Ankur- The Seedling (Hindi Film DVD with English Subtitles) - National Award 1974 for Second Best Feature Film, Best Actor and Best Actress

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Item Code: ICP046
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Shyam BenegalEagle Home Entertainment (2009) 125 Minutes
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Ankur (The seeding) In 1974 for second best feature film

Best Actor: Sadhu M eher
Best Actress: Shabana Azmi

Starring: Shabana Azmi, Sadhu Meher, Anant Nag, Priya Tendulkar, Kadar Ali Beg, Agha Mohammed Hussain
Music: Vanraj Bhatia
Dialogue: Pt. Satyadev Dubbey
Produced by: Mohan J. Bijlani & Freni Va riava
Story & Direction: Shyam Bengal

This debut directorial film from Shyam Benegal, Deals with social disparities and exploitation, The film focuses on power and privilege with careful thought and acute perception. The film won Benegal immediate recognition as a film maker of maturity and promise, both in India and abroad. The story deals with the boredom of a college student, Surya (Anant Nag), the comely wife of a poor, deaf and dump potter, Krishtaya (Sadhu Meher). When Kishtaya is punished and humiliated for a petty crime, he runs away, Alone and vulverable, Laxmi succumbs to the advances of Surya, and becomes pregnant. When she is thrown out of the job by Saru (Priya Tendulkar), S urya’s wife, she is totally alone and destitute. The characters and their complex motivations are dealt wit deftly, aided by a brilliant performance from Shabana Azmi, in her first film.

Language: Hindi
Subtitle: English
Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital
All Regions
1 Disc
NTSC
Colour
Drama
1.85:1 Anamorphic wide screen

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