Shyam Benegal
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Hindi director
Shyam Benegal (India, 1934) made
Ankur/ Seeding (1974), which inaugurates his series of female
portraits and his collaborations with both composer Vanraj Bhatia and
cinematographer Govind Nihalani,
Nishant/ Night's End (1975),
Manthan/ The Churning (1976),
the children's film Charandas Chor/ Charandas the Thief (1975),
the biopic Bhumika/ The Role (1977), based on the autobiography of
a scandalous actress of the 1940s,
the patriotic epic Junoon/ The Obsession (1979),
Kalyug (1981),
the satirical musical Mandi/ Market Place (1983), based on Ghulam Abbas' story "Aanandi", set in a brothel, with erotic and mystical overtones,
Trikal (1985),
and
his "Muslim women trilogy" consisting of
Susman/ Essence (1987),
Mammo (1994), Sardari Begum (1996) and Zubeidaa (2001),
a lavish Bollywood musical melodrama about a Muslim woman of the 1950s who wants to become an actress.
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