3 MOVIES IN 1 DVD Ankur (1974) Country: India Language: Hindi Year: 1974 Color/BW: COLOR Category: Feature Film Genre: Drama Description Laxmi (Shabana Azmi) lives a poor lifestyle in a small village in India along with her husband, Kishtaya(Sadhu Meher), who is a deaf-mute. Both husband and wife work for the wealthy landlord. The landlord's son, Surya (Anant Nag), has to cancel his studies and return home to look after the estate, as well as formalize his marriage to Saroj (Priya Tahil), 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. Surya finds her attractive and starts an intimate relationship with her, much to the chagrin of the rest of the family. Things only get worse when Saroj moves in to live with Surya - compelling him to make a final decision about a visibly pregnant Laxmi.
Cast: Shabana Azmi, Sadhu Meher, Anant Nag, Dalip Tahil, Priya Tendulkar | Director: Shyam Benegal Music Director: Vanraj Bhatia | Nishant (1975) Country: India Language: Hindi Year: 1975 Color/BW: COLOR Category: Feature Film Genre: Drama Description Vishwam (Naseeruddin Shah) is the youngest son of the powerful, and influential village Zamindar (Amrish Puri). The Zamindar will not hesitate to do anything for the welfare and protection of his family, which also includes bending the law to his own advantage. Vishwam is married to Rukmani (Smita Patil), and unlike his brothers, does not indulge in alcohol or women, nor does he have any bad habits. Then the village gets a new schoolmaster (Girish Karnad), who has a wife, Sushilla (Shabana Azmi). When Vishwam sees for the first time, he is unable to take his off of her, and unable to get her out of his mind. Sushilla does not reciprocate his attentions. Then one night, while the schoolmaster is returning home, he sees a vehicle pull up outside his house, and two men grab Sushilla and take her forcibly. Several people are present no one dares to raise a hand nor even a voice to stop this abduction. What will the schoolmaster do to get his wife back, knowling fully well that the Police patel (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) is one of the Zamindar's men.
Cast: Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Girish Karnad, Anant Nag, Amrish Puri, Mohan Agashe, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Naseeruddin Shah, Sadhu Meher | Director: Shyam Benegal Music Director: Vanraj Bhatia Screenplay: Vijay Tendulkar | Junoon (1978) Country: India Language: Hindi Year: 1978 Color/BW: COLOR Category: Feature Film Genre: Drama Description 1857, India is in turmoil. Units of East India Company are in revolt, leading to a popular uprising against British Rule. One scorching Sunday morning in May, a church is attacked and some Englishmen are massacred. Only Mariam Labadoor, the widow of one of the Englishmen, her daughter Ruth, and her mother Mrs James are the survivors. Javed Khan, a brother in law of Sarfaraz Khan, the sepoy who led the massacre, sees Ruth and is obsessed with her and gives her shelter in his home. He will not be at peace until he possesses her. Instead of joining the fight for freedom, Javed Khan stays home, bent upon marrying Ruth, by force...
Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Jennifer Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Nafisa Ali, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Tom Alter, Sushma Seth, Deepti Naval, Benjamin Gilani, Jalal Agha, Sanjana Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, Pearl Padamsee, Geoffrey Kendal | Director: Shyam Benegal Music Director: Vanraj Bhatia Story: Ruskin Bond | | Format: DVD Label: Eagle Catalog No: EDVD C 9452 DVD Region: All Region No Of Disks: 1 Video: NTSC | | | | | | | | | | | |