Dena Paona (1931)

Original title

দেনা পাওনা

Directed by

Premankur Atorthy

Genre

drama film

Country

British Raj

Runtime

1h 10m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This early Bengali talkie is about the harmful effects of dowry and the mistreatment of women in 19th century Bengal. It follows characters dealing with these social problems.

historicalsocially consciousseriousperiod piecesombergroundeddidactic

What happens

Dena Paona (Bengali: দেনা পাওনা; transl. Debts) is a Bengali drama film directed by Premankur Atorthy, starring Amar Mullick, Durgadas Bannerjee, Jahar Ganguly, Nibhanani Devi, and Bhanu Bandopadhyay. Based on a novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay and produced by New Theatres, it is credited as one of the first Bengali talkies, and along with Alam Ara, was one of the first sound films produced in India released on 30 December 1931. The film explored the ills of the dowry system and touched on the problems of female oppression in 19th-century Bengal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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