- Cannes Film Festival - Nominated Filmfare Best Movie Award - Bimal Roy - Won Filmfare Best Director Award - Bimal Roy - Won Filmfare Best Actress Award - Nutan - Won Filmfare Best Story Award - Subodh Ghosh - Won National Film Awards (1959) All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film Soundtrack References External links 1959 films 1950s Hindi-language films Films scored by S. D. Burman Films directed by Bimal Roy Films about the caste system in India Films based on short fiction Social realism in film Third Best Feature Film National Film Award winners