Ah thanks. Someone (Tamil) at ymdb recently picked Nayakan in their 20 and it's in my Encyclopedia, so i'd be interested to see it. I'm all for the empowerment of oppressed minorities, but wonder if the film is too jingoistic and if it glamourises violence. As for Benegal, well i've been waiting to see his stuff for quite some years now. Doesn't seem to be much available here, though.

Thanks for bringing Time's list to my attention- apart from Nayakan (and it also includes Pyaasa) it still has plenty of the usual suspects, so rather less exciting than i'd hoped.