Posts Tagged ‘Do Bigha Zameen’

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    Bimal Roy : A forgotton centenary
    In 1953, when Do Bigha Zameen was released and became an instant classic, winning rave reviews across the world, Raj Kapoor remarked “How I wish I made this film!” This July 12 marked the centenary of Roy and a pity it was that the media did not even care to brush past the legend for it is too busy with pseudo swayamvars of item girls and the umpteen possibilities...
    by Arjun Narayanan at July 14th, 2009 at 02:07 pm
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    Do Bigha Zameen, Umberto. D and the Bicycle Thieves: Where Do Bigha Zameen falters
    Nirupa Roy, Parikshit Sahni, Balraj Sahni, Nana Palsikar in Do Bigha ZameenThe distinction is important. Amongst good, very good and great. Because, something which is merely good sometimes seeks to shelter and glow amidst the presence of myriad mediocre works, where it stands apart on a strictly relative plane, nudging mediocrity by an iota.  And we often confuse and...
    by Tanul Thakur at July 13th, 2009 at 05:07 pm
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