Noted film-maker Shyam Benegal was honoured with the coveted Dadasaheb Phalke Award by the government in appreciation of his "outstanding contribution" to Indian cinema.
Shyam Benegal
The prestigious award, carrying a cash component of Rs 2 lakh, a golden lotus and a shawl, will be conferred on Benegal by President Pratibha Patil at a ceremony later this year. The award was announced on Wednesday, August 08, 2007.
There were earlier speculations that Ramanaidu would get this award this year. But it was bestowed on one of the greatest living film directors in India. Shyam Benegal who hails from Hyderabad was earlier bestowed with Padma Shri in 1976 and Padma Bhushan in 1991.
Benegal had made a debut with the feature film Ankur, broke new grounds in cinematic trends in the seventies.
His films have been seen and acclaimed widely in India and at international film festivals for the past three decades. His films influenced many a generations of new directors. Manirathnam and Ram Gopal Varma were chief among his admirers of the new generation directors.
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