Jamai Sasthi (film)

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Jamai Shashthi
Directed by Amar Choudhury
Written byAmar Choudhury
Produced by Madan Theatres Ltd
Starring
CinematographyT. Marconi
Music byKshirodegopal Mukherjee
Release date
  • 11 April 1931 (1931-04-11)
CountryIndia
Language Bengali

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.

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  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.