Ranked #38 of 100
Ankur
अंकुर · 1974
A landlord's son takes up with a servant woman and abandons her when it costs him. Benegal's debut and the parallel wave's opening shot.
- Director
- Shyam Benegal
- Year
- 1974
- Genre
- Drama
- Cast
- Shabana Azmi, Anant Nag, Sadhu Meher
Why it's at number 38
Shabana Azmi's first film and instant National Award. The final stone thrown is Indian cinema's great closing gesture.
A landlord's son takes up with a servant woman and abandons her when it costs him. Benegal's debut and the parallel wave's opening shot.
Ankur sits in the 1970s alongside Sholay and Deewaar — a decade this canon treats as foundational.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Shyam Benegal — also responsible for Manthan, Bhumika, Nishant.
- Released in 1974, in the 1970s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Drama.
- Read more on Wikipedia, check the full crew on IMDb, or find a legal stream via JustWatch.
Film record Wikipedia — Ankur (1974) · data last revised 9 August 2026 · title, year, director and cast are read from that article; this site keeps no independent print record and does not claim one
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