Shyam Benegal

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Sardari Begum review by from Hounslow

Brilliant Powerful Story 20 May 2005
.... SARDARI BEGUM is an excellent movie from one of India's best film makers, Shyam Benegal. It is told in a very fresh manner, narrarated by Sardari's brother. The movie ... Read customer review

Zubeidaa on DVD (2001)
Starring: Karisma Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Rekha
Director: Shyam Benegal
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A young man decides to discover the true story of his mother's life. The film follows the many events in Zubeidaa's life, involving thwarted ambition, unhappiness and romance.

57% from 412 members

Hari-Bhari (2000)
Starring: Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das, Rajit Kapoor
Director: Shyam Benegal
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The story of four women who all live in the same house in Uttar Pradesh. Grandmother, Hasina, her two daughters-in-law Najiam and Afsana and her granddaughter Salma.

45% from 28 members
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Mammo (1994)
Starring: Farida Jalal, Surekha Sikri
Director: Shyam Benegal
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Mammo is the nickname given to Mehmooda Begum by her elder sister. After partition, she and her husband automatically become Pakistani citizens. Although childless, her marriage is a happy one until her husband dies and leaves her to the mercy of his relatives. In the bickering over property ..read more »

56% from 29 members
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Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1993)
Starring: Rajit Kapur, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Pallavi Joshi
Director: Shyam Benegal
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This Indian art house film directed by Shyam Benegal weaves the same characters and love stories together in short stories told from different points of view. With less emphasis on sheer entertainment value and Bollywood song-and-dance numbers, this film will appeal to fans of layered character ..read more »

41% from 8 members
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Trikal - Past, Present, Future (1985)
Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Leela Naidu
Director: Shyam Benegal
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Fast-paced story about a family and their friends who lived through the transition of Goa from a Portuguese colony to a district governed by India. Ana is about to be engaged against her wishes to the unappealing Erasmo when her beloved grandfather suddenly dies. Her grandmother is overwhelmed by ..read more »

40% from 4 members
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Mandi on DVD (1983)
Starring: Smita Patil, Shabana Azmi, Amrish Puri
Director: Shyam Benegal, Shyam BenegalShyam Benegal
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The story of a whore house in a remote town which becomes the bone of contention between political and business interests. Shyam Benegal has been considered as the leading film maker of the country ever since his first feature film, ANKUR. His films have been seen and acclaimed widely not only in ..read more »

62% from 76 members

Junoon (1979)
Starring: Shashi Kapoor, Jennifer Kendal, Shabana Azmi
Director: Shyam Benegal
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1857: the first shot is fired in the Indian mutiny against British colonisation. The bloody events which follow provide the dramatically atmospheric for this star-crossed lovers story in which Muslim rebel Javed Khan (Shashi Kapoor) develops a passionate, almost obsessive, love for Ruth (Nafisa Ali)..read more »

59% from 68 members
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Bhumika - The Role on DVD (1977)
Starring: Smita Patil, Anant Nag, Naseeruddin Shah
Director: Shyam Benegal
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Bhumika is a story of Usha (Smita Patil) as she finds her life being decided for her, and the consequences when she makes choices for herself.

48% from 25 members

Nishant on DVD (1975)
Starring: Girish Karnad, Shabana Azmi, Anant Nag
Director: Shyam Benegal
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Vishwam (Naseeruddin Shah) is the youngest son of the powerful, and influential village Zamindar (Amrish Puri). The Zamindar will not hesitate to do anything for the welfare and protection of his family, which also includes bending the law to his own advantage. Vishwam is married to Rukmani (Smita ..read more »

33% from 3 members

Ankur (1974)
Starring: Anant Nag, Agha Mohammad Hussain, Sadhu Meher
Director: Shyam Benegal
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Surya is the college going son of a well to do farmer and is forced into giving up his studies in order to take care of family property. He is married against his wishes to a young girl Saru who will join him when she reaches puberty. Bored and lonely in his farmhouse, Surya finds himself attracted ..read more »

45% from 9 members
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Welcome To Sajjanpur on DVD
Starring: Shreyas Talpade, Ravi Kissen, Yashpal Sharma
Director: Shyam Benegal
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Mahadev is one of the few educated young men from Sajjanpur. His ambition is to be a novelist but finds it easier to make a living by writing letters sitting next to the post office. His ability to write persuasive letters makes him popular with the largely non-literate population of the town. ..read more »

71% from 170 members

Sardari Begum on DVD
Starring: Amrish Puri, Kiron Kher, Rajit Kapoor
Director: Shyam Benegal
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A retired thumri singer, Sardari Begum, is killed as a skirmish breaks out in the neighbourhood. When reporter Tehzeeb Abbasi is sent to report on her death, she uncovers more than she expected...Sardari Begum was, in fact, her disowned sister!

53% from 45 members

Mahadev
Starring: Shreyas Talpade, Amrita Rao, Ravi Kishan
Director: Shyam Benegal
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A letter-writer finds his way into townpeople's hearts, with hilarious repercussions.

51% from 6 members
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Zubeidaa - 3.0 stars
Hari-Bhari - 2.5 stars
Mammo - 3.0 stars
Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda - 2.0 stars
Trikal - Past, Present, Future - 2.0 stars

Welcome To Sajjanpur - 3.5 stars
Mandi - 3.0 stars
Junoon - 3.0 stars
Zubeidaa - 3.0 stars
Mammo - 3.0 stars

Nishant - 1.5 stars
Trikal - Past, Present, Future - 2.0 stars
Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda - 2.0 stars
Hari-Bhari - 2.5 stars
Ankur - 2.5 stars

Shabana Azmi - 5 times - show films
Rajeshwari Sachdev - 4 times - show films
Amrish Puri - 4 times - show films
Naseeruddin Shah - 4 times - show films
Anant Nag - 3 times - show films