Ankur
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Ankur is a landmark 1974 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Shyam Benegal that helped launch the parallel cinema movement in India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ankur canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4951547 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ankur Context triple: [Shyam Benegal, notableWork, Ankur]
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A.
Anish
Anish is a given name most notably associated with Anish Kapoor, the British-Indian sculptor renowned for his large-scale, often reflective and abstract public artworks.
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B.
Vivek
Vivek is a common Indian male given name, notably borne by entrepreneur and NBA team owner Vivek Ranadivé.
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C.
Nishant
Nishant is a critically acclaimed 1975 Indian parallel cinema film directed by Shyam Benegal that explores themes of feudal oppression and social injustice in rural India.
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D.
Ankit Bhati
Ankit Bhati is an Indian entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer of the ride-hailing company Ola.
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E.
Sanjay
Sanjay is the given name of Sanjay Gandhi, an influential and controversial Indian politician and son of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ankur Target entity description: Ankur is a landmark 1974 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Shyam Benegal that helped launch the parallel cinema movement in India.
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A.
Anish
Anish is a given name most notably associated with Anish Kapoor, the British-Indian sculptor renowned for his large-scale, often reflective and abstract public artworks.
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B.
Vivek
Vivek is a common Indian male given name, notably borne by entrepreneur and NBA team owner Vivek Ranadivé.
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C.
Nishant
Nishant is a critically acclaimed 1975 Indian parallel cinema film directed by Shyam Benegal that explores themes of feudal oppression and social injustice in rural India.
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D.
Ankit Bhati
Ankit Bhati is an Indian entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer of the ride-hailing company Ola.
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E.
Sanjay
Sanjay is the given name of Sanjay Gandhi, an influential and controversial Indian politician and son of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindi-language film
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Indian film ⓘ drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Ankur: The Seedling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded |
National Film Award for Best Actress
NERFINISHED
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National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | short story by Shyam Benegal ⓘ |
| bestActressAwardReceivedBy | Shabana Azmi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Govind Nihalani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| director | Shyam Benegal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Blaze Film Enterprises NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Bhanudas Divakar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFestivalScreening | Berlin International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | realist cinema ⓘ |
| format | feature film ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasSubtitlesIn | English ⓘ |
| helpedLaunch | parallel cinema movement in India ⓘ |
| language | Hindi ⓘ |
| leadActorDebutFilmFor | Anant Nag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActressDebutFilmFor | Shabana Azmi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Parallel cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Vanraj Bhatia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early landmark of Indian parallel cinema
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realistic portrayal of rural life ⓘ socially conscious storytelling ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| posterLanguage | Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Blaze Film Enterprises NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 131 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Shyam Benegal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Hyderabad State
NERFINISHED
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rural Andhra Pradesh ⓘ |
| stars |
Anant Nag
NERFINISHED
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Priya Tendulkar NERFINISHED ⓘ Sadhu Meher NERFINISHED ⓘ Shabana Azmi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
caste oppression
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class conflict ⓘ feudalism in rural India ⓘ gender inequality ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | post-independence rural India ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ankur Description of subject: Ankur is a landmark 1974 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Shyam Benegal that helped launch the parallel cinema movement in India.
Referenced by (5)
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