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Jamai Shashthi
Directed byAmar Choudhury
Produced byMadan Theatres Ltd
Written byAmar Choudhury
Starring
Music byKshirodegopal Mukherjee
CinematographyT. Marconi
Release date
  • 11 April 1931 (1931-04-11)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Jamai Shashthi (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist. English: Son-in-law Day) is a 1931 Bengali short film directed by Amar Choudhury[1] and produced by Madan Theatre Limited.[2] The film is considered a milestone in Bengali cinema, as it was the first Bengali short film to be produced as a talkie.[3] It was released at Crown Cinema Hall in Calcutta on 11 April 1931, the same year as Alam Ara, the first Indian talkie.

Cast[edit | edit source]

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

References[edit | edit source]

  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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