Film director Shyam Benegal discusses dialogues with writer and actors, in Puri

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Shyam Benegal discussing dialogues and script with Om Puri and other actors. He is shooting for a TV series named Bharat Ek Khoj. One of the pioneers of the new cinema in India, Shyam Benegal has been considered one of the leading filmmakers of the country ever since his first feature film, ANKUR was released. His films have been seen and acclaimed widely in India and at International film festivals for the last three decades. The core subjects of his films have been varied in nature but mainly centered around contemporary Indian experience. Problems of development, social and cultural change appear on many levels as a continuing thread in practically all his films. Apart from fiction features, he has made a number of documentaries on different subjects ranging from cultural anthropology a