Do Bigha Zamin - 1953 - (Balraj Sahani - Nirupa Roy)

Year - 1953
Length - 12 Reels




Award



Cannes Film Festival


Bimal Roy Won International Prize
in 1954

Nominated Grand Prize of the Festival
Bimal Roy


Filmfare Awards

Bimal Roy Won Filmfare Award Best Director
in 1954

Best Film
Bimal Roy


National Film Awards, India

Bimal Roy Won Certificate of Merit
in 1954





CREW


Directed by
Bimal Roy


story
Salil Choudhury


Original Music by
Salil Choudhury


Cinematography by
Kamal Bose


Film Editing by
Hrishikesh Mukherjee


Art Direction by
Ganesh Basak



Hindi dialogue
Paul Mahendra


scenario
Hrishikesh Mukherjee


Playback
Lata Mangeshkar
Manna DeyCREW





CAST


Balraj Sahni
Nirupa Roy
Meena Kumari
Nasir Hussain
Rattan Kumar
Murad
Jagdeep
Asit Sen
Mehmood



Synopsis

In a small village in West Bengal, Shambhu, a small farmer, owns two acres of land. However, the landlord in the village plans to sell a large plot to a city contractor to build a factory and Shambhu's two acres are cutting into the land. When Shambhu refuses to sell the land, the landlord threatens to forcibly occupy the land unless Shambhu pays up an old loan at once. Shambhu manages to get a stay order for three months and goes to the city to earn the extra money where he takes to pulling a rickshaw, and his son Kanhaiya becomes a shoeshine boy.