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00:27Now see this is at everybody's risk, so can someone else come with me?
00:53Naseer, you are here again. Come, come, come.
01:04So this is one example of the Shyam Benegal family.
01:11Thank you. Thank you Rajdeep. Thank you Meera. Thank you Piya.
01:18I just want to say truly welcome to Sajjanpur.
01:26And there is one more thing that I forgot to say, please. I am on my knees, so I won't be telling lies.
01:32But I have never seen Shyam in a rage. Never, ever, ever.
01:36The most frustrated when I saw him.
01:39E-O-N-K-E-Y-D-O-E.
01:46Friends, I knew this was not the right time, even though we are celebrating Shyam Babu.
01:52But I had brought a copy to Mr. Javed. The name was written on it as Shyamana.
01:56He came from outside last night and saw the book at night.
02:00And he called me in the morning and said, I have just seen it, but it looks very good.
02:04Why don't you kind of open it here today?
02:30Let's open it and go.
02:33It is very good.
02:35There is a very good picture in front of it.
02:39There is a very good picture, but the way it is shown is also very good.
02:49Mr. Shyam is here.
02:51Mr. Shyam is here. That is why it is said that if you pray, then the stick will not go down.
02:56Govind ji is here.
02:58Who?
03:00Govind ji.
03:02Govind, please come.
03:04Let me tell you another incident about Govind Nilani.
03:08When he first saw me outside, please listen to this, Neeram.
03:14When Govind Nilani first saw me, I was sitting outside Shyam's office in torn jeans and a T-shirt.
03:23And he had one look at me and wrote to Girish Karnad,
03:27After looking all over the world, Shyam has found a rat to play Lakshmi.
03:36Three days later, I didn't know anything about it.
03:39Three days later, there was a scene that I was doing.
03:43And he said, I really need to apologize.
03:46I told Shyam, he had chosen a rat.
03:49But you are really very good.
03:51In spite of that, he never casted me in a film.
03:58Govind, we know that you have been Shyam's idol.
04:06Shyam has been working with Shyam Benegal for a long time.
04:19A lot of people here have worked with Shyam Benegal.
04:25Or wanted to work with him.
04:27All of them were present.
04:29I have a relationship with Shyam Benegal.
04:32Not only on a personal level,
04:34I have written songs for him in three of his films.
04:36There were no songs for him in his films.
04:39But when he was in Sardari Begum,
04:41He was the main character of a singer.
04:44So there had to be songs for him.
04:46I am honoured that he thought about me and asked me to write for him.
04:50After that, I wrote for Zubaida.
04:52And Netaji Subhash Chauhan was a forgotten hero.
04:57These are the three films in which I wrote songs for him.
05:01Apart from these three films, which film did you like the most?
05:06I liked Angkor, Nishant, Manthan.
05:12These were all great films.
05:14And when they were released, we had never seen Hindi films.
05:17So I think,
05:20Shyam and I were very fond of Angkor.
05:25When I saw him in Angkor, I always knew him.
05:29But I was born with respect for Angkor.
05:33I always had a good relationship with Shyam Benegal.
05:38And writing lyrics for him was an experience.
05:42Because he wanted authentic lyrics.
05:45Just like in the days of Sardari Begum,
05:49There were songs like Thumriya, Kajriya, etc.
05:55It was a strange experience to work with him.
06:00And what a gentleman he was.
06:02He was a very good actor.
06:04Sir, if I talk about today's times, such films are not made.
06:08And there are very few directors who can be seen.
06:11If I want to know you,
06:13Is there any director in whom you want to see his image?
06:17I think there are many girls who are making good films.
06:22For example, there was a film called Masaan.
06:24It was a very good film.
06:25There is a film made by Reema Kakti.
06:28Superboys of Malegaon.
06:30It is a very good film.
06:32There was a film called Udaan.
06:35Such films were not made before Shyam Benegal.
06:40I would say that Shyam Benegal is a family man.
06:45He is making such films.
