SHYAM BENEGAL.
Series: WORLD DIRECTORS
Publisher: BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE; British Film Institute
Published: 2002
Place of publication: LONDON
Language: und; eng
Number of pages: 246
Description: "Shyam Benegal is the best known and most prolific contemporary film-maker from India's arthouse or 'New Cinema' tradition. From Benegal's first film Ankur (1974) through to the recent hit Zubeidaa (2000), his films have explored the contradictions and tensions of a society in very rapid transition with an uniquely powerful focus on female protagonists." "In this first major overview of the director's work the author explains how it presents both a stark contrast to Bollywood and yet also contains many creative continuities both with commercial cinema and his distinguished predecessor Satyajit Ray. She shows too how no other director has come close to painting such a compelling and vivid portrait of modern India."--BOOK JACKET.