Filmmaker Shyam Benegal
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Acclaimed film director Shyam Benegal passes away at 90
The veteran director-writer heralded the Indian parallel cinema movement in the 1970s and 1980s with a body of work that is known for its realism and social commentary.
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Benegal at his 9th birthday celebrations with Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Divya Dutta, Rajit Kapur
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'Heartbreaking loss for Indian cinema', says Manoj Bajpayee
It took Shyam Benegal's genius to see me beyond my looks: Manoj Bajpayee
It took the genius of Shyam Benegal to see beyond his looks, says actor Manoj Bajpayee who never imagined himself playing a royal and did so in the 2001 film "Zubeidaa" after the filmmaker convinced him.
The actor met Benegal a couple of years after his breakout role as the mafia don Bhiku Mhatre in the 1998 crime classic "Satya" by Ram Gopal Varma.
"He sent me a message through Ram Gopal Varma. And Varma told me only one thing, 'Shyam Benegal wants to work with you. He wants to cast you in some role. I don't know what the film is all about but you are not going to say no to anything that he offers. That should be our regard and respect to that filmmaker, so you are going to say yes. You are not going to say no.'
"And I was so grateful to Ram Gopal Varma that I decided that I will do whatever he gives me," Bajpayee told PTI in a recent interview. (PTI)