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Bimal Roy
Director 1909 - 1966

Bimal Roy

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bimal Roy (Bengali: বিমল রায়) (12 July 1909 – 8 January 1965) was an Indian film director. He is particularly noted for his realistic and socialistic films like Do Bigha Zamin, Parineeta, Biraj Bahu, Madhumati, Sujata, and Bandini, making him an important director of Hindi... Read full bio →

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6 titles
Bandini

Bandini

Bimal Roy 1963 2h 37m

In 1930s British-ruled Bengal, a prison-doctor falls in love with a convicted murderer with past connections to a freedom fighter.

Sujata

Sujata

Bimal Roy 1959 2h 41m

An orphan adopted by an upper caste family never learns of her untouchable caste background. This proves problematic when years later, she falls in love with an upper caste man.

Madhumati

Madhumati

Bimal Roy 1958 2h 51m

Two men take shelter in a derelict mansion situated in the countryside during a storm. One of the men suddenly becomes aware that he once visited this mansion in a past life; he recounts a story about when he was Anand, a painter, who fell in love with a tribal girl named Madhumati.

Devdas

Devdas

Bimal Roy 1955 2h 39m

Childhood sweethearts grow up in a small village with a love-hate relationship which changes to love when they mature.

Do Bigha Zamin

Do Bigha Zamin

Bimal Roy 1953 2h 5m

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.

Udayer Pathey

Udayer Pathey

Bimal Roy 1944 2h 2m

Anup loses his job writing speeches for a wealthy industrialist and decides to focus on finishing his novel. But when his former boss steals Anup’s unpublished book, he throws himself into socialist politics.

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