06:47And he will make them.
06:49They are being made.
06:51Thank you, sir.
06:53It is difficult.
06:54So much can be said.
06:55He was an 18-year-old boy in a small city.
06:59He had seen Nishan.
07:01And then he understood that he should go in this medium.
07:05He not only taught him a way of cinema.
07:09He also made him aware of the life he was living.
07:14Shyam Benegal taught everyone that there was a poetry in the ordinary face.
07:25There was a poetry in ordinary life.
07:28That you could tell a story which is not spectacular.
07:33But very moving.
07:35There was a two-sided perspective in every film.
07:42He was emotional but not sentimental.
07:51He also had a sense of humor.
07:55He used to see life in a very interesting way.
07:59And there was a lament in his films.
08:04The better the world can be, the better it is not.
08:10The better we can be, the better we are not.
08:17Why is this?
08:18His films showed this.
08:20I have learned a lot from him.
08:22He was my teacher, friend, mentor.
08:25He was a very humorous man.
08:29He did not take himself very seriously.
08:32He was so educated.
08:34The way he knew you.
08:36You felt like you were having a conversation.
08:40Shyam Benegal never gave you a lecture.
08:44You always felt like he was talking to you.
08:47He used to give us such an illusion that we were learning from him.
08:51He was a very interesting personality.
08:55I would like to be half of him.
08:59I will miss him.
09:03It's very difficult to imagine the film world in which Shyam Benegal doesn't exist.
09:09There is no such other person in Bombay where we live.
09:13There is no other Shyam Benegal.
09:15You could go to him and talk to him.
09:18Now he is not there.
09:20You have to keep seeing his films.
09:22The best tribute to Shyam Benegal is to keep seeing his films.
09:26See Mammo.
09:27See Hari Bari.
09:29Not the obvious films also.
09:32I am not talking about Angkor, Nishan, Mandi.
09:35Kalyug, Bhoomika which is outstanding.
09:39I see Bhoomika every three months.
09:45I did only one film with him.
09:48But the way he called me for that film.
09:53And the way he talked to me.
09:55After that I saw so many of his films.
10:00And I was such a big fan of his work.
10:03And I had just come to Bombay.
10:05And I got a call that he wants to meet me.
10:08And I went.
10:09He saw my theatre work.
10:11And I had never done a film before.
10:14I was completely spoiled.
10:16Because my first film was with Shyam Benegal.
10:20So he called me and told me that this is the story.
10:23And this is the role.
10:24And this is that.
10:25And this is that.
10:26And would you do me the honour of doing this role.
10:29But such a big person who had made such good films.
10:34That he should have that grace.
10:37To say will you do me the honour.
10:39I will never forget that.
10:41It was one of the most gentleman like.
10:44And most decent things.
10:46And I can't tell you how much fun I had working with him.
10:49Like I have said before.
10:51He was not just extremely talented.
10:54He was a highly intelligent man.
10:57Very well read man.
10:58Very erudite man.
10:59Who treated everyone exactly the same.
11:03Whoever it was.
11:05Who was on the set.
11:07I was working with Karishma.
11:10So Karishma didn't come out.
11:12But her table was the same place where we all used to sit.
11:17Think about it.
11:18People from the set.
11:19People from every department.
11:22Used to sit on the same table.
11:24So he was that sort of a man.
11:26And on the set he was very clear.
11:30He used to scold me.
11:32What do I want.
11:33He was very clear.
11:34What did he want from the actor.
11:35And he used to pull it out.
11:37Which you didn't even know was inside you.
11:40But after that he was very warm.
11:44Very friendly.
11:45I didn't do many films with him.
11:48But after that I used to meet him a lot.
11:50He used to come and see my plays also.
11:52And he was always very encouraging.
11:54He was very supportive.
11:55Encouraging.
11:56Passionate.
11:58Interested in everything kind of man.
12:01Very exceptional man.
12:03He will be much missed.
12:06He is much loved.