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.