About the Book: The Cinema of Bimal Roy: An Outsider Within
An analysis of Bimal Roys films and their depiction of people outside the
`mainstream The Cinema of Bimal Roy: An `Outsider Within examines Roys
adaptations of Bengali and Hindi literary classics while dwelling on his
approach and treatment of women, a focal point of many of his films. It draws
attention to his cinema of social relevance-untouchability (Sujata), woman
deserted by society and family (Biraj Bou), child marriage (Parineeta) and the
inhumanity of oppression and forced urbanization (Do Bigha Zameen). The book
goes on to discuss Roys ability to bestow new screen identities to established
actors such