The Dhallywood film industry released one feature film in 1960. [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Title | Director | Starring | Language | Ref. |
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Asiya | Fateh Lohani | Sumita Devi, Shahid, Kazi Khalek, Soma Mian | Bengali | [4] [5] |
There are numerous minor inconsistencies in transliteration among the sources. Greater discrepancies are as follows:
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