Movie List for "shyam benegal"

This movie tells story of fierce and total competition of two related business families in the days of license raaj India.The overall plot is based on Mahabharat.This movie shows that how the pursuit of self serving ideals even le… Year 1981.

The film is derived from a classic folktale, originally narrated by Vijaydan Detha, and interpreted as a folk play by Habib Tanvir. The film charts the tumultuous life of a petty thief, Charandas. While running away from Police he en Year 1975.

Story of a poor farmer who suffers under a cunning and cruel landlord, amidst rising Naxalism in the 60s. Year 1983.

13 year old Riyaz lives a poor lifestyle in Bombay, India, with his grandmother, Fayyuzi, and her sister, Mehmooda alias Mammo. Quite outspoken and embittered over his dad abandoning him, Riyaz does not have many friends, save for… Year 1994.

A story about the “Ikat” handloom weavers of Pochampally through the master weaver Ramulu and his family struggle in time of mass-production. Year 1987.

A Goan native returns to his now-derelict, palatial childhood home, recalling his family’s interpersonal drama during the end of Portuguese rule. Year 1985.

Belonging to a lower caste, Lakshmi and her deaf-mute husband Kishtayya serve the landlord’s son, Surya. When Surya’s young wife finds out about his affair with Lakshmi, they all find themselves at crossroads. Year 1974.

Set during the 1857 War of Independence, an obsessed Indian Nawab desires to wed a young Anglo-Indian woman, but the girl’s obstinate mother stands between them. Year 1979.

Forbidden love, fraying loyalties and flagrant hypocrisy emerge when sanctimonious politicians drive a madam’s brothel from the heart of Hyderabad. Year 1983.

Dr.Rao (Girih Karnad) is a Vetinary doc, who comes to this village with the aim of starting a Milk Co-operative society for the welfare of the villagers. But the wealthy businessman Mishraji (Amrish Puri) and Sarpanch (Kulbhushan … Year 1976.

India’s caste system depicted in film within a film Year 1998.

Jogamma is the widow of Brahmin Pandit Range Rao, and lives in a coastal village in Southern India along with her two married sons, Narsimha, who is married to Seethamma and has two sons; while Parasuram is married to Ansuya. Nars… Year 1978.

A girl learns music from her courtesan grandmother and breaks into the burgeoning show business industry of 1930s Bombay, which eventually leads to decades of superstardom as well as romantic entanglements. Year 1977.

On a lazy afternoon, a man shares his memories of a storyteller friend who once narrated a convoluted love story with intertwined plots. As these plots unravel, reality mixes with fiction. Year 1992.

A man whose wife is abducted seeks to have the culprits prosecuted for their crime, but no one will help him. Meanwhile, the wife-abused and berated by her abductors-cannot bring herself to face her husband. Year 1975.

The police are called to investigate the death of a woman who was killed during a riot by a stone thrown by an agitated person. She was known in the community as “Sardari Begum”, a popular singer and courtesan in her time. This st… Year 1996.