A small Bengali landowner and his young son are in danger when their two-acre farmland where they live is in danger of being taken over by a local zamindar (feudal lord) for failure to pay for mounting debits. They move to Calcutta where the father tries making a living as a rickshaw puller while his wife joins him but falls ill which threatens everything they have going to try to save their ancestorial home.


Directed by
Bimal Roy

Writing credits
Salil Choudhury (story)
Paul Mahendra (dialogue)


Cast (in credits order)complete, awaiting verification
Balraj Sahni .... Shambu Maheto
Nirupa Roy .... Parvati (Paro) Maheto
Ratan Kumar .... Kanhaiya Maheto
Murad .... Thakur Harnam Singh
Rajyalakshmi .... Nayabji (as Rajlakshmi)
Nana Palsikar .... Dhangu Maheto (Shambu's dad)
Noor Jehan (as Noorjahan)
Nasir Hussain .... Rickshaw puller (as Nazir Hussain)
Rekha Mallick (as Rekha)
Misra
Chitra
Jagdeep .... Laloo Ustad, shoeshine boy
Sarita Devi
Dilip Kumar Jr.
Tiwari .... Paro's molester
Meena Kumari .... Thakurain
Paul Mahendra
Nandkishore Mehra (as Nand Kishore)
Nanvendu Ghose
Sunil Das Gupta
Asit Sen .... Savory Seller (as Ashit Sen)
Krishnakant .... The Judge (as Krishna Kant)
Dey
P. Kumar
Dolly
Harshi Kashyap
Shelley Bannerjee
Amar Shiekh
Dasarathlal
Samar Chatterjee
Sailen Bose
Naseem Siddiki
Sathe
Jugal Kishore (as Jugal)
Sachin Ghosh
Bishan Khanna
Mehmood .... Preetam (as Mahmud)
Malik
Hiralal
Baij Sharma (as Sharma)
Shekhar (as Sekher)
Gunjan
Goel
Madan Kapoor
Ram
Vasant Sublok
Saivyad
Om Prakash Jr.
Ismail
Master Asger
Halima
Asha
Menaka Devi
Jaina
Hansa
Baby Maheshwari


Also Known As:
Do Bigha Zameen (India: Bengali title)
Two Acres of Land
Runtime: 142 min
Country: India
Language: Hindi
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification: India:U

Awards: 4 wins