Shyam Benegal

Yatra also starred late actors Om Puri and Mohan Gokhale

Nikhil Bhagat played young Ruiz Pereira in Shyam Benegal's 1985 film Trikal

The Bihar government has nothing to do with the case against the 49 celebrities who wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July, the state police said on Sunday. State police chief Guptesvar Pandey told NDTV that it was done after an order from a court and there was no reason to panic.

Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal, who is among the 49 eminent personalities against whom a complaint has been filed for alleged sedition, today said the case makes no sense since their open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over growing incidents of mob violence was an appeal and not any threat.

There is no record of Mahatma Gandhi ever visiting Kolkata's iconic Victoria Memorial in his lifetime, nor of him saying anything about the monument. But now, nine thought-provoking feature films inspired by Mahatma Gandhi have come a-calling. On screen. To mark his 150th birth anniversary.

Soni Razdan struck gold in her photo archive

Filmmaker-producer Kalpana Lajmi's friends and family bid her an emotional farewell

Filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi, who directed films like Rudaali and Daman has died in Mumbai on Sunday. Ms Lajmi was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year.

After senior actor Shabana Azmi's sharp criticism of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for reserving clearance to the upcoming Hindi film Padmavati over "deficient" paperwork, celebrated filmmaker Shyam Benegal, too, has questioned the censor board for sending back the film.

Shabana Azmi wrote how films were more important than clothes at the festival

Shyam Benegal and Sudhir Mishra criticised the Central Board of Film Certification for refusing to certify Lipstick Under My Burkha

"When I went to meet Guru Dutt, he said, 'Listen, what are you going to do with me? You will be an assistant and would get no opportunity to do anything else. You will just be a 'gofor',- revealed Shyam Benegal

The annual Khushwant Singh Literary Festival will be held in Kasauli from October 14 with the guest list including the likes of Salman Khurshid, Omar Abdullah, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Abhinav Bindra and Shyam Benegal among others.

"The one good thing that has now come out is the recommendations of the Shyam Benegal committee and we wish that gets approved too. Creative freedom should never be curbed," said Kamal

"The static warnings that appear during every smoking scene apart from the disclaimers and anti-tobacco health spots being shown mandatorily in the beginning and interval of every film, disturbs the smooth viewing of the film," the panel said in its report

Yatra also starred late actors Om Puri and Mohan Gokhale

Nikhil Bhagat played young Ruiz Pereira in Shyam Benegal's 1985 film Trikal

The Bihar government has nothing to do with the case against the 49 celebrities who wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July, the state police said on Sunday. State police chief Guptesvar Pandey told NDTV that it was done after an order from a court and there was no reason to panic.

Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal, who is among the 49 eminent personalities against whom a complaint has been filed for alleged sedition, today said the case makes no sense since their open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over growing incidents of mob violence was an appeal and not any threat.

There is no record of Mahatma Gandhi ever visiting Kolkata's iconic Victoria Memorial in his lifetime, nor of him saying anything about the monument. But now, nine thought-provoking feature films inspired by Mahatma Gandhi have come a-calling. On screen. To mark his 150th birth anniversary.

Soni Razdan struck gold in her photo archive

Filmmaker-producer Kalpana Lajmi's friends and family bid her an emotional farewell

Filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi, who directed films like Rudaali and Daman has died in Mumbai on Sunday. Ms Lajmi was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year.

After senior actor Shabana Azmi's sharp criticism of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for reserving clearance to the upcoming Hindi film Padmavati over "deficient" paperwork, celebrated filmmaker Shyam Benegal, too, has questioned the censor board for sending back the film.

Shabana Azmi wrote how films were more important than clothes at the festival

Shyam Benegal and Sudhir Mishra criticised the Central Board of Film Certification for refusing to certify Lipstick Under My Burkha

"When I went to meet Guru Dutt, he said, 'Listen, what are you going to do with me? You will be an assistant and would get no opportunity to do anything else. You will just be a 'gofor',- revealed Shyam Benegal

The annual Khushwant Singh Literary Festival will be held in Kasauli from October 14 with the guest list including the likes of Salman Khurshid, Omar Abdullah, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Abhinav Bindra and Shyam Benegal among others.

"The one good thing that has now come out is the recommendations of the Shyam Benegal committee and we wish that gets approved too. Creative freedom should never be curbed," said Kamal

"The static warnings that appear during every smoking scene apart from the disclaimers and anti-tobacco health spots being shown mandatorily in the beginning and interval of every film, disturbs the smooth viewing of the film," the panel said in its report