Nira Benegal

Nira Benegal is an editor and member of the Indian Film Selection Committee for the Mumbai Film Festival. Born on 1939 in Lahore, Nira completed her education at a boarding school in Woodstock in the Himalayas. Later, she completed BA Hons in History from Delhi University. She had worked with a few magazines as an editor for India Book House and Inside Outside. Nira Benegal is the wife of Shyam Benegal Shyam Benegal is a renowned Indian director and sc >> Read More... , a famous film director, screenwriter, and documentary maker. She had a daughter named Pia Benegal Pia Benegal is a costume designer who has created >> Read More... , a well-known costume designer, and won awards for costume designing. Presently, Nira is a member of the Film Selection Committee and the Managing Committee of the Mehli Mehta Music Foundation, an NGO that promotes western classical music. She had volunteered at Mumbai’s largest international literature festival, Tata Literature Live Festival.

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Nira Benegal is an Indian Art Director. She was born in 1939 in Lahore. She attended the American boarding school Woodstock in the Himalayans. She has completed her BA Honours in History at Delhi University. She was an Art Director in the Telugu movie Anugraham, released in 1978. Benegal is an editor of Children’s books, Indian Book House, and many more. Later, she joined Inside Out Click to look into! >> Read More... , India’s first and foremost design magazine, as Assistant Editor. She remained there for three years after its publication. Benegal is a member of the Film Selection Committee for the Mumbai Film Festival. She is also a member of the Managing Committee of the Mehli Mehta Music Foundation. It is an NGO it spreads knowledge about western classical music by organizing high-quality concerts and music education for children. She volunteers to help Mumbai’s largest international literature festival, Tata Literature Live Festival.