Deux hectares de terre

Original title: Do Bigha Zamin

1953
2h 11m

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8.3/10

2.4K

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In the hope of earning enough money to pay off his debts and save his land, a poor farmer becomes a rickshaw puller in the Calcutta and faces many difficulties.

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In the hope of earning enough money to pay off his debts and save his land, a poor farmer becomes a rickshaw puller in Calcutta and faces many difficulties.In the hope of earning enough money to pay off his debts and save his land, a poor farmer becomes a rickshaw puller in Calcutta and faces many difficulties.In the hope of earning enough money to pay off his debts and save his land, a poor farmer becomes a rickshaw puller in Calcutta and faces many difficulties.

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IMDb RATING

8.3/10

2.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination total

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Trivia
When the shoeshine boys discuss seeing Nargis in Le vagabond (1951), one of them alludes to a shirt worn by a bystander. The shirt is decorated with a recurring pattern showing the famous scene from Le vagabond (1951) in which Raj Kapoor comes upon Nargis as she is changing clothes, partially hidden by a screen, after swimming. That scene occupies a place in Hindi cinema comparable to that of Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster on the beach in Tant qu'il y aura des hommes (1953).

Connections
Featured in Century of Cinema: 100 ans de cinéma: 100 ans de cinéma indien (1996)

Soundtracks
hariyaala saawan dhol bajaata aaya
Sung by Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey

User reviews21

Featured review

9/10

Classic

This movie is a an Indian classic.... I don't know why so many people here are going on about how unrealistic it is...... I would wonder how many who commented as such have actually been to that part of India and witnessed the poverty there....

The story may well have been copied but the film is no doubt still great. I cant think of many other copies which are actually good. This film does actually touch you with its sadness, and claims of melodramaticness will be gladly tossed aside because we are talking about Indian cinema here...

All in all i think this is definitely a gem in Indian cinema, and fit the bill of an all time classic.