RE:Shyam Benegal ???
by meenu kaushik on Aug 08, 2007 03:11 PM
you dont know who is shayam benegal? u must of the age of 6 or 8 years. tab toh koi baat nahin kyon ki benegal saab ko tumhari age ke bacche deifinitely nahin jaante honge. ek baar apni mummy ya daddy se poocho toh woh tumhe shyam benegal saab ke baare main bataenge. and my advise to you that you must see a movie of shayam ji. ok
RE:Shame
by abdul wahab on Aug 08, 2007 02:48 PM
everybody is talking abt regionalism..some one says shyam benegal is hyderabadi..someone claims as he is kannada and so on.. we should be proud for him for his contributions to parallel cinema and making a name for himself amidst popularity the commercial cinema
RE:RE:Shame
by meenu kaushik on Aug 08, 2007 03:16 PM
controversies toh har field main hoti hai chaahe woh National Award, chaahe koi aur award, but we should not feel biased against this decision b'cos award dene se pehle you have too choose better, and jury ne shayam benegal saab ko yeh award dene se pehle saari chizon ko hi dyan main rakha hoga. toh please relionalism main hamein nahin phansna chaahiye.
RE:RE:Shame
by abhi on Aug 08, 2007 03:49 PM
Who cares about the region from which he has come.He is a damn good filmmaker and that is what really counts.
We Hyderabadis are proud that one of our own, Shyam Benegal ji has been conferred the Dada Saheb Phalke award. It is a great honour for a man whose family traces it humble origins to Alwal, a suburb of Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad. All his earlier movies were based on the fuedal problems of Telengana. We are proud of you Shyam ji
RE:Congratulations
by sagar radia on Aug 08, 2007 02:23 PM
U r Proud dat Hydrabadi is conferred the award..Raja Chaterjee is not happy because Bengali was not given the award............Is there something like Indain or not....I am really wondering...and now you same people will curse the government for castesim,communalism....What is this now? Someone please enlighten me!
RE:RE:Congratulations
by Suresh on Aug 08, 2007 02:49 PM
he grew up in Hyderabad and did his graduation from Osmania University. His elder brother Madhusudhan Benegal lives in the anscetral home at Alwal in Secunderabad. All his earlier movies were based on Telengana and ven Mandi was based on a brotel house in Hyderabad
RE:Congratulations
by radio mirchi on Aug 08, 2007 02:43 PM
Yes. Basically he is a konkani speaking person and his ancestors are from Benegal a place near Udupi I think ( may be Karwar). He is more a Canarese than a Telugu. However he is supposed to be born in Andhra. So even Kannadigas can be proud of his roots. Now he is rooted in Bengal. So he is a true Indian and all are proud abt him
RE:Congratulations
by amtpur on Aug 08, 2007 02:39 PM
He born near Hyderabad but root is in Karwar,Karnataka. He is like relative Gurudutt Saraswat Brhamin.
RE:Congratulations
by arti singh on Aug 08, 2007 02:38 PM
Shyam Benegal (born 14 December, 1934 in Alwal, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) is a prolific Indian director. Benegal is related to the famous film director and actor Guru Dutt Padukone - contrary to what is generally believed. His paternal grand-mother and Guru Dutt's maternal grand-mother were sisters. Both are nominally Konkani speaking Chitrapur Saraswats. He is also the founder of the Hyderabad Film Society and a former Ad Filmmaker.
RE:Congratulations
by Tendulkar Charan on Aug 08, 2007 02:48 PM
why do we ask about orgin of rever,lady and Rushi's. Shym ji is kind of rushi of indian film world.
RE:RE:Congratulations
by dnyanesh gharote on Aug 08, 2007 02:48 PM
I am Marathi and i am proud that at least Dadasaheb Phalke was Marathi!!!! Ha ha!! This regionalism & casteism is in our blood. It will never go. God save India , if not , then at Least Maharashtra , if not then at least Mumbai , if not then at least My house , if not then at least my ass....!!!!!
RE:Congratulations
by meenu kaushik on Aug 08, 2007 03:18 PM
i am fully agree with agar radia, agar aaj ki generation bhi isi point ko apne dimaag main rakh kar apni soch banayagee toh hum aage kaise badhange.
RE:Congratulations
by satanand karnamadakala on Aug 08, 2007 03:08 PM
Today he is also the President of Federation of Film society, the society which was started by Satayjit Ray.
