FILM DIRECTOR

Shyam Benegal

1934 - Today

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Shyam Benegal (born 14 December 1934) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker. Often regarded as the pioneer of parallel cinema, he is widely considered as one of the greatest filmmakers post 1970s. He has received several accolades, including eighteen National Film Awards, a Filmfare Award and a Nandi Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shyam Benegal has received more than 1,243,290 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Shyam Benegal is the 1,261st most popular film director (up from 1,377th in 2019), the 718th most popular biography from India (up from 728th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Indian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Shyam Benegals by language

Over the past year Shyam Benegal has had the most page views in the with 188,870 views, followed by Bengali (10,394), and Hindi (3,808). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Western Punjabi (1,225.00%), Bengali (198.51%), and Esperanto (125.12%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Shyam Benegal ranks 1,261 out of 2,041. Before him are Simon West, Aaron Norris, Šarūnas Bartas, Terry George, Marion Hänsel, and Yōjirō Takita. After him are Lewis Teague, Pablo Larraín, Jack Sholder, Jaume Balagueró, Jon Amiel, and Bennett Miller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Shyam Benegal ranks 429. Before him are Corey Allen, Mr. Fuji, Victor Argo, Fernando Cardenal, James Drury, and Kurt Armbruster. After him are Johnny Burnette, Orrin Hatch, Chris Bonington, Horacio Accavallo, Stanley Turrentine, and Jamie Farr.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shyam Benegal ranks 718 out of 1,861. Before him are Ramdev (1965), Ravindra Prabhat (1969), Danny Denzongpa (1948), M. K. Stalin (1953), Sunil Chhetri (1984), and S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (1940). After him are P. T. Usha (1964), Feroz Khan (1939), Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (1947), Saeed Jaffrey (1929), Nirmala Sitharaman (1959), and Peter Sarstedt (1941).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Shyam Benegal ranks 10. Before him are Michael Radford (1946), Dadasaheb Phalke (1870), Lindsay Anderson (1923), Dara Singh (1928), Guru Dutt (1925), and Ardeshir Irani (1886). After him are Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1914), Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941), Tarsem Singh (1961), Ismail Merchant (1936), V. Shantaram (1901), and Subhash Ghai (1945).

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Filmography

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Director
Mahadev (Shreyas Talpade) is an unemployed graduate with a Bachelor of Arts from Satna college, who is forced to make a living writing letters for the uneducated people of his village. His real ambition is to become a novel writer. Through his humble occupation, Mahadev has the potential to impact numerous lives. The movie is a satirical, but warm-hearted portrait of life in rural India.
Sep 19o 20085.438 / 10
Bhumika
Director
A girl learns music from her courtesan grandmother and breaks into the burgeoning show business industry of 1930s Bombay, which eventually leads to decades of superstardom as well as romantic entanglements.
Nov 11o 19776.2 / 10
Ankur
Director
Laxmi lives a poor lifestyle in a small village in India along with her husband, Kishtaya, who is a deaf-mute. Both husband and wife work for the wealthy landlord. The landlord's son, Surya, has to cancel his studies and return home to look after the estate, as well as formalize his marriage to Saroj, the girl he was compelled to get married to when he was very young. Shortly thereafter Kishtaya is apprehended stealing toddy from the fields, is severely beaten, left senseless, and when he recovers he absconds, leaving Laxmi alone to fend for herself.
Jul 20o 19746.2 / 10