Summary: In our fourth segment Indian filmamker, director and writer Mr. Shyam Benegal (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0070867/) talks about his last film: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero. This one-on-one conversation was recorded in 2006 at Mr. Benegal's office in Mumbai, India. Since then Mr. Benegal has directed films like Welcome to Sajjanpur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_Sajjanpur)and Well Done Abba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_Done_Abba). Mr. Benegal was part of the creative team that designed the spectacular (http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2010/1003/India-kicks-off-Commonwealth-Games-Beijing-Olympics-these-are-not)opening ceremonies of the 2010 Commonwealth Games (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/commonwealthgames/8039871/Commonwealth-Games-2010-India-kick-start-19th-Games-with-colourful-opening-ceremony.html)in India. It took a long time to research and make the movie, and when the movie was released last year there was quite a bit of controversy surrounding it. Mr. Benegal talks about that and Justice Mukherjee Commission's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukherjee_Commission) findings on Bose. Interestingly the findings of the commission will be tabled in the Parliament in early May, which Mr. Benegal will attend as an MP. Growing up, Mr. Benegal heard about Bose and his Indian National Army from his uncle Ramesh Benegal (http://www.konkani2004.com/docs/Pg198-200.pdf), who was recruited by Bose as a teenager and sent to Japan to train as a pilot. After independence, Ramesh Benegal joined the Indian Air Force from where he retired as Air Commodore. Mr. Benegal idolized his uncle as a child and was fascinated by the stores that he heard from him.
