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Bollywood Cult Classic Film: In the year 1953, the story of a film captured the hearts of the audience. After the release, the movie was not only a big hit, but also made the record of winning the first Filmfare Award.
New Delhi. Today we tell you the name of the 72 -year -old film, which won the first Filmfare Award. The film was released in theater in the year 1953 and created history by doing 7 times more business at the box office. The film we are talking about is ‘Do Bigha Zameen’.
‘Do Bigha Zameen’ is a film released in the year 1953, directed by Bimal Roy. This film tells the Indian rural life and the struggling life of the farmer. In this film, stars like Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Ratan Kumar, Murad, Nasir Hussain and Jagdeep were seen in important characters. (Photo courtesy: imDB)
The story of this film is of poor farmer Shambhu (Balraj Sahni), who cultivates his two bighas of land. This land is the only means of livelihood of his family. Shambhu is a hardworking and true person, who is satisfied with his small land and takes care of the family with his hard work. (Photo courtesy: imDB)
There is a zamindar in the village of Shambhu, Thakur Harnam Singh (Murad), who plans to open a mill on his big land to earn good profits with the businessmen of the city. There is also the land of Shambhu in the middle of his land. Harnam Singh feels that Shambhu will sell his land to him, but he refuses. (Photo courtesy: imDB)
If he does not listen to Harnam Singh, he asks Shambhu to repay his entire debt. Shambhu could not pay the loan amount even by selling all the goods of his house. After this, Shambhu goes to Kolkata and starts running a rickshaw. But trouble does not leave her chase there and then there is a big turn in the story. (Photo courtesy: imDB)
‘Do bigha land’ was produced by Bimal Roy. After its release, the film proved to be a big hit at the box office. According to the report, this movie was prepared at that time at a cost of Rs 10 lakh and then it did a business of Rs 70 lakh. (Photo courtesy: imDB)
Balraj Sahni’s ‘Do Bigha Land’ was written by Salil Chaudhary, Paul Mahindra and Rishikesh Mukherjee. It became the first movie to win the Filmfare Award for Best Film. The film also won the International Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Bimal Roy received the Filmfare Award for Best Director for ‘Do Bigha Zameen’. Also, he also won the National Award. (Photo courtesy: imDB)
‘Do Bigha Zameen’ is included in the list of Cultic films. Although its release has been 72 years, but you can still enjoy it on OTT. These days, ‘Do Bigha Land’ is Amazon Prime Video available. This movie has received 8.3 out of 10 ratings on IMDB. (Photo courtesy: imDB)
