Mandeep Benipal is an Indian

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. He made his directorial debut with movie ''

Ekam - Son of Soil ''Ekam: Son of Soil'' is a 2010 Punjabi film directed by Mandeep Benipal (who earlier assisted Gaurav Trehan in '' Hashar'') with story, screenplay and dialogues by Master Tarlochan Singh, produced by B S Maan (Khant) and Darshan Singh Grewal ...

'' in 2010. Later he came up with the movie ''

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'' (2013),'' Yoddha'' (2014) and ''

Dakuan Da Munda ''Dakuan Da Munda'' (English: The Bandits’ Son) is a 2018 Indian Punjabi biographical movie the novel of same title. The film plots life of former Kabaddi player Mintu Gurusaria from Gurusar Jodha village, Muktsar. The movie is directed by M ...

''.

Career

Mandeep Benipal started his career as an assistant director. He assisted director Manoj Punj for movie

Shaheed-E-Mohabbat Boota Singh ''Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh'' is a 1999 Indian Punjabi-language feature film based on the real-life love story of Boota Singh and Zainab, starring Gurdas Maan and Divya Dutta in the lead roles. The film is directed by Manoj Punj and pro ...

(1999) starring

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and

Des Hoyaa Pardes ''Des Hoyaa Pardes'' is a 2004 Indian Punjabi-language film, directed by Manoj Punj, starring Gurdas Maan, Juhi Chawla, Divya Dutta and Anup Soni. It won the National Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi. Plot In 1984, the former Indian P ...

(2004) starring

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. He also assisted Gaurav Trehan for movie Hashar (2008) starring

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. Mandeep Benipal made his debut as a director in the year 2010 with Punjabi movie Ekam - Son of Soil starring

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. The film opened to a good response at the box office. In 2013, Mandeep Benipal came up with movie Sadda Haq in the year 2013. Sadda Haq is based on the events in the 1980s and 1990s when the state suffered from militancy, portrays several issues; including the murder of a human rights activist, alleged police torture, fake encounters, jailbreak and the assassination of a politician. This movie performed really well at box office. It was also a hit in UK. Sadda Haq was nominated in 10 different categories in PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2014 and the movie succeeded in winning three of them. Sadda Haq was initially banned by the Punjab Government, which stated that "The release of the film was banned to maintain communal harmony in the state". This movie was later released after the order of

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to lift the ban.

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's gave this movie A Certificate. In 2014, he came up with movie Yoddha - The Warrior starring Kuljinder Singh Sidhu in lead role. The film is based on the life of a simple person who becomes a warrior due to circumstances. Yoddha was notimated for 6 categories in PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2015. In 2018, he directed the upcoming movie ''Dakuan Da Munda''

Filmography

(2010) *

(2013) * Yoddha (2014) *

Dakuaan Da Munda ''Dakuan Da Munda'' (English: The Bandits’ Son) is a 2018 Indian Punjabi biographical movie the novel of same title. The film plots life of former Kabaddi player Mintu Gurusaria from Gurusar Jodha village, Muktsar. The movie is directed by M ...

(2018) *

Kaka Ji Kaka Ji: Son of Royal Sardar is a 2019 Indian-Punjabi drama film written by Gill Raunta and directed by Mandeep Benipal. Associate directorVinod Kumar Produced by Dreamreality Movies and Ravneet Chahal; it stars Dev Kharoud, Aarushi Sharma, and ...

(2019) *

DSP Dev ''DSP Dev'' is an Indian Punjabi-language action film directed by Mandeep Benipal. Co-produced by Dreamreality Movies and White Hill Studios; it stars Dev Kharoud, Mehreen Pirzada, and Manav Vij in lead roles. Dev Kharoud plays an honest cop De ...

(2019) *

Dakuaan Da Munda 2 ''Dakuaan Da Munda 2'' (English: The Bandits’ Son 2) is a 2022 Indian Punjabi autobiographical film based on the life of a drug addict Manga Singh Antal. The film is an adaptation of a Punjabi book named Shararti Tatt, which narrates the life ...

(2022) *

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(2022)

Awards

Benipal was nominated in Best Director category of PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2014.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Benipal, Mandeep 1976 births Living people People from Patiala Film directors from Punjab, India