Renowned filmmaker Shyam Benegal passes away at the age of 90Celebrated filmmaker Shyam Benegal, renowned for his contributions to Indian parallel cinema, passed away on Monday at 90. Known for films ...
23 Dec, 2024, 11.20 PM IST
Shyam Benegal death: From Ankur to Zubeidaa; remembering the pioneer of parallel cinema's best movies, career, awardsShyam Benegal, the legendary filmmaker and a pioneer of Indian parallel cinema, passed away on December 23, 2024, at the age of 90. Known f...
23 Dec, 2024, 10.41 PM IST
Once a favourite of auteurs Mrinal Sen & Shyam Benegal, veteran actor Sadhu Meher passes away at 84Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik mourned Meher's demise and said that he has left a mark with his flawless performances in both Hindi and Odia...
02 Feb, 2024, 11.57 PM IST
Kannada actor Anant Nag to join the BJP today, just before Karnataka assembly pollsThe veteran actor, who played a key role in the first KGF film, has appeared in over 300 films. Anant Nag will join the BJP in Bengaluru in...
22 Feb, 2023, 04.36 PM IST
Veteran director Shyam Benegal unveils poster of his latest film ‘Mujib - The Making of a Nation’, a biopic on Bangladesh founderThe movie has been in the making for over two years.
19 Mar, 2022, 10.02 AM IST
Shabana Azmi says Steven Spielberg's 'Halo' series is her first colour blind casting'Halo' will premiere on March 24 on Paramount+ and on Voot Select in India.
03 Mar, 2022, 01.55 PM IST
National award-winning veteran music composer Vanraj Bhatia passes away at 94His last work was an opera titled 'Agni Varsha' which was performed in New York.
07 May, 2021, 12.02 PM IST
Articulate, erudite, a true intellectual, an old friend: Shabana Azmi remembers Girish KarnadKarnad didn’t fancy himself as an actor and rued that it would damage his reputation as a playwright.
15 Jun, 2019, 10.48 AM IST
- The return of Dalit heroine in Malayalam cinema
In Malayalam cinema, which revels in the polysyllabic names of its heroes that hint at or declare their upper caste lineage.
14 Aug, 2016, 12.20 PM IST
Abolish censorship: Shyam BenegalOn the sidelines of IFFI, the ace luminary stated that he personally does not believe in censorship, and wants it abolished.
23 Nov, 2015, 02.53 PM IST
Qualification should be criteria for FTII chairmanship: Shabana AzmiAzmi, a former student of FTII, said that the institution has the legacy of being headed by eminent personalities like Shyam Benegal and U ...
04 Oct, 2015, 12.35 PM IST
- Satyadev Dubey: A maverick theatre guru
Satyadev Dubey, who passed away in a Mumbai hospital today after a long illness, was a maverick who went on to become a theatre guru.
25 Dec, 2011, 04.48 PM IST
Don't need to feel inferior anymoreBeing a Telanganite has not been much fun. The coastal Andhraites’ cultural hegemony over their cousins from the hinterland has been near t...
12 Dec, 2009, 10.48 AM IST
- Benegal wins Dadasaheb Phalke award
Noted film-maker Shyam Benegal honoured with the coveted Dadasaheb Phalke Award by the government in appreciation of his "outstanding contr...
08 Aug, 2007, 06.29 PM IST