The item sheds light on the varied responses that the film Do Bigha Zamin received at the time of its release. It collates major newspaper reviews that largely focused on the film’s social realist aspects and its means of production that…

Iqbal Masud surveys the growing influence of the post independence burgeoning urban culture and the complexities of the city on the film industry, both at the economic and ideological levels. He looks at the works of Satyajit Ray, Guru Dutt and Bimal…