Portrayal of women in Bimal Roy’s Cinema: A case study of Do Bigha Zameen, Sujata, and Bandini

In 1913, first feature film was made in India and since that year, Hindi Cinema has come a long way in the representation of the characters, style and pattern of film-making. There have been many genres of film-making in India within the popular commercial format. Women characters have been represented in many ways in Hindi Cinema. Since the advent of Cinema in India, a lot of changes have been witnessed in the representation of women characters. In this paper, the study focuses on analysing the portrayal of women characters in the three very popular films (Do BighaZameen, Sujata, and Bandini) of Bimal Roy. Bimal Roy has been hailed as a sensitive film-maker renowned for his socially oriented Cinema and portrayal of strong women characters, giving these characters a sublime touch of his own. Women characters in the Cinema of Bimal Roy have got an independent identity of her own.