Programmed March 2021
Directed by Bimal Roy
A pioneer of India’s Parallel Cinema, Bimal Roy brought a new level of realism to his country’s film industry with his landmark breakthrough Do bigha zamin , a heartrending portrait of an ordinary family’s everyday struggle for survival, inspired by the Italian neorealist movement. Both a master visual stylist and an empathetic champion of the oppressed, Roy skillfully straddled the line between art and commercial cinema, tackling issues of poverty, caste discrimination, and the subjugation of women through his moving melodramas and earthy romances. Added on Sunday, 21 March 2021
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