Bimal Roy had strong social themes e.g. Do Bigha Zameen ( 1953 ), Sujata, Bandini (1963 ) and even Devdas. He started his career as a cameraman in New Theatres. He assisted P C Barua on Devdas (1955), where K.L.Saigal was the lead actor. His directorial debut was Udaye Pathe, a Bengali film. It was remade in Hindi as Humrahi later. Do Bigha Zameen was about land aquisition to promote industrialization. Balraj Sahni was the lead actor. Bimal Da believed in realism, and simplicity. Devdas was once again made by him with Dilip Kumar, Vyjanthimala and Suchitra Sen. As the her could not marry his childhood love, he takes to the bottle. Dilip Kumar won the Filmfare award for the best actor. Devdas was recently made once again by Sanjay Leela Bhansali with Shah Rukh Khan in the lead, ( 2002 ). Bimal Da’s Madhumati (1958) was on reincarnation. Bandini was about a woman charged with murder. Sujata ( 1959 ) touches untouchability. The key works from Indian film industry will have Bimal Roy’s Madhumat, Guru Dutt’s  Andaz Pyasa and Mehboob Khan’s Andaz and Mother India.