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Ankur is a complex film that analyzes human behaviour in general and heavily stresses characterisation (though the story is not fictional). The story revolves around two characters, Lakshmi and Surya.
Jan 2, 2019 · Ankur: The Seedling: Directed by Shyam Benegal. With Shabana Azmi, Sadhu Meher, Anant Nag, Priya Tendulkar. Belonging to a lower caste, Lakshmi and her deaf-mute husband Kishtayya serve the landlord's son, Surya.
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- Drama
- Shyam Benegal
- 2019-01-02
Aug 13, 2020 · The authentic and nuanced rustic feels, original locations, dialogues brimming out of the threshold of realism, and impactful women characters, are the things that add up to the highlights of the film. Through Ankur, Benegal tries to address various issues, one of which is industrialism.
Chaperoned by an accomplished performance by Shabana Azmi as Lakshmi, a lowly Dalit caste villager married to a potter struggling with alcoholism, Ankur accounts a developing relationship between Lakshmi and Surya, the son of the village landlord. Based on a true story which happened in the Hyderabad district in south-central India, it sketches ...
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- Blaze Film Enterprises
- Shyam Benegal
A married man seduces his servant but is unable to accept the responsibilities of her resulting pregnancy.
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- Drama, Romance
- Shyam Benegal
Ankur tells the story of Lakshmi, a young and serious village woman who works as a housemaid in the landlord's house and who is married to a deaf-mute man who keeps drinking. She sets on an affair with the landlord's son, Surya, who came to the village on his father's insistence to run the family business.
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ANKUR is a powerful film that approaches the complexity of human behavior in a precise and profound way while tackling a wide variety of topics in a sensitive and moving manner.
