JUST WHEN MAINSTREAM Hindi cinema stepped into an exciting new phase with the rise of the 'Angry Young Man' in the '70s, Shyam Benegal made a stunning debut as the writer and director of Ankur (The Seedling, 1974), propelling the parallel cinema movement in India.
A refreshingly original movie, Ankur was a searing criticism of the caste system and rural feudalism in India and received widespread national and international acclaim. This ensured a phenomenal start to his film career as the then 40-year-old Benegal became a 'disruptor', who with his powerful storytelling and touch of social realism established himself as a modern master and a visionary in the years that followed.
Benegal, who turned 90 earlier this month, passed away in Wockhardt hospital in Mumbai on Monday.
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