Special screening of Balraj Sahni's movie at museum

ALLAHABAD: A screening of famous yesteryear's movie Do Bigha Zameen starring Balraj Sahni was held in the Allahabad Museum. The screening was followed by a panel discussion in the presence of Prof MC Chattopadhaya, head of the Allahabad Film Society, senior officer of Indian Railways Vijoy Kumar, and museum director Rajesh Purohit.
The panelists opined that gifted writer and actor Balraj Sahni belonged to a middle-class Punjabi Khatri family of Punjab in modern-day Pakistan.He was born on May 1,1913. His real moment of glory came with the resounding acclaim and applause he received for his performance in the 1953 Bimal Roy classic, titled Do Bigha Zameen. The story of this film is set in WW II and the Bengal famine of 1943 with the ideology of national building. Its sense of realism, laced with symbols, made it a very powerful film that influenced the style of films of the time that depicted deprivation in the rural areas.
Speaking on the occasion director, Allahabad Museum, Rajesh Purohit, said that the Allahabad Museum is committed to screening old movies like Do Bigha Zameen which were a part of national heritage. The objective of screening the movie Do Bigha Zameen was to enlighten the people about the art of acting as propounded by Balraj Sahni.
Allahabad Museum has been celebrating the art of Indian Cinema in its centenary year which incidentally coincides with the 100 years of Balraj Sahni. He said many such movies will be screened in the future including Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi.'