Ankur: The Seedling

Ankur is a movie about the story of Lakshmi, a poor Dalit woman who prays for a child, her relationship with Surya, the son of the village landlord, and the controversial laws he introduces causing gossip and unsettling the village priest. Ankur: The Seedling is a 1974 Indian Hindi-language Drama film featuring Anant Nag, Shabana Azmi, Sadhu Meher, Priya Tendulkar, Kader Ali Beg, Dalip Tahil and Ram Allam. Ankur: The Seedling was Produced by Freni Variava, Lalit M. Bijlani and Freni Variava; Blaze Film Enterprises. Ankur: The Seedling is written by Shyam Benegal and Satyadev Dubey and it is directed by Shyam Benegal. Ankur: The Seedling was released on 2nd January 2019 and takes a screen time of 125 minutes. Cinematography was done by Govind Nihalani and Kamath Ghanekar. The music was composed by Vanraj Bhatia. At the 1975 National Film Awards It won 4 awards including: Best Actress (Shabana Azmi), Best Actor (Shyam Benegal), Second Best Film (Sadhu Meher) and 2nd Best Feature Film.