TV from 2 March 2014. Along with Benegal, Tom Alter, Dalip Tahil, Sachin Khedekar, Divya Dutta, Rajendra Gupta, K K Raina, and Ila Arun were seen at the press conference for the TV series. Government of Bangladesh has confirmed Benegal would direct the biopic of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman named Mujib: The Making of a Nation. The film will be released presumably by 2022. Personal life Shyam Benegal is married to Nira Benegal and has a daughter named Pia Benegal, a costume designer, who worked for many films. Filmography Awards and nominations Non Feature Films 1984 Best Historical Reconstruction for Nehru 1985 Best Biographical Film for Satyajit Ray Feature Films 1986 Best Director for Trikal 1993 Best Feature Film in Hindi for Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda 1995 Best Feature Film in Hindi for Mammo 1996 Best Feature Film in English for The Making of the Mahatma 1997 Best Feature Film in Urdu for Sardari Begum 1999 Best Feature Film for Samar 1999 Best Feature Film on Family Welfare for Hari-Bhari 2001 Best Feature Film in Hindi for Zubeidaa 2005 Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration for Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero Best Film on Other Social Issues for Well Done Abba Filmfare Awards 1980 Best Director for Junoon Cannes Film Festival 1976: Golden Palm: Nishant: Nominated Berlin International Film Festival 1974 Golden Berlin Bear for Ankur: Nominated Moscow International Film Festival 1981 Golden Prize: Kalyug 1997 Golden St. George: Sardari Begum: Nominated All Lights India International Film Festival 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award Nandi Awards B. N. Reddy National Award for contribution to Indian Cinema Honours 1970 Homi Bhabha Fellowship (1970–72) 1976 Padma Shri 1989 Sovietland Nehru Award 1991 Padma Bhushan 2012 D. Litt. Honoris Causa of the University of Calcutta 2013 ANR National Award 2016 D. Litt. "Honoris Causa" of ITM University, Gwalior (M.P.) Bibliography Benegal on Ray: Satyajit Ray, a Film, by Shyam Benegal, Alaknanda Datta, Samik Banerjee. Seagull Books, 1988. . Shyam Benegal's the Churning (Manthan): Screenplay, by, Vijay Tendulkar, Shyam Benegal, Samik Banerjee. Seagull Books, 1984. . References Further reading Shyam Benegal (BFI World Directors) - Sangeeta Datta. 2003, British Film Institute. . Bollywood Babylon: Interviews with Shyam Benegal, William van der Heide. 2006, Berg Publishers. . BBC's Tom Brook interviews Shyam Benegal on 25 August 2006 Girish Karnad interviews Shyam Benegal, National Film Theatre, 2002 Sen, Meheli (2011) "Vernacular Modernities and