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Bimal Roy (12 July 1909 – 7 January 1966) was an Indian film director. He is particularly noted for his realistic and socialistic films such as Do Bigha Zamin , Parineeta , Biraj Bahu , Devdas , Madhumati , Sujata , Parakh and Bandini , making him an important director of Hindi cinema .
Rinki Roy Bhattacharya [1] (born 1942) is an Indian writer, columnist and documentary filmmaker. Daughter of film director Bimal Roy, she was married to Basu Bhattacharya and collaborated on his films. She is the vice-chairperson of the Children's Film Society of India (CFSI) and the founder chairperson of Bimal Roy Memorial & Film Society. [2]
The same year, Bimal Roy cast her as Chandramukhi opposite Dilip Kumar in the critically acclaimed Devdas, which was the adaptation of the novel with same title by Sharat Chandra Chatterji. The industry initially was not in favour of this choice when they heard about Vyjayanthimala being cast in Bimal Roy's film, the response being: "Why don't ...
Sanjana Kapoor has been married twice. Her first husband was actor and director Aditya Bhattacharya [6] (famous for Mandi and Raakh), son of filmmaker Basu Bhattacharya and Rinki Bhattacharya (daughter of noted filmmaker Bimal Roy). Kapoor then married the tiger conservationist, Valmik Thapar, son of the journalist Romesh Thapar.
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Famous film director Bimal Roy saw her dance at a stage function and cast her at the age of ten in Maa (1952) and then repeated her in Baap Beti (1954). [12] The latter film's failure disappointed her, and even though she did a few more child roles, she quit to resume her schooling. [ 13 ]
She started her career as a child actor in films. Her best remembered role as a child artiste was in R. K. Films’ Boot Polish (1954) and Bimal Roy's Devdas. [2] She earned rave reviews for her earnest natural performance from The New York Times and a special distinction (along with co-actor Rattan Kumar) from Cannes Film Festival in 1955, where the film was shown in competition.
Do Bigha Zamin (/ ð oʊ b iː ˈ ɡ ɑː z ə m iː n / transl. Two bighas of land) [a] is a 1953 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Bimal Roy.Based on Rabindranath Tagore's Bengali poem "Dui Bigha Jomi" and Rickshawalla, a short story written by composer Salil Chowdhury, the film stars Balraj Sahni and Nirupa Roy in lead roles.