Top 10 Bollywood Films Directed By Bimal Roy

Bimal Roy Bimal Roy was born on 12 July 1909 in Suapur, East >> Read More... was a director of films. He was born on 12 July 1909. His genre of films has been revolving around social issues. He received several awards for his notable works. He died on 7 January 1966. Here is the list of films directed by him.

1. 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 household. Lastly, Shambhu could not pay his loan, and his land was auctioned.

2. Bandini

The film Bandini is about a woman prisoner. It shows the year 1934. Kalyani has committed a murder. She is in the on for a life sentence. She tells them about her past to the jailor. She is the daughter of Raja Paranjpe. He was the postmaster of the village. She falls in love with Bikash. He is a freedom fighter. He promises her that her will return while leaving the village. But he never returns. She moves to a city. There, she is a caretaker of a mentally unstable woman. She is Bikash’s wife. Her father dies in an accident while looking for her in the city. She, in anger, poisons Bikash’s wife.

3. Parakh

The film Parakh is about the story of Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury was a music composer, instrumental >> Read More... , a music director. Nivaran is a postmaster. He receives a mysterious cheque for five lakh rupees. He is asked to give it to anyone who can benefit the village. Haradhan is also a postmaster. In actual life, he is Sir Jagdish Chandra. He pretends to know nothing. But he is secretly looking for the right person to give the cheque. He wants to find an honest person. Now, everyone is after him.

4. Sujata

The film Sujata is adapted from a Bengali short story by Subodh Ghosh of the same name. Adheer is a Brahmin young man. Sujata is an untouchable woman. They both fall in love. This film shows the fight of Mahatma Gandhi against the untouchables and Chandalika’s myth in Hinduism. It criticizes this practice in the country. Upen and Charu are Brahmins. They adopt Sujata. Upen is acceptable. But his wife cannot accept that their adopted child is untouchable. One day, Sujata saves her mother’s life. She then takes her.

5. Yahudi

The film Yahudi is about history. Elijah is the son of a jeweler named Ezra. Emmanuel is a Buttler. When Ezra leaves, Elijah is upset. Brutus is the Governor of Rome. He makes an announcement. By mistake, a stone slips from Elijah’s hand and falls on Brutus. He is arrested and given a death sentence because he is a Jew. Brutus returns and begs Brutus to leave Elijah. But he feeds him to his lions. For revenge, Emmanuel kidnaps Lydia. She is the daughter of Brutus. Ezra does not want to kill her, so he adopts her.

6. Madhumati

The film Madhumati is a paranormal love story. Devendra and his friends drove down the hills to take his wife and child from a rail station. A landslide occurs. They are waiting in a mansion. He has flashbacks of another life when he sees an old portrait. Then, he gathers everyone to tell his story. Then he tells about his lover Madhumati. It is a paranormal story. They experience paranormal activities.

7. Devdas

The film Devdas is about a love story between three people: Devdas, Paro or Parbati, and Chandramukhi. The film is an adaptation of a Bengali novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was also known as Sara >> Read More... named Devdas. The Bengali culture shown here is the typical Bonedi Bari, which is the ancient form of bungalows where the zamindars lived. The characters here are shown wearing Bengali dresses, that is, Bengali style sari termed as Aath Poure and dhoti- Panjabi. Several times, the characters are shown speaking in Bengali. It shows Bengal’s Zamindar culture. The film also shows Maa Durga’s idol. They are shown following Bengali traditions.

8. Naukri

The film Naukri is about the dreams of educated youths. It shows how the youth struggle in the city to get a job. Ratan Kumar Choudhary stays in a village with his mother, who is a widow, and Uma, his sick sister. He is about to get his graduation results. He wants a stable income, find a suitable groom for his sister, and look after his mother. He passed his BA. He goes to Calcutta in search of a job. He stays in a hostel. His neighbors are youths. They are unemployed. His father’s colleague has promised him his father’s job. But when he reaches there, he finds the job is given to the manager’s relative.

9. Biraj Babu

Biraj Babu is based on a Bengali novel by Saratchandra Chattopadhyay of the same name. Biraj and Nilambar Chakraborty were married. When she was a little girl. Now, they are childless. He is unemployed. His brother believes him and leaves them miserable. Deaodhar is captivated by her beauty. He is a wealthy young man. He tries to bribe her to take her to his boat. She is kidnapped. She jumps off the boat. She runs away from the hospital where she was admitted. She wants to meet her husband.

10. Parineeta

Parineeta is a musical-romance film between Lalita Roy, Girish, and Shekhar Roy. The film is based on a novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay named Parineeta. The term Parineeta means espoused. The portrayal of this film’s characters’ buildings, architecture, costumes, and landscapes signifies the Bengali culture. Specific Bengals’ cultural practices are also shown in the film. The film is about a Bhadralok, a gentleman who is a progressive man from upper-caste and pre-colonial Bengal. The film also shows the traditional dhunuchi Bengali dance from a scene of Durga puja. The lanes of Kolkata bring out the essence of Bengal.