Bimal Roy started his career in Kolkatta and introduced Bengali literature in Hindi Cinema and transformed the latter in many ways.Greatly influenced by the neo realistic Italian films and other post war films he saw at iNDIAS FIRST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN 1952,Bimal Roys Do Bigha Zameen 1953 remains a landmark film that has influenced several films including Lagaan 2001.One can find echoes of Hariyala sawan shol bajata aya..from Do Bigha zameen in Ghanan ghanan ghir ayeee...from Lagaan.
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