Bollywood Films That Must Be Seen By Western Audiences

Ankur (1974)

In Ankur, the social hierarchies of rural India become fragmented when a rich man has an affair with the wife of a poor farmer. Technically, Ankur belongs to a specific genre of Indian at films called ‘Indian Parallel Cinema’.

Ankur is a sign of its times and reflects more modern aspects of films before it. For example, it contains a lot more profanity than other Bollywood films, and even contains a scene involving whipping. It has been praised for how it analyses human behavior.