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Dev Benegal grew up in the cinema theatres of Delhi on a diet of American and British imports. His first feature English, August (1994) ignited the next generation of Indian cinema and is acknowledged as a landmark in contemporary Indian cinema. A humorous and irreverent study of bureaucracy and the Indian Generation X... See full bio »

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1960 in Delhi, India

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Director (4 titles)

2009 Road, Movie

2002 Shabana! Actor, Activist, Woman (documentary short)

1999 Split Wide Open

1994 English, August

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Writer (3 titles)

2009 Road, Movie (written by)

1999 Split Wide Open (writer)

1994 English, August

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Second Unit Director or Assistant Director (3 titles)

1983 Mandi (assistant director)

1982 Satyajit Ray (documentary) (first assistant director)

1981 Kalyug (assistant director)

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Producer (1 title)

2009 Road, Movie (producer)

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Editor (1 title)

1994 English, August

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Sound Department (1 title)

1986 New Delhi Times (sound designer)

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Self (1 title)

2002 Shabana! Actor, Activist, Woman (documentary short)
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Dev Benegal has directed two movies, Road, Movie and English, August, with commas in the title. See more »

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