Amar Choudhury (1897 – 30 August 1948) was an Indian film actor, director, editor and writer. He wrote and directed ''Jamai Shashthi'' in

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

produced by Madan Theatre Limited, credited as the first Bengali

talkie A sound film is a motion picture with synchronization, synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decad ...

. 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 Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comm ...

in the same year as ''

Alam Ara ''Alam Ara'' () is a 1931 Indian Hindustani-language historical fantasy film directed and produced by Ardeshir Irani. It revolves on a king and his two wives, Navbahaar and Dilbahaar, who are childless; soon, a ''fakir'' (Muhammad Wazir Khan) ...

'', the first Indian talkie was released.

Filmography

Silent Feature Film Works of Late Sri Amar Chowdhury As per data accumulated from Bengali film magazine "Chitrobaani, 1956 edition". Talkie Feature Film Works of Late Sri Amar Chowdhury As per data accumulated from Bengali film magazine "Chitrobaani, 1956 edition".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Choudhury, Amar Bengali film directors Year of death unknown Male actors in Bengali cinema University of Calcutta alumni 20th-century Indian male actors People of British India Articles containing video clips Indian male silent film actors 20th-century Indian film directors 1897 births Film directors from Kolkata