Best movies of Shyam Benegal

Actors : Amrita Rao, Ila Arun, Shreyas Talpade, Ravi Kishan,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

An educated man spends his days writing letters for the varied inhabitants of his small, poor, and illiterate village, in this political and social satire.

Actors : Boman Irani, Minissha Lamba, Ila Arun, Sammir Dattani,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

This is the story of Armaan Ali, a driver working for a senior executive in Mumbai. He takes a month's leave to find a husband for his teenage daughter, who lives near Hyderabad. When he is...

Actors : Anant Nag, Shabana Azmi, Priya Tendulkar, Sadhu Meher,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

Laxmi lives a poor lifestyle in a small village in India along with her husband, Kishtaya, who is a deaf-mute. Both husband and wife work for the wealthy landlord. The landlord's son, Surya...

Actors : Rekha, Rajit Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

Zubeidaa, an aspiring Muslim actress, marries a Hindu prince to become his second wife. Her tumultuous relationship with her husband, and her inner demons lead her to a decision which has fatal consequences for them all.

Actors : Ila Arun, Nicolas Chagrin, Pankaj Berry, Vinay Anand,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

The film, which is about the last five years of the Indian leader Subhas Chandra's life, also includes his life's story in flashback sequences. However, it does not cover the controversy surrounding Bose's death.

Actors : Anant Nag, Shabana Azmi, Girish Karnad, Amrish Puri,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

Vishwam (Naseeruddin Shah) is the youngest brother of the powerful and influential village Zamindar (Amrish Puri). The Zamindar will not hesitate to do anything for the welfare and ...

Actors : Anant Nag, Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri, Smita Patil,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

Coming from a poor and destitute family, Urvashi is encouraged by her mother, Shanta (Sualbha Deshpande) to be on more than friendly terms with a much older male, Keshav Dalvi (Amol Palekar...

Actors : Nafisa Ali, Tom Alter, Shabana Azmi, Jalal Agha,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

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.

Actors : Raj Babbar, Rekha, Shashi Kapoor, Kulbhushan Kharbanda,
Directors : 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 ...

Actors : Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri, Smita Patil,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

This classic film is based on a classic Urdu short story 'Aanandi' by Pakistani writer Ghulam Abbas. It deals with a brothel at the heart of a city, in an area that some politicians want ...

Actors : Rakesh Dhar, Siraj Ahmed, Rajit Kapoor, Raghuvir Yadav,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

A man shares some lazy memories about his friend, Manek Mulla, who had a knack for telling stories. On this particular afternoon, Manek narrates a 'unique' love affair with the help of ...

Actors : Rajendra Jaspal, Abha Dhulia, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Girish Karnad,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

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 ...

Actors : Neena Gupta, Anita Kanwar, Leela Naidu, Soni Razdan,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

Set in 1961 Goa, this is a story of a rich and influential Goan family and what happens to them over a period of time. The movie is narrated in past-tense by one of the friends of the ...

Actors : Surekha Sikri, Amit Phalke, Farida Jalal, Himani Shivpuri,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

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, ...

Actors : Kiron Kher, Shri Vallabh Vyas, Smriti Mishra, Amrish Puri,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

The Police are called to investigate the death of a woman during a riot. The woman was killed by a stone thrown by an agitated person. The woman killed is known in the community as "Sardari...

Actors : Paul Slabolepszy, Pallavi Joshi, Sean Cameron Michael, Rajit Kapoor,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was invited to South Africa in 1893 to settle a case for a wealthy Indian settled there. He expected to return in a few months but instead got involved in the freedom movement and eventually stayed for 21 years.

Actors : Rajeshwari Sachdev, Rajit Kapoor, Ravi Jhankal, Raghuvir Yadav,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

India's caste system depicted in film within a film

Actors : Surekha Sikri, Shabana Azmi, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Rajit Kapoor,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

Ghazala (Shabana Azmi) has been married to Munirmiya (Srivallabh Vyas) for several years, and has given birth to a daughter, Salma (Rajeshwari Sachdev) Munir is unhappy that Ghazala has ...

Actors : Anant Nag, Vanisri, Siddesh, Nirmala,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

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; ...

Actors : Noni Ganguly, Pankaj Kapur, Sreela Majumdar, Victor Banerjee,
Directors : Shyam Benegal,

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