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Movies starring Shyam Benegal have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 68%.
Celluloid Man - released in 2012 - is Shyam Benegal's highest rated movie, with a score of 68% based on 1 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Shyam Benegal is Celluloid Man - released in 2012 - with a score of 68% based on 1 reviews.
Shyam Benegal (born 14 December 1934, in Trimulgherry, near Secunderabad is a prolific Indian director and screenwriter. With his first four feature films Ankur (1973), Nishant (1975) Manthan (1976) and Bhumika (1977) he created a new genre, which has now come to be called the "middle cinema" in India although he himself has expressed dislike in the term preferring his work to be called New or Alternate cinema.
He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1976 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991. On 8 August 2007, he 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.
Shyam Benegal has acted in films with Kamal Haasan, Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Jaya Bachchan.
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