Movie Auteur Cremated At Shivaji Park In Mumbai

Movie auteur Shyam Benegal, the pioneer of Indian parallel cinema, died on the age of 90 in Mumbai on Monday, December 24. Benegal was affected by age-related illnesses and kidney points. The final rites of the director had been held on the Shivaji Park Electrical Crematorium in Mumbai this afternoon. 

The legendary filmmaker was admitted to the intensive care unit at Mumbai’s Wockhardt Hospital, simply days after he turned 90. December 14 marked Benegal’s ninetieth birthday.

Regardless of age-related illnesses, together with frequent hospital visits for dialysis 3 times every week, Shyam Benegal was dedicated to his ardour for filmmaking until the very finish.

All through his profession, Shyam Benegal obtained quite a few accolades, together with the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest honour in cinema. He was honoured with the Nationwide Movie Award for Finest Characteristic Movie in Hindi seven instances and obtained the V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.

Benegal ushered in New Cinema in India, a wave of filmmaking the place tales took priority over the field workplace, and actors ranked above stars.

His first function movie was Ankur (1973), adopted by Nishant (1975), Manthan (1976), and Bhumika (1977). With this quartet of movies, Benegal launched India to parallel cinema.

His second movie, Nishant, was in competitors on the Cannes Worldwide Movie Pageant in 1976. It was nominated for the Palme d’Or, and gained a bevy of awards again dwelling in India, together with the Nationwide Movie Award for the Finest Characteristic Movie in Hindi.

Celebrities like Naseeruddin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah, Gulzar, Sham Kaushal, Divya Dutta, Ila Arun paid their final respects to the legendary director.

The legendary filmmaker was accorded a 21-gun salute on the Shivaji Park Electrical Crematorium. 

Shyam Benegal is survived by spouse Nira Benegal and daughter, Pia Benegal.

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