Do Bigha Zamin

This, 1953 classic film is directed by Bengali film director Bimal Roy and star Balraj Sahni and Nirupa Roy in lead roles. Among the first movies of Indian cinema to have set a benchmark for the way films should be made.Tthis film won the International Prize at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. The story revolves around a farmer and his family, and how fate mercilessly takes away their sole property- two acres of land- from them.