Do Bigha Zameen, Parineeta, Sujata and Bandini are just names of a few films that are created by the master of Indian Cinema known as Bimal Roy. He is arguably the most sensible film makers of post independence era who created a flare in the storytelling. Till date, no one can reach the flawless level of direction that he created and his contribution of Indian cinema is outstanding. Since my childhood I have admired Bimal Da a lot and so I am starting a series of posts for some of my favorite films directed by him.
He always picked characters close to real life with which audience can attach themselves easily. Shambhu Mahato in “Do Bigha Zameen”, Adheer and Sujata in “Sujata”, Biraj Chakravorty in “Biraj Bahu”, Kalyani in “Bandini”, all of them are so realistic characters that they left unforgettable impressions on the mind of people. Bimal Da had a great command over the human strengths and weaknesses of human nature and he depicted in his movies in the most beautiful way.
In the context of commercial films, he created the legendary “Madhumati” that eventually became the landmark and still continues to inspire filmmakers. It is the one of the earliest movies dealing with the concept of reincarnation and with the beautiful theme it surrounds, it garnered worldwide critical acclaim and achieved commercial success as well. With a string of beautiful songs (“Chadh gayo papi bichhua”, “Dil tadap tadap ke”, “Aaja re pardesi”, “Jungle mein mor naacha”, to name a few) it also embarked beautiful example for the future lyricist and musicians. The film received 9 Filmfare Awards and multiple nominations in other categories. Important to note here is that it is the only collaboration between Bimal Da and legendary filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak.
Cast: Dilip Kumar, Vyjayantimala, Pran, Johnny Walker
Story: Ritwik Ghatak
Dialogues: Rajinder Singh Bedi
Music: Salil Choudhury
Lyrics: Shailendra
Editor: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
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