The Dhallywood film industry released five feature films in 1961. [1]
Title | Director | Starring | Language | Ref. |
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Harano Din | Mustafiz | Rahman, Shabnam, Golam Mustafa, Azim, Subhash Dutta, Misbah | Bengali | [2] [3] |
Je Nadi Marupathey | Salahuddin | Rowshan Ara, Sanjib, Ataur Rahman | Bengali | [3] [4] |
Kokhono Asheni | Zahir Raihan | Sumita Devi, Shabnam, Anis, Misbahuddin | Bengali | [3] [4] |
Rajdhanir Buke | Ehtesham | Rahman, Chitra, Shabnam, Azim, Golam Mustafa, Subhash Dutta | Bengali | [3] [5] |
Tomar Amar | Mohiuddin | Chitra, Amin, Anwar Hossain | Bengali | [2] [3] [lower-alpha 1] |
There are numerous minor inconsistencies in transliteration among the sources. Greater discrepancies are as follows:
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