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Benegal's films, Mammo (1994), along with Sardari Begum (1996) and Zubeidaa (2001) all of which won National Film Awards for Best Feature Film in Hindi, form the Muslim women Trilogy. Benegal has won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi seven times.
May 31, 2024 · Mr. Benegal has won seven National Awards for Best Feature Film in Hindi throughout his career! Self-admittedly, Shyam Benegal’s style of filmmaking is heavily inspired by the works of Satyajit Ray. And if you observe closely, you could also find impressionable, massive allusions to Vittorio de Sica. But his distinctiveness remained in his spirit.
- Ankur (1974) This movie is one of the first movies that made the wave of New Cinema commercially viable. A story about a society thoroughly and entirely inflicted by the caste-system, this movie touches upon the topics of female sexuality, caste based exploitation and the debauchery of respected families and extreme unimaginable side effects of child marriage.
- Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1992) While most of the movies of Shyam Benegal are known for their unapologetic and unabashed lucidity, this one, though grounded in close to life characters and realism, is known for its abstract and surrealist form of expression.
- Manthan (1976) This movie is a tribute to Verghese Kurien, the milk man of India and was financed by 5,00,000 workers of Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.
- Charandas Chor (1975) It is a children’s film about an efficient and honest thief who takes a vow to live by the promises he gave to his guru. In the process, he encounters situations where lying becomes inevitable and his loyalty leads him to his own undoing.
Shyam Benegal won the award seven times (most by any director) followed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee who won six times. Directed by Sohrab Modi, the 1954 film Mirza Ghalib was honoured with the first president's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi.
YearFilm (s)Producer (s)Director (s)Ronnie Lahiri, Sheel Kumar• T-Series Films • Ashutosh Gowariker ...Mridul Mahendra• Fox Star Studios India Pvt. Ltd. • ...Jan 2, 2024 · Sardari Begum is a 1996 Hindi movie directed by Shyam Benegal. The film stars Kiron Kher, Amrish Puri, Rajit Kapur and Rajeshwari Sachdev. The film's lead actress Kiron Kher won the 1997 National Film Award - Special Jury Award.
Blaze Film Enterprises. Nominated for Palme D'or, National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. 1976. Manthan. Gujarat Milk Co-Op Marketing Federation Ltd. Indian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. 1977.
Dec 7, 2021 · The beautifully shot multi-layered story won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and Filmfare awards for Best Film, and Best Director for Benegal.
