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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Ankuram<br />
| image = Ankuram_telugu.jpg<br />
| image_size =<br />
| caption =<br />
| director = [[C. Umamaheswara Rao]]<br />
| producer = K. V. Suresh Kumar<br />
| writer = [[C. Umamaheswara Rao]]<br />
| narrator =<br />
| starring = [[Revathi|Revathy]] <br>[[Sarath Babu]], <br> [[Om Puri]], <br> [[Mannava balayya|Balaiah]]<br />
| music = [[Hamsalekha]]<br>[[Sirivennela Sitaramasastri|Sirivennela]] (lyrics)<br />
| cinematography =<br />
| editing =<br />
| distributor =Film India Art Creations<br />
| released = {{Film date|1993}}<br />
| runtime = 131 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
| budget =<br />
}}<br />
'''''Ankuram''''' ({{lang-te|అంకురం}}; translation: ''The Seeding'') is a 1993 [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[C. Umamaheswara Rao]], with [[Revathi]] in the lead role. The film is about an inspiring journey of a middle-class woman to return an abandoned child to his father. ''Ankuram'' runs, in the background, issues like social stigmas, [[feudalism]], [[naxalism]], [[bureaucracy]] and [[human rights]].<ref name="40thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf|title=40th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=2 March 2012}}</ref> The film was premiered at the 1993 [[International Film Festival of India]] in the mainstream section.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm24IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=24IIFA.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134803/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm24IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=24IIFA.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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The plot unfolds like a Chinese puzzle; it's a journey where we discover gradually the reason for the lead being harassed by the police, the blocks she faces uncovering a father's identity, and the darker side of an authoritarian police force and its brutality towards tribals.<ref>http://www.ghantasala.info/tfs/cdatad574.html</ref> The film has received the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu]] for that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sephis.org/pdf/srinivas1.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-09-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010095124/http://www.sephis.org/pdf/srinivas1.pdf |archivedate=10 October 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
The movie starts with the marriage of a young couple. The bride Sindhura (Revathy) finds 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.<br />
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She starts enquiring about the passenger who left his child on the train. Satyam (Om Puri), father of the child, has been on the chase by feudals and police. The police are unable to find him and arrest his pregnant wife. Tribals protested and planned to attack the police. They were stopped by Dr. Mitra (Charuhasan), a pro-tribal doctor. A 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.<br />
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During the course of the search, Sindhura is implicated in a false case and loses her married life. She faces the threats by rowdies to her own parents and sisters. She persists with the help of Rao (Sarat Babu) (a civil liberty activist and lawyer), goes to the village, brings the atrocities towards the oppressed people to light, and returns the child.<br />
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''Ankuram'' ends with the message that citizens who can speak have the responsibility of speaking about the rights of the fellow citizens who can not speak.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
;[[National Film Awards]]<br />
*[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu]] (1992) - (director) - [[C. Umamaheswara Rao]] (1992)<br />
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;[[Nandi Awards]]<br />
*[[Nandi Award for Best Director]] - [[C. Umamaheswara Rao]].<br />
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;[[Filmfare Awards South]]<br />
*[[Filmfare]] award for best Telugu actress.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Revathy]] as Sindhura<br />
* [[Sarath Babu]] as Lawyer Vishwanatha Rao<br />
* [[Om Puri]] as Satyam<br />
* [[Mannava Balayya|M. Balaiah]] as Sindhura's father<br />
* [[Kota Sankararao]] as Police officer<br />
* [[Charuhasan]] as Mitra<br />
* [[Hari Prasad]] as Sindhura's husband<br />
* [[P. L. Narayana]]<br />
* [[Raasi (actress)|Raasi]] as Sindhura's sister<br />
* [[Sai Chand]]<br />
* [[Raja Ravindra]] as Photographer<br />
* [[Ali]] as Veera Babu<br />
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==Crew==<br />
* Story, screenplay and direction: Umamaheswara Rao. C<br />
* Production: K. V. Suresh Kumar from Film India Art Creations<br />
* Music: [[Hamsalekha]]<br />
* Camera: [[Madhu Ambat]]<br />
* Lyrics: [[Sirivennela Sitaramasastri|Sirivennela]]<br />
* Playback: [[S. P. Balasubramanyam]] and [[K. S. Chithra|Chitra]]<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The soundtrack features one popular track "Evaro okaru epudo apudu nadavara mundhuga" with lyrics by [[Sirivennela Sitaramasastri|Sirivennela]] and voice by playback singers [[S. P. Balasubramanyam]] and [[K. S. Chithra|Chitra]]. The theme of the song is that the first person walking towards a new goal is always alone at first and then others follow.<br />
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The film has one comic song "Athaarintiki Railekkindhi rubber bomma" which was shot in the train while Revathy was traveling. It also has another song "Hai guru! Chelaregaro selavulochhayani" picturized on college students.<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Telugu}}<br />
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[[Category:1993 films]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Hamsalekha]]<br />
[[Category:Indian feudalism]]<br />
[[Category:Best Telugu Feature Film National Film Award winners]]<br />
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