NEW DELHI (AP) โ Shyam Benegal, a famend Indian filmmaker recognized for pioneering a cinema motion that tackled social problems within the Nineteen Seventies, has died after persistent kidney illness. He used to be 90.
His contribution to cinema used to be known as a director, editor and screenwriter. He got here into the limelight with motion pictures โ Ankur (1974), Nishant (1975), Manthan (1976) and Bhumika (1977) โ that challenged mainstream Bollywood by means of coping with the social realities of a deficient country.
Benegal died Monday at Mumbaiโs Wockhardt Clinic, and his cremation will happen on Tuesday, the Press Consider of India information company reported, bringing up his daughter Piya.
โBenegal have been affected by persistent kidney illness for a number of years nevertheless it had gotten very dangerous,โ Piya stated.
Many paid tribute to the filmmaker on social media platform X.
Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt wrote that Benegal instructed tales with out pretense. โThey had been uncooked and actual, concerning the struggles of peculiar folks. His motion pictures had craft and conviction.โ
โDeeply saddened by means of the passing of Shyam Benegal, whose storytelling had a profound affect on Indian cinema. His works will proceed to be admired by means of folks from other walks of existence,โ Indian Top Minister Narendra Modi posted.
Benegal used to be a mentor to best Indian actors together with Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri who made their mark in Bollywoodโs common cinema as neatly.
โIโve misplaced my foster father, a person to whom I owe greater than I will be able to say,โ Shah posted.
โShyam Benegal used to be no longer only a legend; he used to be a visionary who redefined storytelling and impressed generations,โ stated actor Manoj Bajpayee.
The movie Ankur explored the feudal divide in India, whilst Manthan used to be in accordance with the tale of the rusticโs cooperative dairy milk motion.
Benegal additionally used to be widely recognized for โBharat Ek Khoj,โ a landmark 53-episode tv collection in accordance with the guide โDiscovery of India,โ written by means of Indiaโs first top minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. It chronicled the rusticโs stricken passages, from earlier period to modernity.
He additionally directed a 2023 biopic on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led Bangladeshโs freedom combat towards Pakistan within the Nineteen Seventies. Former Bangladesh Top Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in August following a pupil motion, is the daughter of Rahman.
Benegal used to be born in 1934 in Hyderabad in southern India. He earned an economics level from Hyderabadโs Osmania College and established the Hyderabad Movie Society. He additionally ventured into promoting, the place he directed over 900 backed documentaries and promoting motion pictures.
Benegal is also survived by means of his spouse, Nira Benegal.