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All India Certificate of Merit
Awarded for Best Feature Film, recognizing its significant artistic and cinematic merit and importance in Indian cinema.
An impoverished man and his young son travel to Calcutta and look for work, in order to make money that'll save their ancestral land from being seized by a corporation.
Directed byBimal Roy
Written bySalil Chowdhury, Paul Mahendra, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Shailendra
Box office₹70 lakh (equivalent to ₹74 crore or US$7.8 million in 2023)
Critical Consensus
8.3
IMDb
8.0
TMDB
Do Bigha Zamin was highly acclaimed, considered a trendsetter and benchmark in Indian parallel cinema, and a moderate commercial success. It received multiple prestigious awards, including the All India Certificate of Merit, the first Filmfare Best Movie Award, and the International Prize at Cannes Film Festival.
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Trivia
Do Bigha Zamin became the first film to win the Filmfare Best Movie Award and the first Indian film to win the International Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, after Neecha Nagar (1946).
Director Bimal Roy was inspired to make Do Bigha Zamin after watching Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves (1948) and decided to shoot his next film on location for realism.
The film marked Meena Kumari's maiden guest appearance in her 33-year-long career, and she agreed to the cameo after seeing the film's stills.
Do Bigha Zamin is considered an important film in the early parallel cinema of India and paved the way for future cinema makers in the Indian neo-realist movement.
Initially, Bimal Roy planned to cast Paidi Jairaj, Trilok Kapoor, and Nazir Hussain, but decided to cast Balraj Sahni after seeing his performance in Hum Log (1951).
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Filmfare
Made history as the inaugural recipient of the Best Movie Award, highlighting its groundbreaking impact and quality.
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Cannes Film Festival
Received the prestigious International Prize, marking a significant milestone for Indian cinema on the global stage.
IM
Indiatimes Movies
Included in their list of the 'Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films', affirming its enduring cultural significance and status.
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