Doordarshan to pay tribute to Shyam Benegal by screening version of Manthan

New Delhi: National broadcaster Doordarshan on Tuesday announced that it will ring in the new year by screening the 4K restored version of Shyam Benegal's film "Manthan" as homage to the veteran filmmaker.

Also Read | Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge pay homage to former PM Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary

Parallel cinema movement
Benegal, the pioneer of the parallel cinema movement in Indian cinema in the 1970s and 1980s, died on December 23 at a hospital here due to chronic kidney disease. He was 90.

Also Read | Filmmaker Shyam Benegal dies at 90

Film Heritage Foundation (FHF), which restored the 1976 classic film for its premiere in the Cannes Classic section at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, shared the update on its official X page.

• #Shyam Benegal
• #Doordarshan
• #pay
• #others
• #Manthan
• #screening
• #Version
• #Homage
• #National broadcaster
• #restored