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Shyam Benegal is a film director, screenwriter, film producer born in Sikandarabad (British Raj).
Shyam Benegal (14 December 1934 – 23 December 2024) was an Indian film director, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker. Often regarded as the pioneer of parallel cinema, he is widely considered as one of the greatest filmmakers post 1970s. He has received several accolades, including eighteen National Film Awards, a Filmfare Award and a Nandi Award. In 2005, he was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in the field of cinema. In 1976, he was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour of the country, and in 1991, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honour for his contributions in the field of arts. He died on 23 December 2024, aged 90, at Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai, where he was receiving treatment for chronic kidney disease. Benegal was born in Hyderabad to Sridhar B.
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| Born | 14 December 1934, Sikandarabad |
| Profession | film director, screenwriter, film producer |
| Nationality | British Raj |
| Educated at | North-Eastern Hill University, Osmania University, Mahbub College High School, Nizam College |
| Awards | Dadasaheb Phalke Award, IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award, Filmfare Award for Best Director, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri in arts, honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Pisces |
| Nakshatra | Uttara Bhadrapada (Pada 1) |
| Sun Sign | Scorpio |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Scorpio |
| Birth data reliability | Accurate |
Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Tendulkar)), so this chart is reliable.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 148 Bollywood personalities with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 14 of them (9%) have the Moon in Pisces, like Shyam Benegal, and 6 (4%) share the Uttara Bhadrapada Nakshatra — the #9 most common Moon Nakshatra among Bollywood personalities, where Swati leads with 10 (7%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Shyam Benegal was born on 14 December 1934 in Sikandarabad. Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Tendulkar)), so this chart is reliable.
Shyam Benegal's Moon sign (Rashi) is Pisces and the Nakshatra is Uttara Bhadrapada, pada 1, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
Shyam Benegal's Ascendant is Scorpio, calculated from the recorded birth time.
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