Bimal Roy Film Festival: Events in Hyderabad

REVIEW FOR BIMAL ROY FILM FESTIVAL

The Bimal Roy Centenary Committee, in association with the Hyderabad Film Club and Moving Images, is organising a film festival of the legendary film director Late Bimal Roy's films, from 29th to 31st January, at the Prasads IMAX and te Cinemax. A total of nine films and a documentary will be screened during the 3 days of the film festival, as below:

29th January

5:00pm - Do Bigha Zameen, at Prasads Imax

8:00pm - Devdas, at Cinemax

30th January

9:00am - Remembering Bimal Roy, a documentary, at Prasads Imax

9:00am - Remembering Bimal Roy, a documentary, at Cinemax

10:00am - Yahudi, at Prasads Imax

10:30am - Parakh, at Cinemax

1:00pm - Bandini, at Prasads Imax

4:30pm - Madhumati, at Cinemax

31st January

9:00am - Remembering Bimal Roy, a documentary, at Prasads Imax

9:00am - Remembering Bimal Roy, a documentary, at Cinemax

10:00am - Madhumati, at Prasads Imax

10:30am - Parineeta, at Cinemax

1:00pm - Udayer Pathey, at Prasads Imax

4:30pm - Sujata, at Cinemax

Bimal Roy (12 July 1909 - 7 January 1966) was one of the most acclaimed Hindi film directors of all time. He is particularly noted for his realistic and socialistic films like Do Bigha Zameen, Parineeta, Biraj Bahu, Madhumati, Sujata, and Bandini, making him a significant part of Hindi cinema.

Roy was born to a Bengali family in Dhaka, and after India's independence, moved to India. He entered cinema as a camera assistant with New Theatres Pvt. Ltd, during which time he assisted director P C Barua on the 1935 hit Devdas starring K.L. Saigal. He then went on to win a number of awards throughout his career - including 11 Filmfare Awards, a National Film Award, and the International Prize of the Cannes Film Festival.

Free entry passes are available one hour before each film. Please contact 98496-16063 / 93910-20243 for further details.