A small Bengali landowner and his young son are in danger when their two-acre farm in danger of being taken over by a local zamindar (feudal lord) for failure to pay mounting debits. They move to Calcutta, where the father tries making a living as a rickshaw puller while his wife joins him but falls ill, which threatens everything they have going to try to save their ancestral home.
Do Bigha Zamin
In the hope of earning enough money to pay off his debts and save his land, a poor farmer becomes a rickshaw puller in Calcutta and faces many difficulties.