Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal is one of India's best-known film-makers. He made his début in 1974 with Ankur. Since then he has realised more than forty films, often on socially committed themes.
Filmography
Selection: Ankur (1974), Nishant/Night's End (1975), Manthan (1975), Epilepsy (1976), Anugraham (1978), Pashu palan (1979), Jawaharlal Nehru/Pandit Nehru (1982), Vardan (1985), A Quilt of Many Cultures: South India (1990), Antarnaad/The Inner Voice (1991), Suraj ka satvan ghoda/Seventh Horse of the Sun (1993), Mammo (1994), Apprenticeship of a Mahatma (1995), Samar (1999)
Shyam Benegal op IFFR
Samar
120'
India
IFFR 2000