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| Dena Paona | |
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 A scene from Dena Paona (1931) – the first Bengali talkie | |
| Directed by | Premankur Atorthy |
| Written by | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay |
| Produced by | New Theatres |
| Starring | Bhanu Bannerjee Durgadas Bannerjee |
| Cinematography | Nitin Bose |
| Music by | Nripen Majumder Raichand Boral |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Dena Paona[1][2] (Bengali: দেনা পাওনা; transl. Debts) is a 1931 Bengali 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 first Bengali talkies, and along with Alam Ara, was one of the first sound films produced in India. The film explored the ills of the dowry system and touched on the problems of female oppression in 19th-century Bengal.
- ^ "Dena Paona (1931)". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 23 October 2008.
- ^ "DENA PAONA – Film Database – Movie Database". www.citwf.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2008.