Jamai_Shashthi

<i>Jamai Shashthi</i>

Jamai Shashthi

1931 film

Jamai Shashthi (Bengali: জামাই ষষ্ঠী English: Son-in-law day) is a 1931 Bengali short film directed by Amar Choudhury and produced by Madan Theatre Limited. It is a milestone of Bengali cinema as it was the first Bengali short film as a talkie.[1] It was released at Crown Cinema Hall in Calcutta on 11 April 1931, in the same year as Alam Ara, the first Indian talkie.

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Cast

  • Professor Bholanath
  • Amar Choudhury as kuber
  • Miss Golela
  • Khirodegopal Mukherjee
  • Ranisundari as Mother in law

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Gokulsing, K.; Wimal Dissanayake (2004). Indian popular cinema: a narrative of cultural change. Trentham Books. p. 24. ISBN 1-85856-329-1.


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