Ankur (1974)
July 20, 1974Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Shabana Azmi
Laxmi
Anant Nag
Surya
Sadhu Meher
Kishtaya
Priya Tendulkar
Saru
Aga Mohamed Hussain
Mirza Qadirali Baig
Hemant Jeshwant Rao
Satyanarayan
Sesham Raju
Shyam Benegal
Director / Screenplay
Freni M. Variava
Producer
Vanraj Bhatia
Original Music Composer
Satyadev Dubey
Dialogue
Lalit M. Bijlani
Executive Producer
Mohan J. Bijlani
Producer
Govind Nihalani
Director of Photography
Bhanudas Divakar
Editor
Vishwanath Govekar
Makeup Artist
Mahendra Dutt
Assistant Director
Prahlad Kakar
Assistant Director
Deepak Parashar
Assistant Director
Mangesh Desai
Sound Recordist
Vijay Divekar
Sound Assistant
Gajanand
Sound Assistant
Jayesh Khandelwal
Sound Effects
Krishan Malik
Special Effects
K.K. Mathur
Title Designer
Ram Allam
Assistant Director of Photography
Kabin Kanti
Assistant Director of Photography
K.K. More
Grip
Munshi Ram Sharma
Grip
S.R. Shekhar
Still Photographer
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Ankur (English: The Seedling) is an Indian colour film of 1974. It was the first feature film directed by Shyam Benegal and the debut of Indian actors Anant Nag and Shabana Azmi. Anant Nag was introduced in Ankur by Shyam Benegal in Hindi film after his higher education in Mumbai. The film was shot in Hyderabad. Though Shabana Azmi had acted in other films as well, Ankur was her first release.Like many others of Benegal's films, Ankur belongs to the genre of Indian art films, or more precisely, Indian Parallel Cinema. The plot is based on a true story that occurred in Hyderabad, apparently in the 1950s. It was filmed almost entirely on location.
Ankur won three National Film Awards and 43 other prizes, both in India and abroad. It was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.
This film includes one whipping scene and more profanity than is usually found in Indian films.