Consider the following statements about a prominent film personality of India:
He was born in Hyderabad. He emerged in the 1970s with a series of films that challenged mainstream Bollywood. He became widely known for Bharat Ek Khoj, a landmark 53-episode television series. He directed a 2023 biopic about Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Identify the personality from the following:
- AGovind Nihalani
- BGirish Karnad
- CShyam Benegal
- DMani Ratnam
Explanation
All four statements describe Shyam Benegal. He was born in Hyderabad in 1934, emerged as a leading figure of the 1970s parallel (new-wave) cinema with films like Ankur (1974), directed the landmark 53-episode television series Bharat Ek Khoj (1988) on Indian history, and directed Mujib: The Making of the Nation (2023), the biopic of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He passed away in December 2024, a few months before this paper was held in April 2025.