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Ankur : Shame On You!

After “winning" another man's wife in a card game the night before, the winner goes to retrieve his prize, but the wife refuses, casting shame on both the men and in effect challenging patriarchal structures.

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asynchronous sound, close-up, diegetic sound, high angle, long shot, point-of-view shot, shot/reverse shot, zoom-out

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"Shame On You!" in Ankur. Directed by Shyam Benegal, Blaze Film Enterprises, 1974, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=1333

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user rufus somerby, olivia wenzel, and jake semieske

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