Jamai Sasthi (film)

Jamai Shashthi
Directed byAmar Choudhury
Written byAmar Choudhury
Produced byMadan Theatres Ltd
Starring
  • Amar Chowdhury
  • Jatin Singha
  • Kshirodegopal Mukherjee
  • Ms. Golela
  • Bimal Gupta
  • Kartik Ray
  • Bholanath
CinematographyT. Marconi
Music byKshirodegopal Mukherjee
Release date
  • 11 April 1931 (1931-04-11)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Jamai Shashthi (Bengali: জামাই ষষ্ঠী English: Son-in-law day) is a 1931 Bengali short film directed by Amar Choudhury[1] and produced by Madan Theatre Limited.[2] It is a milestone of Bengali cinema as it was the first Bengali short film as a talkie.[3] It was released at Crown Cinema Hall in Calcutta on 11 April 1931, in the same year as Alam Ara, the first Indian talkie.

Cast

  • Professor Bholanath
  • Amar Choudhury as Kuber
  • Miss Golela
  • Khirodegopal Mukherjee
  • Ranisundari as Mother in law[4]

References

  1. ^ "Jamai Sasthi (1931)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Yesterdate: This day from Kolkata's past, April 11, 1931". Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  3. ^ Gokulsing, K.; Wimal Dissanayake (2004). Indian popular cinema: a narrative of cultural change. Trentham Books. p. 24. ISBN 1-85856-329-1.
  4. ^ "Jamai Shashthi (1931)". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 9 June 2024.


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