''Jamai Shashthi'' ( English: Son-in-law day) is a 1931 Bengali

short film A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...

directed by Amar Choudhury and produced by Madan Theatre Limited. It is a milestone of Bengali cinema as it was the first Bengali

as a

talkie A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed befo ...

. It was released at Crown Cinema Hall in

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on 11 April 1931, in the same year as '' Alam Ara'', the first Indian talkie.

Cast

* Professor Bholanath * Amar Choudhury as Kuber * Miss Golela * Khirodegopal Mukherjee * Ranisundari as Mother in law

References

External links

* 1931 films 1931 drama films Bengali-language Indian films Indian black-and-white films Indian drama short films 1930s Bengali-language films {{1930s-Bengali-film-stub