Book excerpt: Shyam Benegal’s greatest subject is India itself

Arjun Sengupta

· Dec 14, 2024 · 08:15 am

Start the week with a film: ‘Welcome to Sajjanpur’ is a timeless political satire

Scroll Staff

· Nov 18, 2024 · 07:30 am

The Karnad-Benegal-Dubey trinity that transformed theatre and cinema

The World of Girish Karnad

· Jul 30, 2024 · 03:38 pm

The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival

Scroll Staff

· Apr 27, 2024 · 08:15 am

‘Mujib: The Making of a Nation’ review: A listless biopic of the iconic Bangladeshi leader

Nandini Ramnath

· Oct 27, 2023 · 10:15 am

Bangladeshi star Arifin Shuvoo on playing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: ‘They simply couldn’t break him’

Devarsi Ghosh

· Oct 14, 2023 · 08:15 am

‘Mujib’ trailer: Shyam Benegal’s film traces the journey of Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Scroll Staff

· Oct 02, 2023 · 07:45 am

A personal encounter with the unfailingly polite and always thoughtful Shyam Benegal

Bubla Basu

· Dec 14, 2021 · 08:15 am

Interview: Why filmmaking for Shyam Benegal is both ‘a microscope and a telescope’

Nandini Ramnath

· Sep 01, 2021 · 10:30 am

In Shyam Benegal’s ‘Mammo’, the lingering effects of Partition come vividly alive

Nandini Ramnath

· Aug 22, 2021 · 10:30 am

Renowned music composer Vanraj Bhatia dies at 93

Scroll Staff

· May 07, 2021 · 10:22 am

Film flashback: Shyam Benegal’s ‘Nishant’ is an unforgettable portrait of violence and revolt

Bubla Basu

· Dec 14, 2018 · 02:30 pm

Film flashback: ‘Bhumika’ is one of the best Indian biopics about the messy life of a movie star

Nandini Ramnath

· Jul 01, 2018 · 07:30 pm

From one filmmaker to another: the magic of Bimal Roy’s cinema explained

Shyam Benegal

· Dec 31, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Like all Shyam Benegal films, ‘Susman’ engages, informs and educates

Bubla Basu

· Dec 14, 2017 · 08:15 am

Book versus movie: ‘Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda’ is a masterly adaptation of a brilliant novel

Nirupama Kotru

· Dec 13, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Classics revisited: Shyam Benegal’s ‘Ankur’ burrows deep into the consciousness

Bubla Basu

· Sep 04, 2017 · 01:30 pm

The DD Files: When Shyam Benegal brought India’s entire history to TV screens in ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’

Mridula Chari

· Aug 20, 2017 · 09:15 am

Shyam Benegal: ‘The government of the day cannot assume that it has created the CBFC’

Devarsi Ghosh

· Aug 12, 2017 · 04:11 pm

Rukminibai from Shyam Benegal’s ‘Mandi’ is one of the toughest madams you will ever meet

Nandini Ramnath

· Apr 12, 2017 · 03:00 pm