Shyam Benegal in Conversation with

In this interview, Anuradha Needham has placed many questions before Shyam Benegal related to his personal and professional lives. The focus has been on how Benegal has evolved as a filmmaker from the 1970s till date and how in different phases of his career he has delivered films that not only depict pertinent social, cultural, political and economic issues in India but also use the techniques and vocabulary of cinematic tools and conventions to experiment with the various forms and genres of filmmaking.Benegal has patiently answered many questions related to his understanding of class, caste, gender and religion as conveyed in his films and has articulated how his upbringing and ideological understanding has made him produce his kind of thought-provoking and meaningful parallel as well as Bollywood films.