Shyam Benegal Movies

Mahadev (Shreyas Talpade) is an unemployed graduate with a Bachelor of Arts from Satna college, who is forced to make a living writing letters for...

In a small village in Madhya Pradesh, two different communities fight over a water pump installation. When a member of one of the communities, Nathu...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

The struggles of Mohandas Gandhi in South Africa.

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

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...

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