Do Bigha Zamin

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Do Bigha Zamin is a landmark 1953 Indian neorealist drama film directed by Bimal Roy that portrays the struggles of a poor farmer fighting to save his small plot of land from a ruthless landlord.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian film
film
neorealist film
awardReceived Filmfare Award for Best Director
Filmfare Award for Best Film
International Prize at Cannes Film Festival
basedOn Rickshawkaran by Shailajananda Mukhopadhyay
castMember Balraj Sahni
Jagdeep
Meena Kumari
Murad
Nazir Hussain
Nirupa Roy
Rattan Kumar
cinematographyBy Kamal Bose
countryOfOrigin India
director Bimal Roy
distributor Bombay Talkies
editedBy Hrishikesh Mukherjee
filmFestivalSelection Cannes Film Festival 1954
genre drama
neorealism
social realism
hasSetting Calcutta
rural Bengal
inspiredBy Bicycle Thieves
language Hindi
leadActor Balraj Sahni
leadActress Nirupa Roy
mainCharacter Shambu
musicBy Salil Chowdhury
notableFor depiction of social realism in Indian cinema
pioneering Indian parallel cinema
originalLanguage Hindi
plotSummary A poor farmer struggles to save his small plot of land from a ruthless landlord and is forced to migrate to the city to earn money.
producer Bimal Roy
productionCompany Bimal Roy Productions
releaseDate 1953-07-15
releaseYear 1953
runtimeMinutes 131
screenwriter Bimal Roy
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Paul Mahendra
setInPeriod post-independence India
theme agrarian crisis
class struggle
feudal exploitation
landlessness
rural poverty
urban migration

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Golden Age of Hindi cinema notableFilm Do Bigha Zamin
Kamal Bose notableWork Do Bigha Zamin
Bimal Roy notableWork Do Bigha Zamin
Bimal Roy directed Do Bigha Zamin
Salil Chowdhury notableWork Do Bigha Zamin