This is a list of Dhallywood films before 1960.
1929 TitleDirectorCast Genre Release date Notes Ref(s) Sukumari () Ambuj Prasanna Gupta Nawabzada Nasarullah, Syed Abdus Sobhan Short October 1929 The first silent short film of Eastern Bengal.
1931 TitleDirectorCast Genre Release date Notes Ref(s) The Last Kiss Ambuj Prasanna Gupta Salin Roy, Tuntun, Lalita, Khwaja Ajmal, Khwaja Mohammed Shahed, Nawabzada Nasarullah, Khwaja Mohammed Adel, Syed Saheb-e-Alam, Khwaja Mohammed Akmal, Charu Bala Drama 1931 The first East Bengali silent film to be full-length.
1956 FilmsDirectorCast GenreReleasedDate NoteRef.Mukh O Mukhosh Abdul Jabbar Khan Inam Ahmed, Abdul Jabbar Khan, Aminul Haque, Purnima Sengupta, Atiya, Pari Begum, Johar Aara, Bilkis Bari, Rahima Khatun, Saifuddin Drama 3 August 1956 The first full-length non-silent "talkie" film, and considered as the first properly developed feature film of the region. It took 3 years to complete the film, while none of the cast had any prior experience in films.
1959 Title Director Starring Language Ref. Akash Ar Mati Fateh Lohani Sumita Devi, Probir Kumar, Kalapna, Sona Mian Bengali Ei Desh Tomar Amar Ehtesham Rahman, Sumita Devi, Shabnam, M. Din, A. Rahman Bengali Matir Pahar Mohiuddin Sultana Zaman, Kafi Khan, Rawshan Ara Bengali Jago Hua Severa A. J. Kardar Tripti Mitra, Khan Ataur Rahman (as Anis), Zoreen, Rakshi Urdu
See also List of highest grossing Bangladeshi films List of Bangladeshi film series Independent films of Bangladesh Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Film List of Bangladeshi submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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External links Bangladeshi film at the Internet Movie Database