When
we come to the Bollywood movies on Social issues, instantly one name crop up
into my mind that is Late B. R. Chopra. No one made films like him on various
social issues. No wonder three out of my list belongs to the legend.
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It
was the first Hindi film to depict the partition of India, and Hindu
fundamentalism.
Dharmputra
(1961)
Director : Yash Chopra
Producer : B.R. Chopra
Writer : B.R. Films, Akhtar-Ul-Iman (dialogue)
Based on : Dharamputra Acharya Chatursen
Cast : Mala Sinha, Shashi Kapoor
Music : N. Dutta, Sahir Ludhianvi (lyrics)
Cinematography : Dharam Chopra
Editing : Pran Mehra
Awards
National
Film Awards
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Won
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Best
Feature Film in Hindi
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Filmfare
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Won
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Best
Dialogue: Akhtar ul Iman
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About
Flesh Trade and Nautch Girls
Sadhna (1958)
Director : B.R. Chopra
Producer : B.R. Chopra
Writer : Mukhram Sharma
Cast : Vyjayanthimala, Sunil Dutt, Leela Chitnis
Music : Datta Naik
Cinematography : M. N. Malhotra
Editor : Pran Mehra
Awards
Filmfare
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Won
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Best
Movie
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Nominated
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Best
Director - B. R. Chopra
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Won
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Best
Actress Vyjayanthimala
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Nominated
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Best
Supporting Actress - Leela Chitnis
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Nominated
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Best
Story - Mukhram Sharma
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Nominated
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Best
Lyricist - Sahir Ludhianvi
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About
the Man Vs the Machine
Naya Daur
(1957 film)
Director : B. R. Chopra
Producer : B. R. Chopra
Writer : Akhtar Mirza, Kamil Rashid
Cast : Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Ajit,
Chand
Usmani, Jeevan
Music : O. P. Nayyar
Cinematography : M. Malhotra
Editor : Pran Mehra
Filmfare
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Won
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Best
Actor Dilip Kumar
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Won
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Best
Music Director O.P. Nayyar
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Won
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Best
Story Akhtar Mirza
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About
the existence of God and the exploitation in the name of God.
OMG - Oh My
God! (2012)
Director : Umesh Shukla
Producer : Akshay Kumar
Writer : Bhavesh Mandalia, Umesh Shukla
Based on : "Kanji Virrudh Kanji"
Cast : Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal
Mithun
Chakraborty
Music : Himesh Reshammiya
Cinematography : Sethu Sriram
Editing : Rajesh Panchal, Tushar Shivan
Awards
The movie was
awarded the Best Hindi film award Institute for Research and Documentation in
Social Sciences
(IRDS) during the second IRDS Hindi Film Awards for social concern. The film
has won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 60th National Film Awards
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Effects
of Ragging
Table No. 21
(2013)
Director : Aditya
Datt
Producer : Vicky Rajani, Sunil Lulla
Screenplay : Jimmy-Sen
Story : Deepak Behera
Based on : Article 21 of Indian Constitution
Cast : Paresh Rawal, Rajeev Khandelwal, Tena Desae
Music : Gajendra Verma
Cinematography : Ravi Walia
Edior : Devendra Murdeshwar
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The
film examines the impact of female foeticide and female infanticide on the
gender balance and consequently the stability and attitudes of society.
Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women (2003)
Director : Manish Jha
Producer : Patrick Sobelman, Punkej Kharbanda
Writer : Manish Jha
Cast : Tulip Joshi, Sudhir Pandey, Sushant Singh,
Aditya
Srivastava
Music : Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant
Cinematography : Venu Gopal
Editor : Ashmith Kunder, Shirish Kunder
Awards
· FIPRESCI
Award in Parallel Section at the Venice Film Festival 2003
· Audience
Award for Best Film at the Kozlin Film Festival 2003, Poland
· Audience
Award for Best Foreign Film at Thessaloniki Film Festival, 2003
· Nominated
for Golden Alexander (Best Film) at Thessaloniki Film Festival, 2003
· Audience
Award for Best Film at River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival,
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Poverty
and exploitation of poor by the Zaminders, Land Lords and money Lender
Do Bigha Zamin (1953)
Director : Bimal Roy
Producer : Bimal Roy
Based on : Poem of Tagore
Wrier : Salil Choudhury (story)
Cast : Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Nazir Hussain
Ratan
Kumar, Jagdeep, Murad
Music : Salil Choudhury
Cinematography : Kamal Bose
Editor : Hrishikesh Mukherje
Filmfare
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Won
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Best
Film
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Won
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Best
Director - Bimal Roy
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National
Film Awards
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Won
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Certificate
of Merit for Best Feature Film
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Cannes
Film Festival
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won
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Prix
International
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Nominated
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Grand
Prize (Best Film)
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Karlovy
Vary Int’l Film Festival
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won
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Prize
for Social Progress
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!!!Denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good. -
― Philip Gourevitch!!!