entry to the Oscars, National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film
1975	Charandas Chor	Children's Film Society of India
1975	Nishant	Blaze Film Enterprises	Nominated for Palme D'or, National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
1976	Manthan	Gujarat Milk Co-Op Marketing Federation Ltd.	Indian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
1977	Bhumika	Blaze Film Enterprises	Filmfare Best Movie Award
1978	Kondura (Anugraham)	Raviraj International	Featured in the Indian Panorama at the 1979 Berlin International Film Festival
1979	Junoon	Film Valas	1980 Filmfare Best Movie Award, National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
1981	Kalyug	Film Valas	1982 Filmfare Best Movie Award
1982	Arohan	Blaze Film Enterprises	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
1983	Mandi		Invited to the 1983 London Film Festival
1985	Trikaal		National Film Award for Best Direction
1987	Susman	Association of Corporations and Apex Societies of Handloom, Sahyadri Films	Invited to the 1987 London Film Festival
1991	Antarnaad	Suhetu Films
1993	Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda	National Film Development Corporation	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
1994	Mammo	National Film Development Corporation	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
1996	Sardari Begum	PLUS Films	National Film Award for Best Film in Urdu
1996	The Making of the Mahatma	National Film Development Corporation, South African Broadcasting Corporation	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English
1999	Samar	National Film Development Corporation	National Film Award for Best Feature Film
2000	Hari-Bhari	National Film Development Corporation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare	National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare
2001	Zubeidaa	F.K.R. Productions, Sahyadri Films	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
2005	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero	Sahara India Motion Pictures, Sahyadri Films	Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration
2008	Welcome to Sajjanpur	UTV Spot Boy Motion Pictures
2010	Poet of Politics	Abdul Gaffar Choudhury
2010	Well Done Abba	Raj Pius, Mahesh Ramanathan	National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues
2022	Bangabandhu	Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC), National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC)

Documentaries[edit | edit source]

Year	Title	Other notes
1967	Close to Nature
1967	A Child of the Streets
1968	Sinhasta, or The Path to Immortality
1968	Indian Youth: An Exploration
1969	Horoscope for a Child
1970	Why Export?
1970	Quest for a Nation
1971	Tala and Rhythm
	Steel: A Whole New Way of Life
	The Pulsating Giant
1972	The Shruti and Graces of Indian Music
	Raga and Melody
	The Raag Imam Kalyan
	Power to the People
	Notes on the Green Revolution
	Foundations of Progress
1973	Suhani Sadak
1974	You Can Prevent Burns
	Violence: What Price? Who Pays? No. 5
	The Quiet Revolution
	Learning Modules for Rural Children
	Bal Sansar
1975	The Quiet Revolution, Part 2
1976	Tomorrow Begins Today: Industrial Research
1976	Epilepsy
1977	New Horizons in Steel
1979	Reaching Out to People
1979	Pashu Palan
1982	Satyajit Ray, Filmmaker	National Film Award for Best Biographical Film
	Jawaharlal Nehru
	Growth for a Golden Future
1983	Tata Steel: Seventy Five Years of the Indian Steel Industry
	Sangathan
	Animal Reproduction and Artificial Insemination in Bovines
1985	Vardan
	Nehru	National Film Award for Best Historical Reconstruction
	Festival of India
1990	A Quilt of Many Cultures: South India
	Nature Symphony
	Abode of Kings: Rajasthan
2007	Lost Childhood	see: [1]

Short films[edit | edit source]

Year	Title	Other notes
1962	Gher Betha Ganga
1969	Poovanam
1969	Flower Garden
1975	Hero

Television[edit | edit source]

Year	Title	Other notes
1986	Yatra	Commissioned by Indian Railways on trans-India Himsagar Express^[1]
1986	Katha Sagar
1988	Bharat Ek Khoj	Based on Jawaharlal Nehru's Discovery of India
1995	Amaravati ki Kathayein	Based on Amaravathi Kathalu in Telugu by Sankaramanchi Sathyam
1997	Sankranti^[2]	10-episode serial, dwelling on the legislations and decisions of the Government over 50 years^[3] for the Golden Jubilee celebrations of India’s Independence^[4]
2014	Samvidhaan	a 10-part mini-series revolving around the making of Indian Constitution on Rajya Sabha TV

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "En route to elsewhere". Mint Lounge. 29 January 2011.
↑ "Sankranti | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
↑ Joshi, Namrata (25 May 1998). "Sankranti, 10-episode serial, by Shyam Benegal to air on DD1". India Today. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
↑ "The Tribune...Sunday Reading". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

External links[edit | edit source]

Shyam Benegal on IMDb

[min-1] "En route to elsewhere". Mint Lounge. 29 January 2011.

[2] "Sankranti | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

[3] Joshi, Namrata (25 May 1998). "Sankranti, 10-episode serial, by Shyam Benegal to air on DD1". India Today. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

[4] "The Tribune...Sunday Reading". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

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