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Shyam Benegal Dies: Pioneering Indian Filmmaker Was 90
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deadline.comPioneering Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal has died aged 90. Benegal died today in Mumbai following a chronic kidney disease, his daughter Pia Benegal confirmed to India Today.
He had recently celebrated his 90th birthday with friends, family and the likes of Shashi Kapoor’s son Kunal Kapoor, according to the local outlet.
Benegal was a pioneering film director, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker, widely regarded as one of the best since the 1970s.
He started his career working as a copywriter for a Mumbai advertising agency while simultaneously making documentaries. He made his first, Gher Betha Ganga (Ganges at the Doorstep), in 1962.
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