- Ankuram
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name = Ankuram
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director =Umam Maheswara Rao
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writer =Uma Maheswara Rao
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starring = RevathySarat Babu ,
Om Puri ,
Balaiah
music =Hamsa lekha
lyrics bySirivennela
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released = 1993
runtime = 131 min
country = India
language = Telugu
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imdb_id = 0249359"Ankuram" (translation: The seeding) is a 1993 Telugu feature film directed by
C. Umamehaswara Rao , with "Revathi " in lead role, under the banner of "Film India Art creations". The movie is about an inspiring journey of a middle class woman to return an abandoned child to his father. The movie runs in the backdrop of various issues like social stigmas,feudalism ,naxalism ,bureaucracy andhuman rights .Plot
Movie starts with the marriage of a young couple and the bride Sindhura (Revathy) finding a child on a train. She wants to support the child against the wishes of her husband's family, until she locates the child's parents.
She starts enquiring about the co-passenger who left his child on the train. Satyam (Om Puri), father of the child has been on the chase by feudals and police. Police unable to find him, arrested his pregnant wife. Tribals protested and planned to attack the police. They were stopped by Dr. Mitra (Charu Hasan), a pro-tribal doctor. Sadistic officer forced the mother to do situps resulting in loss of her life. Angered crowd killed the police officer, which caused more violence between officials and tribals.
During the course of the search, Sindhura is implicated in a false case and loses her marriage life. She faces the threats by rowdies to her own parents and sisters. She persists with the help of Rao (Sarat Babu), civil liberty activist and a lawyer, goes to the village, brings the atrocities towards the oppressed people to light, and returns the child at the end of the movie.
The movie ends with the message that the citizens who can speak has the responsibility of speaking about the rights of the fellow citizens who can not speak.
Awards
* Uma Maheswara Rao won
Andhra Pradesh stateNandi Award for Best Director award.
* Revathi won theFilmfare award for best actress.
* The film won the best national award under the best regional film category for 1993.Cast
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Revathy - Sindhura
*Sarathbabu - Lawyer Rao
*Om Puri - Satyam
* Balaiah - Sindhura's father
*Kota Sankararao - Land lord
*Sai Chand - Police officer
*Charu Hasan - Mitra
*Vidyasagar - Sindhura's husband
*P. L. Narayana Crew
* Story, sreenplay and direction - C. Uma Maheswara Rao
* Production - K. V. Suresh Kumar from 'Film India Art Creations'
* Music -Hamsalekha
* Camera -Madhu Ambhat
* Lyrics -Sirivennela
* Playback -S. P. Balasubramanyam andChitra oundtrack
The soundtrack features only one famous song "
Evaro okaru ", with lyrics bySirivennela and voice by playback singersS. P. Balasubramanyam andChitra . The theme of the song is that the first person walking towards a new goal is always alone at first and then others follow the first one.External links
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* [http://www.ghantasala.info/tfs/cdatad574.html Ankuram review at ghantasala info]
* [http://www.sephis.org/pdf/srinivas1.pdf Citizens and subjects of Telugu cinema] ]
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