Shyam Benegal

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Shyam Benegal: Media

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Shyam Benegal

Shyam Benegal

Indian film director Shyam Benegal was a pioneer of the parallel cinema movement.

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Indian actors Shashi Kapoor and Naseeruddin Shah in the film Junoon (1979;...

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