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
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film ⓘ neorealist film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Filmfare Award for Best Director
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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
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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
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neorealism ⓘ social realism ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Calcutta
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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
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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
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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 ⓘ |
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