Njai Dasima (1932 film)

Njai Dasima
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Directed by	Bachtiar Effendi
Produced by	Tan Khoen Yauw
Starring	Momo Oesman
Cinematography	G. Krugers
Production company	Tan's Film
Release date	1932 (1932) (Dutch East Indies)
Country	Dutch East Indies
Language	Vernacular Malay

Njai Dasima ([ɲˈai daˈsima]; Perfected Spelling: Nyai Dasima) is a 1932 film from the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) which was directed by Bachtiar Effendi for Tan's Film. It was the second film adapted from G. Francis' 1896 novel Tjerita Njai Dasima, following a silent version in 1929. Starring Momo and Oesman, it followed a young Sundanese njai (concubine) who is tricked into marrying a man who does not love her and ultimately killed for her money. The film, the first talkie produced by its company, was also the first directed by a native Indonesian. The now-lost work received mixed critical reception.