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'''Amar Choudhury''' (1897 – 30 August 1948) was an Indian film actor, director, editor and writer. He wrote and directed ''Jamai Shashthi'' in [[1931 in film|1931]] produced by [[Madan Theatre|Madan Theatre Limited]], credited as the first Bengali [[talkie]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Indian popular cinema: a narrative of cultural change|last=Gokulsing |first=K.|author2=Wimal Dissanayake |year=2004|publisher=Trentham Books|isbn=1-85856-329-1|page=24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_plssuFIar8C&q=Ayodhyecha+Raja+1932&pg=PA24 }}</ref> He acted in this film too as in all of the films written and directed by him. It was released on 11 April 1931 at Crown Cinema Hall in [[Calcutta]] in the same year as ''[[Alam Ara]]'', the first Indian talkie was released.

==Filmography==
'''Silent Feature Film Works of Late Sri Amar Chowdhury'''
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Year'''
|'''Name of picture'''
|'''Producer/Distributor'''
|'''Writer/Actor'''
|'''Director'''
|-
|'''1923'''
|Matrisneha
|Madan Theaters
|Amar Chowdhury
|Jyotish Bandopadhyay
|-
|'''1924'''
|Kamaley Kamini
|,
|Amar Chowdhury
|Himself
|-
|'''1926'''
|Dharmopatni
|,
|Amar Chowdhury
|Himself
|-
|'''1930'''
|Bharat Ramani
|,
|Amar Chowdhury
|Himself
|-
|'''1931'''
|Keranir Mashkabar
|,
|Amar Chowdhury
|Himself
|-
|'''1932'''
|Prohlad
|Anupam Fine Arts
|Amar Chowdhury
|Himself
|}
As per data accumulated from <u>Bengali film magazine</u> '''"Chitrobaani, 1956 edition".'''

'''Talkie Feature Film Works of Late Sri Amar Chowdhury'''
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Date'''
|'''Hall'''
|'''Name of picture'''
|'''Producer/Distributor'''
|'''Writer/Director/Actor'''
|-
|'''11 April 1931'''
|Crown
|Jamaai Shashthi
|Madan Theaters
|Amar Chowdhury
|-
|'''6 December 1931'''
|,
|Tritiya Pakkho
|,
|Amar Chowdhury
|-
|'''1 July 1932'''
|,
|Chirokumari
|,
|Amar Chowdhury
|-
|'''March 1933'''
|,
|Kalonko Bhanjon
|,
|Amar Chowdhury
|-
|'''2 February 1935'''
|Cornwallis
|Shatyapathey
|,
|Amar Chowdhury
|-
|'''4 April 1936'''
|Uttara
|Pollibodhu
|Kali Films
|Amar Chowdhury
|-
|'''1937'''
|....
|Sarkari Jamaai
|....
|Amar Chowdhury
|}

As per data accumulated from <u>Bengali film magazine</u> '''"Chitrobaani, 1956 edition".'''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1220469}}
*{{citwf name|487040}}

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