Do Bigha Zamin: A Realistic Masterpiece of Indian Cinema.

Bimal Roy's I Do Bigha Zamin i ("Two-thirds of an acre of land"[1]), made in [12], was perhaps the first Indian film to win accolades across Europe, China and Russia, in addition to getting several awards in India.[2] Even today it is recognized as one of the most realistic and socialistic of all Indian films. While praising this film for its realism and for creating a "seismic impact", Raheja says that in the end Shambhu lost his land yet the film gives us hope, as the family retains its humanity. THE AFTERMATH Although Bimal Roy had earlier directed films in both Bengali and Hindi, I Do Bigha Zamin i (DBZ) was the first Hindi film that he also produced. Just a couple of years after DBZ, Satyajit Ray made his first film, I Pather Panchali i ([21]), with a similar theme, a film that is also known as a landmark of Indian cinema in its own right, and is as powerful today as when it was first screened. [Extracted from the article]