Do Bigha Zamin : Bimal Roy
There are countless reasons that pushed me to watch East Bengal originated Bollywood director Bimal Roy's "Do Bigha Zamin" (1953). one one hand, Mr. Roy born in Dhaka in 1909, one of the migrated artist from Present Bangladesh, the story written based on Rabindranath Tagore's poem "দুই বিঘা জমি" by Salil Chowdhury who was also the great Bengali music composer of the film; screenplayed by another great Bengali visual artist Hrishikesh Mukherjee. On the other hand, "Do Bigha Zamin" won the inaugurated Filmfare Awards & National Film Awards in 1954 & the first Indian winner of International Prize in Cannes Film Festival in 1954 beforehand The great Dev Anand's brother Chetan Anand's "Neecha Nagar" screenplay written by my favorite Khwaja Ahmad Abbas won Palme d'Ore in 1946, only winner from India till date. It's one of gems in Indian subcontinent's film history as a grace of Bengali artistic tradition. Ano...