Maa (Mother) is a 1952 Hindi social family drama directed by Bimal Roy for Bombay Talkies. Bimal Roy was asked to come to Bombay from Calcutta to direct the film for the studio, which was going through bad times. Bombay Talkies earlier favourite Leela Chitnis was cast in the eponymous role of Mother. This was the first film Roy directed in Bombay. He was to break away and form his own production company Bimal Roy Productions. The first film he produced and directed under his new banner was Do Bigha Zameen (1953), the next year.