Shyam Benegal, India’s parallel cinema pioneer, dies at 90

Shyam Benegal, India’s parallel cinema pioneer, dies at 90

Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal, who heralded the Indian parallel cinema movement in the 1970s and 1980s with films such as “Ankur”, “Nishant” and “Manthan”, died on Monday, his daughter Pia said. He was 90.

The filmmaker passed away at Mumbai’s Wockhardt Hospital due to chronic kidney disease, Pia Benegal told PTI.

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