Bhubaneswar: BJD President and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik has condoled the demise of legendary filmmaker Shyam Benegal, who passed away in Mumbai on Monday.
Taking to his ‘X’ handle, Naveen said he was deeply saddened to learn about the passing away of legendary filmmaker Shyam Benegal.
Benegal was a doyen of Indian cinema and his departure is a great loss to the film industry. His socially relevant portrayals were ahead of his time and his towering presence behind the camera will be sorely missed by all, Naveen said.
Deeply saddened to learn about the passing away of legendary filmmaker #ShyamBenegal. He was a doyen of Indian cinema and his departure is a great loss to the film industry. His socially relevant portrayals were ahead of his time and his towering presence behind the camera will…
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) December 23, 2024
Shyam Benegal, who pioneered the parallel film movement in India, was suffering from a kidney ailment for a while, and was admitted to Wockhardt hospital in Mumbai.
Shyam Benegal is widely considered as one of the greatest filmmakers after the 1970s, and received several honours like 18 National Film Awards, a Nandi Award, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest award in the field of cinema, a Padma Shri, and Padma Bhushan.
The filmmaker recently celebrated his 90th birthday in Mumbai.