Sukumari (film)

Sukumari
Directed byAmbuja Prasanna Gupta
Produced byNawab family of Dhaka
Starring
  • Khwaja Adil
  • Khwaja Nasrullah
  • Syed Abdus Sobhan
CinematographyKhwaja Ajmal
Distributed byNawab family of Dhaka
Release date
  • 1927 (1927)
Running time
40 minutes
CountryBritish India
LanguageSilent

Sukumari (Bengali: সুকুমারী; Bengali pronunciation: [ʃukumari]; transl.The Good Girl) is a 1927 short film, the first ever made film based in Dhaka, British India (present-day Bangladesh), initiated by enthusiasts from the Nawab family of Dhaka. Inspired by their encouragement, Ambuja Prasanna Gupta directed this experimental short silent film in 1927.[1][2] The actors and crew were all residents of Dhaka, and it was their first experience in filmmaking. Consequently, the producers, director, actors, and entire crew of this film are considered the pioneers of film production in Dhaka, and thus, in Bangladesh.[3]

  1. ^ "মনে আছে কি?". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  2. ^ বাংলাদেশের চলচ্চিত্র নিয়ে কিছু জানা কথা Archived 30 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Tapan Bagchi
  3. ^ Hasan, pp. 16–17.

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