Shyam Benegal: Movie personalities bear in mind one of many best filmmakers

Filmmakers Shekhar Kapur, Hansal Mehta, and cine stars Manoj Bajpayee, Akshay Kumar, and Kajol paid homage to Shyam Benegal, calling the veteran director a grasp storyteller who redefined cinema and impressed generations together with his movies.

Benegal, one of many pioneers of the Indian parallel cinema motion within the Seventies and Eighties, died on Monday at Mumbai’s Wockhardt Hospital resulting from power kidney illness.

Recognized for movies like his 1974 debut “Ankur”, “Mandi”, “Nishant”, “Mammo”, and “Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda” that explored social themes nonetheless related within the nation by means of layered characters, the director celebrated his ninetieth birthday simply 9 days in the past on December 14.

Kapur bid farewell to his “good friend and information” in a submit on X.

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“He created ‘the brand new wave’ cinema. #shyambenegal will all the time be remembered as the person that modified the route of Indian Cinema with movies like Ankur, Manthan and numerous others. He created stars out of nice actors like Shabama Azmi and Smita Patil,” the filmmaker wrote on the microblogging platform.

Addressing Benegal as Shyam Babu, as he was recognized to pals and collaborators, Mehta thanked the filmmaker for being an inspiration.

“Thanks for the cinema. Thanks for giving robust tales and flawed characters such superb dignity. Really among the many final of our greats,” Mehta wrote.

Bajpayee, who labored with the director in 2001’s “Zubeidaa”, stated Benegal’s dying is a “heartbreaking loss” for Indian cinema.

“Shyam Benegal wasn’t only a legend, he was a visionary who redefined storytelling and impressed generations. Working with him in Zubeidaa was a transformative expertise for me, exposing me to his distinctive type of storytelling & nuanced understanding of performances.

“I’ll endlessly be thankful for the teachings I realized underneath his route. It was an absolute honor to have had the chance to work with him. His legacy will dwell on within the tales he instructed and the lives he touched. Relaxation in peace Shyam Babu, Om Shanti,” the actor wrote on X.

Akshay Kumar stated he’s “pained” after studying about Benegal’s dying.

“One of many best filmmakers in our nation, really a legend. Om Shanti,” he stated.

In her Instagram Story, Kajol stated Benegal’s contributions to Indian cinema are “immeasurable and his legacy will dwell on by means of his unbelievable physique of labor”.

“Thanks on your Cinema… for tales that formed unbelievable expertise and for pushing boundaries and creating pleasure in Indian Cinema,” stated producer Karan Johar on Instagram Story.

Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra stated Benegal was the very best at expressing “poetry of the peculiar face and peculiar lives”.

“A lot shall be written about Shyam Benegal however for me not many discuss the truth that there was a lament in his movies and a unhappiness in regards to the reality we weren’t residing in the very best of all attainable Worlds (sic)” he stated in one other submit on X.

Mishra, who spoke extremely in regards to the filmmaker when he launched a ebook on Benegal by Atul Tiwari in Lucknow barely three days in the past, stated he could not consider the veteran would “go away us so quickly”.

Telugu celebrity and politician Chiranjeevi additionally paid tributes to Benegal, a fellow Hyderabadi.

“Deeply saddened on the departure of Shri Shyam Benegal, one of many best movie makers and nice intellectuals of our nation. He found & nurtured among the brightest movie abilities of India.

“His movies, biographies and documentaries kind a part of India’s best cultural treasure!! A fellow Hyderabadi & former Rajya Sabha member, Benegal Sab’s masterful works will all the time be held in nice esteem in Indian Cinema! Relaxation In Peace Sir!!” he wrote.

Director Rahul Dholakia stated he was lucky to have met Benegal, who was additionally his father’s good friend.

“The daddy of artwork home / new wave / different or just high-quality cinema – who gave us classics like Ankur, Manthan, Nishant, Mandi.. junoon, Kalyug and lots of extra .. #ShyamBenegal sir isn’t any extra – a high-quality man, a mild soul and certainly one of Indias best filmmakers (sic)” Dholakia added.

“Farewell to the legendary #ShyamBenegal, the grasp storyteller who redefined Indian cinema together with his realism and depth. His movies will proceed to encourage generations. Relaxation in peace maestro,” stated Bengali star Prosenjit Chatterjee on X.