Ankur (1974)
Surya, el hijo de un rico terrateniente, regresa a casa después de su graduación. A pesar de que quiere continuar sus estudios, su padre rechaza su petición ya que cree que lo único que persigue es alejarse de su pueblo. Muy pronto Surya entra en conflicto con las rígidas tradiciones de su entorno que él ya no comparte y considera injustas. Aunque su padre ha planeado una boda para él, Surya inicia una relación con Laxmi, lo que provoca el desprecio de todos ya que es considerado como un desafío al sistema de castas. Su relación se ve violentamente afectada por la llegada de Saroj, la mujer de Surya que todo este tiempo ha estado lejos aguardando la llegada de su pubertad...
Directora:
श्याम बेनेगल
Escritor:
श्याम बेनेगल
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Shabana Azmi as Laxmi |
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Anant Nag as Surya |
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Sadhu Meher as Kishtaya |
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Priya Tendulkar as Saru |
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Aga Mohamed Hussain as |
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Mirza Qadirali Baig as |
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Hemant Jeshwant Rao as |
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Satyanarayan as |
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Sesham Raju as |
| Directing | श्याम बेनेगल | Director |
| Production | Freni M. Variava | Producer |
| Sound | Vanraj Bhatia | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Satyadev Dubey | Dialogue |
| Writing | श्याम बेनेगल | Screenplay |
| Production | Lalit M. Bijlani | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mohan J. Bijlani | Producer |
| Camera | Govind Nihalani | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Bhanudas Divakar | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vishwanath Govekar | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Mahendra Dutt | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Prahlad Kakar | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Deepak Parashar | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Mangesh Desai | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Vijay Divekar | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Gajanand | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Jayesh Khandelwal | Sound Effects |
| Crew | Krishan Malik | Special Effects |
| Art | K.K. Mathur | Title Designer |
| Art | Ram Allam | Assistant Director of Photography |
| Art | Kabin Kanti | Assistant Director of Photography |
| Camera | K.K. More | Grip |
| Camera | Munshi Ram Sharma | Grip |
| Camera | S.R. Shekhar | Still Photographer |