'Sangram' is a precursor to the cop-father – criminal-son theme that later came to be a favourite in Bollywood, though it was made in film noir style that had begun to inspire filmmakers, and Gyan Mukherjee was no exception. A box office success, the film became the sixth highest earning Indian film of 1950, earning an approximate gross of Rs. Sangram is a 1950 Bollywood film about a spoilt child in adulthood, directed by Gyan Mukherjee and starring Ashok Kumar.