Mandeep Benipal is an Indian

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. He made his directorial debut with movie '' Ekam - Son of Soil'' in 2010. Later he came up with the movie '' Sadda Haq'' (2013),'' Yoddha'' (2014) and ''

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

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Career

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

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(1999) starring

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and

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(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

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2015. In 2018, he directed ''

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Filmography

* Ekam - Son of Soil (2010) * Sadda Haq (2013) * Yoddha (2014) *

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

(2018) * Kaka Ji (2019) * DSP Dev (2019) * Dakuaan Da Munda 2 (2022) * DJ Wale Babu (2022)

Awards

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

References

External links

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