Bio: Shyam Benegal is a seven time National Film Award winner. The years past have seen him in advertising. Before long he started making documentaries, biographies and non-commercial movies.Basics on Shyam BenegalShyam Benegal was born in Trimulgherry, Secunderabad, India on the 14th December 1934. He is related to actor Guru Dutt as his paternal grandmother and Dutt’s maternal grandmother ... .. more about Shyam Benegal