Amar Choudhury
Amar Choudhury Bengali: অমর চৌধুরী) (born 1898, date of death unknown) was a Bengali film actor, director, editor and writer. He directed Jamai Shashthi (Bengali: জামাই ষষ্ঠী) in 1931 produced by Madan Theatre Limited, credited as the first Bengali talkie.[1] It was released in the same year as Alam Ara, the first Indian talkie on 11 April 1931 at Crown Cinema Hall in Calcutta.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Additional notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Matri Sneha | Jyotish Bannerji | Actor |
| 1931 | Tritiya Paksha | Amar Choudhury | Actor, Director Short |
| Jamai Sasthi | Amar Choudhury | Actor, Director Short | |
| Bibaha Bibhrat | Jyotish Bannerji | Actor | |
| 1932 | Chira Kumari | Amar Choudhury | Actor, Director |
| Chirakumari | Amar Choudhury | Actor, Director | |
| 1933 | Kalanka Bhanjan | Amar Choudhury | Actor, Director |
| 1935 | Satya Pathe | Amar Choudhury | Actor, Director |
| 1941 | Kavi Joydev | Hiren Bose | Actor |
| 1946 | Vande Mataram | Sudhirbandhu Bannerjee | Actor |
| 1947 | Parabhritika | Bidhayak Bhattacharya | Actor |
| 1948 | Priyatama | Pasupati Chatterjee | Actor |
| Mati-O-Manush | Sudhirbandhu Bannerjee | Actor | |
| 1949 | Ananya | Sabyasachi | Actor |
| Kamana | Nabendusundar | Actor | |
| 1952 | Kuhelika | Ramesh Bose | Actor |
References
- ↑ Gokulsing, K.; Wimal Dissanayake (2004). Indian popular cinema: a narrative of cultural change. Trentham Books. p. 24. ISBN 1-85856-329-1.