Actors,
directors
and
admirers
mourned
legendary
filmmaker
Shyam
Benegal
who
passed
into
the
ages
on
December
23
at
the
age
of
90
at
the
Y
B
Chavan
centre
in
south
Mumbai
on
Saturday
evening.
Shabana
Azmi
worked
with
Shyam
Babu
in
Ankur,
Nishant,
Mandi,
Hari-Bhari
and
Susman.
Shabana
with
husband
Javed
Akhtar
who
wrote
songs
for
some
of
Shyam
Babu’s
later
films
like
Zubeidaa.
Naseeruddin
Shah
worked
with
Shyam
Babu
in
Nishant,
Manthan,
Bhumika,
Mandi,
Trikal.
Shabana
with
Shyam
Babu’s
wife
Nira
Benegal
(in
white
sari)
and
daughter
Pia
Benegal,
left.
Ila
Arun
arrives
with
K
K
Raina.
Ila
worked
with
Shyam
Babu
in
Mandi,
Trikaal,
Suraj
Ka
Satwan
Ghoda,
Bose:
The
Forgotten
Hero,
Welcome
To
Sajjanpur,
Well
Done
Abbaa.
K
K
featured
in
Shyam
Babu’s
epic
Doordarshan
series
Bharat
Ek
Khoj
and
Suraj
Ka
Satwan
Ghoda.
Rajeshwari
Sachdev
featured
in
Suraj
Ka
Satvan
Ghoda,
Mammo,
Sardari
Begum,
Hari-Bhari,
Samar,
Welcome
to
Sajjanpur
and
Netaji
Subhas
Chandra
Bose:
The
Forgotten
Hero.
Divya
Dutta
acted
in
Samar
and
Welcome
to
Sajjanpur.
Kunal
Kapoor
with
son
Zahan.
Shyam
Babu
directed
Junoon
and
Kalyug
for
Kunal’s
father
Shashi
Kapoor’s
production
house
Film-Valas.
Vardhaan
Puri
with
his
parents
Rajeev
Amrish
Puri
and
Meena
Rajeev
Puri.
Vardhaan’s
late
grandfather
Amrish
Puri
acted
in
Nishant,
Manthan,
Bhumika,
Kalyug,
Mandi,
Suraj
Ka
Satvan
Ghoda.
Urmila
Matondkar.
Action
choreographer
Sham
Kaushal.
Director
Sudhir
Mishra.
Seated
behind
Shabana
Azmi
alongside
Kunal
Kapoor
is
actor
and
director
Aparna
Sen.
Shashi
Kapoor
produced
Aparna’s
first
film,
the
memorable
36,
Chowringhee
Lane
featuring
his
wife
Jennifer
Kapoor
in
an
unforgettable
role.
Some
of
Shyam
Babu’s
collaborators.
Supriya
Sule,
the
NCP
MP
from
Baramati,
with
art
historian
Saryu
Doshi.
Photographs
curated
by
Satish
Bodas/Rediff.com
