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{{Infobox film<br />
|name = Bilwamangal<br />
|image = Billwamangal.jpg<br />
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|caption = Film advertisement<br />
|director = Rustomji Dhotiwala<br />
|producer = Elphinstone & Pt. Kanhaiya lal Bioscope Company, [[Calcutta]]; [[Madan Theatres Ltd]]<br />
|writer = Champsi Udeshi<br />
|narrator =<br />
|starring = Miss Gohur, miss Gulab devi, Dorabji Mewawala<br />
|music =<br />
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|released = {{Film date|1919|11|01|ref1=<ref name="bfd"/>|df=y}}<br />
|runtime = 132 minutes (12000 feet)<br />
|country = India<br />
|language = [[Silent film]]<br>[[Bengali language|Bengali]] intertitles<br />
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'''''Bilwamangal''''' (pronounced {{IPA-bn|bilamaŋal|}}), also known as '''''Bhagat Soordas''''', is a 1919 Indian [[black-and-white]] [[silent film|silent]] film directed by Rustomji Dhotiwala, based on a story by [[Champshi Udesh]]i about the medieval Hindu devotional poet [[Vilwamangalam Swamiyar|Bilwamangala]] (also identified with [[Surdas]]). This full length (12000 feet) film was produced by the Elphinstone Bioscope Company, [[Calcutta]] with Bengali intertitles and is credited as the first Bengali feature film. It was released on 1 November 1919 at Cornwallis Theatre in Calcutta.<ref name="Ro2013">{{cite book| author1=K. Moti Gokulsing| author2=Wimal Dissanayake| title=Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=djUFmlFbzFkC&pg=PA99 |date=17 April 2013| publisher=Routledge| isbn=978-1-136-77284-9| pages=88}}</ref><ref name="bfd">{{cite book| last =Sur | first =Ansu | title =[[Bengali Film Directory]] | publisher =West Bengal Film Centre(Calcutta) | year =1999 | page =01 }}</ref> The [[National Film Archive of India]] acquired the footage of film from [[Cinémathèque Française]], France in 2016. The acquired footage is 594 metres long or run 28 minutes at 18 fps.<ref name=ex>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/nfai-acquires-bilwamangal-a-1919-silent-film-2983847|title=NFAI acquires Bilwamangal, a 1919 silent film|date=2016-08-19|newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=2017-02-10|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thereel.scroll.in/814354/missing-silent-film-bilwamangal-finally-returns-to-india|title=Missing silent film 'Bilwamangal' finally returns to India|author=Scroll Staff|newspaper=Scroll.in|access-date=2017-02-10|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
It featured the story of [[Vilwamangalam Swamiyar|Bilwamangal]] (or [[Surdas]]), a man whose life ruined due to his relationship with courtesan Chintamani.<ref name=ex/><br />
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==Cast==<br />
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* Miss Gohur as Temptress Chintamani<br />
* Dorabji Mewawala as [[Vilwamangalam Swamiyar|Bilwamangal]]/[[Surdas]]<br />
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