The actress recalled working with Benegal in the mini-TV series Samvidhaan. She shared a set of BTS pictures and wrote, “A sad week for India where multiple icons have passed on. The passing away of ...

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Shyam Benegal, a renowned Indian filmmaker known for pioneering a cinema movement that tackled social issues in the 1970s, has died after chronic kidney disease.