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Bicycle Thieves also influenced several Indian films.

It was cited as an influence on several early Indian art films, including Bimal Roy's Do Bigha Zamin ( Two Acres of Land, 1953 ) and Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali ( 1955 ).

Indian director Anurag Kashyap cites this film as his inspiration for becoming a director.

At least one critic cited it as an influence on Zeze Gamboa's Angolan film O Heroi ( The Hero, 2004 ), in which a war veteran's prosthetic leg is stolen.