Top 10 Bollywood Films About Famine

Bollywood has been making several genres of films. One such is about the struggles of the ordinary people due to natural disasters, lack of food, or money. These social problems are shown through the films. Here is a list of films about famine.

1. Mother India

The film Mother India is about Radha. Her husband loses his job. He has to live on his wife’s earnings. Now he is ashamed. He leaves everyone. He then starves himself. This leads to his death. Now, she is a widow. Then one of the sons and mother-in-law dies. Their house is destroyed by a storm. Flood wash them away. Famine struck. She is offered to trade her body to one of the villagers, Sukhilala. He is the money lender for food. The rest of the two sons grow up. One becomes arrogant, and the other becomes sober. Birju is the eldest son. He becomes a bandit and kills Sukhilala. He kidnaps his daughter Rupa. His mother shoots him, and he dies in her arms. At last, she inaugurates an irrigation canal. Red color water flows through it.

2. Do Bigha Zameen

The film Do Bigha Zameen is based on a Bengali poem Dui Bigha Jomi. It was written in 1953 by Rabindranath Tagore. It is about a village. It is hit by drought. After several years of famine, the area finally gets rain. The farmers are now happy. Shambhu is the main character of the film. He has a land of two bighas. It is the only means of livelihood for his family. He has borrowed money from a wealthy man named Harnam Singh. He asks him to sell his land to pay his debt. He does not want to sell his land. He sells all his items that are household. Lastly, Shambhu could not pay his loan, and his land was auctioned.

3. Dharti Ke Lal

The film Dharti Ke Lal is about famine. Millions of people died due to the Bengal famine of 1943. It is mainly a political film. It shows the social and economic problems in the area during World War II World War II is a Malayalam information TV show on >> Read More... . The Indian People's Theatre Association influenced the film. This is Zohra Sehgal’s first film. She made her first appearance. Balraj Sahni Sahni was born to Yudhishthir Sahni in 1913. He st >> Read More... received his first significant role. The film had an impact on all the viewers. It showed its form of art. The pain of famine is shown.

4. Peepli Live

The film Peepli Live is about the farmers who take their lives. Natha is a farmer from Peepli village. He is poor. He struggles to provide food for his family. But he is an alcoholic. Due to his addiction, he leaves his family hungry. He is in debt. He, along with his brother, decides to commit suicide. The farmer’s threat to end life attracts politicians and media to visit their village’s worst condition of ending natural resources. They are suffering from famine.

5. Kisan Kanya

The film Kisan Kanya is about the life of farmers and their sufferings due to famine. This film is based on a Saadat Hasan Manto Sadat Hasan Manto was a Pakistani Novelist, playwr >> Read More... novel. India's first produced color film is Kisan Kanya. It was released in 1937. It is a Hindi Cinecolor feature film. It is directed by Moti Gidwani and produced by Ardeshir Irani of Imperial Pictures. India's first own color film. It was processed and printed in Germany. Poor farmers' hardship is shown in this film.

6. Upkar

The film Upkar is about Manoj Kumar Manoj Kumar, aka Manoharan, was born on September >> Read More... . He plays the role of Bharat. He is a villager. He gives his everything to help his brother Puran. He receives an education. Puran attends school in the city. He then wants the high-society way of life. To stop Puran from selling the property, Bharat gives it to his son. On the other side Puran and his greedy uncle Charandas supply and sell grains. Also, Bharat fights the 1965 fight between India and Pakistan. When Puran learns that Charandas wants to remove him from Bharat, he wants all the control. Bharat fights bravely. But his enemies make him a prisoner. He suffers severe injuries. He loses both of his hands. Both brothers go back to the village and start working as farmers. Now Bharat has become a military hero.

7. Aurat

The film Aurat is about the eldest of eight children, Parvati. They lead a life of hardship because of many members and little source of income. She wants to marry her sisters to make the name of her family's status. She also tried to make her brother Suresh a doctor. But she cannot. This is because of her problems. Parvati is asked to marry Manoharlal. This would be his second marriage. But she rejects him. But later, Parvati marries Manoharlal. She settles into his family. Suresh is now tense about the condition of her sister. But Parvati earns the affection of her husband's kids. Suresh gets financial help from Anand for his education. Anand is the husband of another. They struggle to live their life.

8. Heera Moti

The film Heera Moti is about Raja and Amar. They are brothers. They are from a wealthy family. They are the main characters. Amar is greedy and dishonest; Raja is good and moral. Heera Moti is an expensive diamond owned by their father, Thakur Bhavani Singh. It is precious. Rivalry and conflict between the brothers are started. Amar wants to steal the diamond. The film shows loyalty, betrayal, and the effects of greed. Raja fights to store the reputation and name of his family. The film shows famine among families. This happens due to the opposite behavior of the brothers.

9. Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke

The film Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke is about Shivram and Moti's elder stepbrother, Gangaram. He considers them as their sons. Moti works in agriculture. He also goes to law school in Calcutta. When a moneylender proposes to marry his daughter, Radha, Moti secretly weds wealthy lawyer Rekha. Moti returns to city life. If he returns in a year with money he has borrowed money, the moneylender will give him a loan. Moti lives apart from Rekha. Shivram is a taxi driver. He prevents a rape attempt on Rekha. But now, because of fake land documents, the moneylender sends Gangaram back to prison. Finally, Moti and Shivram argued the case and won it.

10. Godaan

The film Godaan is about poor Indian peasant Hori Mahato. He cheats on his brothers to buy a cow from Bhola. He poisons the cow. Now, he runs away. Dhaia is Hori’s wife. Gobar is their son. He runs away with Jhunia. The parents accept their marriage. Hori should give a fine and has to take out a loan. To protect his ancestors' land, he spends two rupees on Rupa's marriage. Rupa is their daughter. Hori's wife, Dhania takes some money and forces him to pay the priest on Godaan’s behalf. It was his long-time wish. Hori is not perfect, but he sticks to his rules. The ending is brutal.