Ankur: The Seedling (1974)
Ankur: The Seedling (1974)
Laxmi lives a poor lifestyle in a small village in India along with her husband, Kishtaya, who is a deaf-mute. Both husband and wife work for the wealthy landlord. The landlord's son, Surya, has to cancel his studies and return home to look after the estate, as well as formalize his marriage to Saroj, the girl he was compelled to get married to when he was very young. Shortly thereafter Kishtaya is apprehended stealing toddy from the fields, is severely beaten, left senseless, and when he recovers he absconds, leaving Laxmi alone to fend for herself.

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Cast

Shabana Azmi Shabana Azmi As: Laxmi
Anant Nag Anant Nag As: Surya
Sadhu Meher Sadhu Meher As: Kishtaya
Priya Tendulkar Priya Tendulkar As: Saru
Aga Mohamed Hussain Aga Mohamed Hussain As:
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Storyline

Laxmi lives a poor lifestyle in a small village in India along with her husband, Kishtaya, who is a deaf-mute. Both husband and wife work for the wealthy landlord. The landlord's son, Surya, has to cancel his studies and return home to look after the estate, as well as formalize his marriage to Saroj, the girl he was compelled to get married to when he was very young. Shortly thereafter Kishtaya is apprehended stealing toddy from the fields, is severely beaten, left senseless, and when he recovers he absconds, leaving Laxmi alone to fend for herself.


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Details

Genres: Drama

Language: हिन्दी

Release Date: 20 July 1974

Country: IN

Runtime: 122m

Company Credits

Company: Blaze Film Enterprises

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Cast

Directed By

Shyam Benegal

Shyam Benegal

Director

Mahendra Dutt

Mahendra Dutt

Assistant Director

Prahlad Kakar

Prahlad Kakar

Assistant Director

Deepak Parashar

Deepak Parashar

Assistant Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Vishwanath Govekar

Vishwanath Govekar

Makeup Artist

Sound

Vanraj Bhatia

Vanraj Bhatia

Original Music Composer

Mangesh Desai

Mangesh Desai

Sound Recordist

Vijay Divekar

Vijay Divekar

Sound Assistant

Gajanand

Gajanand

Sound Assistant

Jayesh Khandelwal

Jayesh Khandelwal

Sound Effects

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Govind Nihalani

Govind Nihalani

Director of Photography

K.K. More

K.K. More

Grip

Munshi Ram Sharma

Munshi Ram Sharma

Grip

S.R. Shekhar

S.R. Shekhar

Still Photographer

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

K.K. Mathur

K.K. Mathur

Title Designer

Ram Allam

Ram Allam

Assistant Director of Photography

Kabin Kanti

Kabin Kanti

Assistant Director of Photography

Other Crew

Krishan Malik

Krishan Malik

Special Effects

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