history movies

This is History story of the movies starting

Pather Panchali (1955)

The history of cinema in Bengal dates back to the 1890s, when the first 

“bioscopes” were shown in theatres in Calcutta. Within a decade, the first 

seeds of the industry was sown by Hiralal Sen, considered a stalwart of 

Victorian era cinema when he set up the Royal Bioscope Company, 

r shows at the Star Theatre, Minerva Theatre, Classic Theatre. Following a 

long gap after Sen’s works, Dhirendra Nath Ganguly (Known as D.G) 

established Indo British Film Co, the first Bengali owned production 

company, in 1918. However, the first Bengali Feature film, Billwamangal, 

was produced in 1919, under the banner of Madan Theatre. Bilat Ferat w

s the IBFC’s first production in 1921. The Madan Theatre production of Jamai 

Shashthi was the first Bengali talkie.A long history has been traversed 

since then, with stalwarts such as Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen and Ritwik 

Ghatak and others having earned international acclaim and securing thei

r place in the movie history bangla cinema

Silent era: 1919-1930

Hiralal Sen is credited as one of Bengal’s, and India’s first directors. 

However, these were all silent films. Hiralal Sen is also credited as one of 

the pioneers of advertisement films in India. The first Bengali-language 

movie was the silent feature Billwamangal, produced by the Madan Theatre 

Company of Calcutta and released on 8 November 1919, only six years after

 the first full-length Indian feature film, Raja Harish Chandra, was released.

The early beginnings of the “talking film” industry go back to the early 

1930s, when it came to British India, and to Calcutta. The movies were 

originally made in Urdu or Persian as to accommodate a specific elite 

market. One of the earliest known studios was the East India Film Company. 

The first Bengali film to be made as a talkie was Jamai Shashthi, released 

in 1931. It was at this time that the early heroes of the Bengali film industry 

like Pramathesh Barua and Debaki Bose were at the peak of their 

popularity. Barua also directed a number of movies, exploring new 

dimension in Indian cinema. Debaki Bose directed Chandidas in 1932; this 

Mukul Bose found out solution to the problem of spacing out dialogue and 

frequency modulation.

Rise of the Talkie: 1931-1947

The contribution of Bengali film industry to Indian film is quite 

significant.First bengali talkies Jamai Shashthi (as short film) was released 

11 April 1931 at Crown Cinema Hall in Calcutta and First bengali talkies as full

 length feature film Dena Paona was released 30 December 1931 at Chitra 

Cinema Hall in Calcutta Based in Tollygunge, an area of South Kolkata, Wes

t Bengal and is more elite and artistically-inclined than the usual musical 

cinema fare in India.

Links:

History of Bengali Cinema
Indian Bengali Cinema
HISTORY OF BANGLA CINEMA