Shyam Benegal, Chronicler Of India's Times And Politics
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Shyam Benegal, who burst on the scene with his first film "Ankur" in 1974, was a chronicler of India's times and politics.
His lens empathetic, rooted to the Indian reality and always political, Shyam Benegal was the arthouse pioneer who rewrote the rules of cinema with films such as "Ankur", "Nishant" and "Bhumika" that blazed an alternate path to mainstream movies.
The pioneer of parallel cinema, one of India's greatest directors whose work found an audience in the most discerning of global film circles, died in a Mumbai hospital on Monday evening. It was just nine days after he celebrated his 90th birthday.
Benegal, who burst on the scene with his first film "Ankur" in 1974, was a chronicler of India's times and politics, that rare artiste who worked both in non-fiction and fiction across varied mediums -- films, documentaries, biopics and ambitious TV shows.
