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 ⓘ