Shyam Benegal - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	14-December-1934
Place of Birth	Trimulgherry (India, Andhra Pradesh)
Nationality	India
Also know as	Shyam Sunder Venegalla, à¤¶à¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤® à¤¸à¥à¤¨à¥à¤¦à¤° à¤µà¥‡à¤¨à¥‡à¤—à¤²à¤¾
Profession	Film director, Screenwriter, Writer
Shyam Benegal is an Indian director and screenwriter. With his first four feature films Ankur, Nishant, Manthan and Bhumika he created a new genre, which has now come to be called the "middle cinema" in India. He has expressed dislike of the term, preferring his work to be called New or Alternate cinema. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1976 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991. On 8 August 2007, Benegal was awarded the highest award in Indian cinema for lifetime achievement, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2005. He has won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi seven times.

Awards by Shyam Benegal

Check all the awards nominated and won by Shyam Benegal.

2009

National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues

Honored for : Well Done Abba

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Star Guild Award for Best Story	Welcome to Sajjanpur

2008

IIFA Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema (Male)

2005

Dadasaheb Phalke Award	(Awarded as a Director)

2004

Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration	Honored for : Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero

1996

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Urdu	Honored for : Sardari Begum

1995

National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)	Honored for : The Making of the Mahatma (Director)
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English	Honored for : The Making of the Mahatma

1994

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi	Honored for : Mammo

1982

Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Filmfare Award for Best Director	Kalyug
Filmfare Award for Best Story	Kalyug

1980

Filmfare Award for Best Director

Honored for : Junoon

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Filmfare Award for Best Director	Junoon

1978

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi	Honored for : Junoon

1977

National Film Award for Best Screenplay	Honored for : Bhumika: The Role

1976

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi	Honored for : The Churning

1975

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

Honored for : Nishant

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Filmfare Award for Best Director	The Seedling
Filmfare Award for Best Story	The Seedling

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