Sangram (1950)

Sangram is a 1950 Bollywood film about a spoilt child in adulthood directed by Gyan Mukherjee and starring Ashok Kumar. A box-office success, the film became the sixth highest earning Indian film of 1950, earning an approximate gross of Rs. 1,00,00,000 and a nett gross of Rs. 55,00,000.
"Sangram" is a precursor to the cop-father-criminal-son that later came to be a favourite Bollywood theme, though it was made in noir style cinema that had begun to inspire filmmakers, and Gyan Mukherjee was no exception. An intense, bold 139-minute violent crime drama, and Ashok Kumar daring to essay a negative character at a time he was in great demand as a hero. And he excelled in it. First of the many such films he went on to star in during the early '50s.

Synopsis

A cop brings up his motherless son, spoiling him by succumbing to even his unnecessary demands, resulting in his getting familiar with ruffians and even gambling. The boy Kunwar (Shashi Kapoor) even once carries his father's pistol and fires it at a chum in a fit of rage. Timely help from father (Nawab) saves him from the lock-up.

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