Dev Benegal
Age: N/A | From: Delhi, India
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Delhi, India
Homepage: https://devbenegal.com
Movie Involvements: 9
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Dev Benegal is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter, most known for his debut film English, August (1994), which won the Best Feature Film in English at the 42nd National Film Awards. Benegal grew up in the cinema theatres of Delhi on a diet of American and British imports. His first feature English, August (1994) ignited the next generation of Indian cinema and is acknowledged as a landmark in contemporary Indian cinema. A humorous and irreverent study of bureaucracy and the Indian Generation X, English, August won the Silver Grand Prix and the Gilberto Martinez Solares prize for the Best First Film at the Festival des 3 continents, Nantes and the Special Jury Award at the Torino International Film Festival.
Most Famous Work
Mandi
(1983) Assistant Director
New Delhi Times
(1986) Sound Designer
Road, Movie
(2010) Story
Split Wide Open
(1999) Writer
English, August
(1994) DirectorActing
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Directing
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| 2010 | Director | |
| 1999 | Director | |
| 1994 | Director | |
| 1983 | Assistant Director | |
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Production
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| 2010 | Producer | |
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Writing
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| 2010 | Screenplay | |
| Story | ||
| 1999 | Writer | |
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Sound
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| 1986 | Sound Designer | |
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