- Films
- 15
- Avg rating
- 7.06
- Peak run
- 1974’01
- 7+ run
- 4 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes
Shyam by the numbers
Average
7.06
9 rated films
Vote weighted
6.99
bigger films count more
Median
7.5
half are better
Consistency
±1.12
rating spread
Career
50y
1974 to 2023
Total votes
24.3K
across every film
Best
8.0
The Seventh Horse of the Sun
Worst
4.3
Mujib: The Making of Nation
Newest first
Filmography
| 2023 | Mujib: The Making of Nation | 4.3 | 6,298 |
| 2009 | Well Done Abba! | 7.2 | 2,111 |
| 2008 | Welcome to Sajjanpur | 6.9 | 3,495 |
| 2005 | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero | 7.6 | 1,469 |
| 2001 | Zubeidaa | 6.6 | 1,911 |
| 1994 | Mammo | · | 593 |
| 1992 | The Seventh Horse of the Sun | 8.0 | 1,122 |
| 1985 | Trikal (Past, Present, Future) | · | 354 |
| 1983 | Mandi | 7.5 | 1,103 |
| 1981 | Kalyug | · | 667 |
| 1979 | Junoon | · | 612 |
| 1977 | Bhumika | · | 781 |
| 1976 | Manthan | 7.7 | 1,029 |
| 1975 | Nishant | · | 842 |
| 1974 | Ankur | 7.7 | 1,873 |
Better together?
Shyam Benegal's regulars
- Vanraj BhatiaComposer · 10 films · 7.73 avg
- Govind NihalaniCinematographer · 6 films · 7.70 avg
- Satyadev DubeyWriter · 6 films · 7.60 avg▲+0.22
- Amrish PuriDirector and actor · 6 films · 7.27 avg▲+0.44
- Shama ZaidiWriter · 6 films · 6.85 avg▼−0.23
- Anant NagDirector and actor · 5 films · 7.70 avg▲+0.45
- Smita PatilDirector and actor · 4 films · 7.60 avg▲+0.44
- Naseeruddin ShahDirector and actor · 4 films · 7.60 avg▲+0.59
- Shabana AzmiDirector and actor · 4 films · 7.60 avg▲+0.78
- Kulbhushan KharbandaDirector and actor · 4 films · 7.50 avg▲+0.55
- Rajan KothariCinematographer · 4 films · 7.08 avg
- Ila ArunDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.23 avg▲+0.61
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Shyam Benegal
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