| Names |
SHYAM BENEGAL |
| Date of Birth |
December 14, 1934 – Hyderabad, Andhra
Pradesh, India. |
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Identity |
Indian film director and screenwriter. |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1959: He started his
career, working as a copywriter, at a Bombay-based
advertising agency.
- 1966 to 1973: He taught at
the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune.
- 1970: He was awarded the
Homi Bhabha Fellowship (1970–72), which allowed him to work
at the Children's Television Workshop, New York, and later
at Boston's WGBH-TV.
- 1976: He was awarded
PADMA SHRI by he Govt of India.
- 1991: He was awarded
PADMA BHUSHAN by he Govt of India.
- August 08, 2007: He was
awarded the highest award in Indian cinema for lifetime
achievement, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2005.
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| Special Achievements
/ Events |
- He created several new genre of feature films called the
"middle cinema" in India.
- At the tender age of just 12 years, he made his first
film on a camera given to him by his photographer father.
- He served as the Chairman of the FTII twice.
- In the early 70s, he made 21 film modules for Satellite
Instructional Television Experiment (SITE).
- He is the current president of the Federation of Film
Societies of India.
- He has authored three books based on his own films.
- He has won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film
in Hindi seven times.
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