REPLUG: Language, Culture Matter More Than Religion: Shyam Benegal
This is the first part of a two-part (links attached) exclusive interview last year (2023) with India’s greatest filmmaker Shyam Benegal, who passed away recently at the age of 90. In this part, Benegal talks about “Mujib: The Making of a Nation,” his only film in Bengali, in conversation with senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
In the second part of an exclusive interview with Shyam Benegal, he talks about the “Muslim question” and the role of Jawaharlal Nehru in shaping the India of today. He is ambivalent about the role of the BJP and the RSS in the country’s freedom movement as he speaks with senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
Second Part See Here
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