Two hectares of land

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Movie
German title Two hectares of land
Alternative title: Shambhu
Original title Do Bigha Zamin
Country of production India
original language Hindi
Publishing year 1953
length 142 minutes
Rod
Director Bimal Roy
script Salil Choudhury ,
Paul Mahendra ,
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
production Bimal Roy
music Salil Choudhury
camera Kamal Bose
cut Hrishikesh Mukherjee
occupation

Two hectares of land ( Hindi दो बीघा ज़मीन do bīghā zamīn ) is a neo-realistic Hindi film - a classic by Bimal Roy from 1953. It was shown in GDR cinemas under the title Shambhu .

action

The farmer Shambu Maheto lives in a small village in West Bengal . It has not rained there for two years now and when the rain irrigates the fields, Shambu hopes for improvement. However, this does not seem to be in sight, as the landowner Thakur Harnam Singh wants to sell land to a building contractor to have a factory built on it. This also includes Shambu's land, who however refuses to sell the land.

Thakur then forces him to repay the 235 rupee debt. The court gives him three months to do this. So Shambu has to leave his sick grandfather and his wife Paro in order to earn the necessary money in Calcutta . He is accompanied by his son Kanhaiya, although he was originally against his travel.

The first problems are already appearing in the city. The two of them have their money stolen and Kanhaiya falls ill. They find shelter in a simple housing estate. There Shambu learns the work of a rickshaw driver and his son supports him as a shoe cleaner.

The city still holds a few strokes of fate in store for the two of them, so that Kanhaiya starts stealing out of sheer hopelessness. Shambu is so appalled by this that he casts him out.

Shambu's wife Paro decides to travel to Calcutta to find her husband and son. During her search, she is hit by a car and seriously injured. Shambu finds her by accident and takes her to a hospital.

Kanhaiya feels guilty and tears up the stolen money. He is also reconciled with his father. They now need the honestly earned money for the treatment of Paro.

The family returns to the village to find the ugly factory on Shambu's land.

backgrounds

Bimal Roy was so enthusiastic about Vittorio De Sica's “ Ladri di biciclette ” (“Bicycle Thieves”), which he saw at a film festival in Bombay , that he made this neorealistic film.

The film songs are sung by Manna Dey , Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi , the lyrics were written by Shailendra .

Raj Kapoor claimed after seeing this film: “How I wished I had made this film!” ( How much I wish I had made this film myself! )

Reviews

Do Bigha Zamin owes its reputation as a neo-realistic film almost exclusively to Balraj Sahni's outstanding performance in his most famous film role.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema, New Delhi 1994, p. 331