Shyam Benegal

NB: Orders that include this product may take up to one month to ship, based on availability.

Shyam Benegal is the best known and most prolific contemporary filmmaker from India's art house or 'New Cinema' tradition. This work traces a career with its beginnings in political cinema and a realist aesthetic. Sangeeta Datta demonstrates how the struggles of women and the dispossessed and marginalised in Indian society have found an eloquent expression in films as diverse as Nishant, Bhumika, Mandi, Suraj Ka Satwan Ghoda and Kalyug.

The book also traces Benegal's work with his protégés and collaborators including many of the biggest names in Indian Cinema – Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Karishma Kapoor and AR Rahman.