Actor Amol Palekar recalled slapping Smita Patil for an unscripted scene in Shyam Benegal's film Bhumika, leaving her stunned ...

Zubeida Begum's life, marked by glamour, tragedy, and mystery, inspired the 2001 film Zubeidaa, reflecting her struggles as ...

Not for a week, or a day since her unpardonably premature death in 1986 has Smita Patil been forgotten. Shyam Benegal who was ...

Veteran actor Amol Palekar has worked with some of the most well-known veteran filmmakers of Indian cinema. The actor has ...

The actress had to lose a lot of weight for her 1984 film 'Khandhar' as she was more graceful in the previous project, 'Mandi', directed by Shyam Benegal in 1983. She shared how she managed to do ...

In the mid-1970s, half a million dairy farmers in India's western state of Gujarat contributed two rupees each to make a ...

Amol Palekar recounted a disturbing incident on the sets of Bhumika where he was asked to slap co-star Smita Patil without ...

Shyam Benegal was about to cast Waheeda Rehman in a film, but gave the role to Shabana Azmi after just one impromptu meeting.

During the premiere, Shyam Benegal expressed, "To be honest, I've immensely enjoyed working on this film. It's a great honor that the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Mujib's daughter, Sheikh ...

Veteran actress Zarina Wahab shared insights about her early film career and her friendship with Shabana Azmi, recounting how she declined a role in Shyam Benegal's film due to Shabana getting the ...

Not many know about the strong bond shared by Zarina Wahab and Shabana Azmi during their early days in Bollywood. The duo’s ...

Tucked into Benegal’s thought-provoking, socially conscious filmography is the rambunctious comedy Mandi (1983) and the meta-narrative Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1992). Both types of storytelling are ...