After working for many years in advertising agency, he finally made his directorial debut in 1974 with “Ankur”.
The director, however, shared that he had approached a well-known advertising film distributor, asking him to produce the film, who in turn agreed to do so but had two conditions.
“One was, I am going to give you a sum of money, which was actually very small, and I won’t give you a penny more than that to make the film. Second was, you won’t get any money after you’ve been paid your fee.
“If the film makes money, I make money. But remember, you will make a name…I made a film called ‘Ankur’ which became very successful. It happened exactly the way he had said. He made the money, I made the name and so my career started,” he said.
Post that, Benegal went on to make films like “Nishant”, “Bhumika”, “Mandi”, “Manthan” and “Zubeidaa”.
From Agencies, Feature image courtesy imgur
