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Two Acres of Land 1953 2h 11m Drama List Reviews 75% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings A debt-ridden family moves to Calcutta to raise the money it needs to save its land from a greedy...
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- Bimal Roy
- Drama
- Balraj Sahni
Shambhu, a Bengali farmer, is overjoyed when the rains spell happiness for his community. But his joy is short-lived as the landowner demands his land back to build a factory. Given three months to repay his debts, Shambhu leaves for Kolkata in the hope of making enough money to keep his land.
Two bighas of land) is a 1953 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Bimal Roy. Based on Rabindranath Tagore 's Bengali poem " Dui Bigha Jomi ", the film stars Balraj Sahni and Nirupa Roy in lead roles.
An impoverished man and his young son travel to Calcutta and look for work, in order to make money that'll save their ancestral land from being seized by a corporation.
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- Bimal Roy Productions
- Bimal Roy
An impoverished man and his young son travel to Calcutta and look for work, in order to make money that'll save their ancestral land from being seized by a corporation.
The film was based on Rickshawalla, a short story written by composer Salil Chowdhury. It revolved around a farmer who desperately pounds the streets of Kolkata to earn the Rs 235 needed to save his two acres of land, only to lose it to the industrialisation.
The film follows a farming family from a small village who, following the first bout of rain in years, are being forced out of their two-thirds of an acre of land by a greedy landlord who abuses their inability to read by falsifying loan documents.
