When looked up from a different angle and after he gifted us the beautiful, simple hugely entertaining 'Welcome to Sajjanpur' it can be said that the providence should have arranged things in such a way that the master film maker Shyam Benegal tasted success in the commercial film arena years ago.

And why is that?

If the veteran at the age of 74 is so vibrant and bustling with one great idea after another aiming at more success in providing wholesome entertainment to every section of society, then he would have been surely more prolific at an much younger age.

Well there is no denying the fact that his mind was the fertile ground which produced such landmark movies like 'Ankur', 'Manthan', 'Nishant' 'Bhumika' 'Charandas Chor' etc.. long back.

 But at that time there was strong visible lines that divided the mainstream commercial films from the other category named as parallel movie segment and Mr.Benegal was known as one among the several film makers who made movies for a certain group of film buffs.

According to the director the age of commercial cinema and parallel cinema is history.

He says "there is a kind of stamp that has been put that tries to draw distinction in cinema as parallel or commercial. But now these lines have faded out and have become very blurry. In fact, films being made today that could have been earlier called parallel are being played in multiplexes commercially. For example, if films like 'Rang De Basanti' and 'A Wednesday' would have been made earlier they would have been called parallel cinema".

Shaym Benegal is preparing to continue his winning streak by soon making a political satire.

He is also charged up to see a project titled as 'Chamki Chameli' based on the novel made by the French writer Prosper Merimee titled as "Carmen" and another ambitious flick titled as 'Lord Buddha' to come alive on the big screens in the near future.

The Indian spy princess Noor Inayat Khan also has inspired the director to think about creating a documentary which is still in its nascent stages.

The ongoing financial crunch in the film industry has affected the great plans of Mr.Benegal too.

He says "Some of my films have got pushed back by a few months because of the ongoing recession. These are very big budget films and that kind of money is not easily accessible right now. We are just waiting for things to settle down".