The Dhallywood film industry released six feature films in 1962. [1] [2] [lower-alpha 1]
Title | Director | Starring | Language | Ref. |
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Azaan | Fazal Haq | Azim, Chitra Sinha, Rahman, Shabnam, Rani Sarker | Bengali | [2] [lower-alpha 1] |
Chanda | Ehtesham | Sultana Zaman, Shabnam, Rahman, Subhash Dutta | Urdu | [3] [4] |
Joar Elo | Abdul Jabbar Khan | Sultana Zaman, Saifuddin, Anwar Hossain, Rosy | Bengali | [2] [5] |
Natun Sur | Ehtesham | Rahman, Rawshan Ara, Azim, Nurealam, Subhash Dutta | Bengali | [2] [3] |
Sonar Kajol | Zahir Raihan, Kalim Sharafi | Khalil, Sumita Devi, Sultana Zaman, Kazi Khalek | Bengali | [2] [6] [7] [lower-alpha 2] |
Surja Snan | Salahuddin | Nasima Khan, Anwer, Rawshan Ara, Subhash Dutta, Nina | Bengali | [4] [6] [lower-alpha 3] |
There are numerous minor inconsistencies in transliteration among the sources. Greater discrepancies are as follows:
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