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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Do Bigha Zamin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6967978 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Do Bigha Zamin Context triple: [Golden Age of Hindi cinema, notableFilm, Do Bigha Zamin]
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A.
Badal
Badal is a Barcelona Metro station that serves the area near Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain.
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B.
Lagaan
Lagaan is a critically acclaimed 2001 Indian epic sports drama film set in colonial India, known for its blend of cricket, music, and anti-colonial resistance.
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C.
Devdas
Devdas is a classic Bengali novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay that tells the tragic love story of a wealthy young man unable to unite with his childhood sweetheart, making it one of the most iconic works in Indian literature and cinema.
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D.
Mother India
Mother India is a national personification of India depicted as a nurturing yet embattled mother figure, widely used in literature, art, and political discourse to inspire patriotism and sacrifice.
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E.
Nayak
Nayak is a 1966 Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray that explores the inner life and moral conflicts of a matinee idol during an overnight train journey.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Do Bigha Zamin Target entity description: 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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A.
Badal
Badal is a Barcelona Metro station that serves the area near Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain.
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B.
Lagaan
Lagaan is a critically acclaimed 2001 Indian epic sports drama film set in colonial India, known for its blend of cricket, music, and anti-colonial resistance.
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C.
Devdas
Devdas is a classic Bengali novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay that tells the tragic love story of a wealthy young man unable to unite with his childhood sweetheart, making it one of the most iconic works in Indian literature and cinema.
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D.
Mother India
Mother India is a national personification of India depicted as a nurturing yet embattled mother figure, widely used in literature, art, and political discourse to inspire patriotism and sacrifice.
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E.
Nayak
Nayak is a 1966 Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray that explores the inner life and moral conflicts of a matinee idol during an overnight train journey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian film
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film ⓘ neorealist film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Filmfare Award for Best Director
NERFINISHED
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Filmfare Award for Best Film NERFINISHED ⓘ International Prize at Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Rickshawkaran by Shailajananda Mukhopadhyay ⓘ |
| castMember |
Balraj Sahni
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jagdeep NERFINISHED ⓘ Meena Kumari NERFINISHED ⓘ Murad NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazir Hussain NERFINISHED ⓘ Nirupa Roy NERFINISHED ⓘ Rattan Kumar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Kamal Bose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| director | Bimal Roy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Bombay Talkies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Hrishikesh Mukherjee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFestivalSelection | Cannes Film Festival 1954 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
neorealism ⓘ social realism ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Calcutta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
rural Bengal ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Bicycle Thieves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Hindi ⓘ |
| leadActor | Balraj Sahni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Nirupa Roy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Shambu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Salil Chowdhury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Bimal Roy Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1953-07-15 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 131 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Bimal Roy
NERFINISHED
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Hrishikesh Mukherjee NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Mahendra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post-independence India ⓘ |
| theme |
agrarian crisis
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class struggle ⓘ feudal exploitation ⓘ landlessness ⓘ rural poverty ⓘ urban migration ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Do Bigha Zamin Description of subject: 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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