List of Bengali films of 1931

A list of films produced by the Bengali language film industry based in Kolkata in the year 1931.

A-Z of films

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes/Music
Dena Paona	Premankur Atarthi	Durgadas Bandyopadhyay, Amar Mullik, Jahar Gangopadhyay, Bhanu Bandyopadhyay (Sr.), Bhumen Ray, Kusumkumari, Nibhanani Debi, Umasashi, Sishubala, Anupama Debi, Abhabati	Family film	It is credited as the first Bengali talkie. It was released in the same year as Alam Ara, the first Indian talkie. It was released on 24 December 1931 at Chitra (now Mitra) Cinema Hall in Calcutta.
Jamai Shashthi (Short)	Amar Chowdhury	Amar Chowdhury, Jatin Singha, Kshirodgopal Mukhopadhyay, Ms. Golela, Ranisundari, Bimal Gupta, Kartik Ray, Bholanath	Drama films	It is credited as the first Bengali talkie (Short). It was released in the same year as Alam Ara, the first Indian talkie. It was released on 11 April 1931 at Crown Cinema Hall in Calcutta.
Jor Barat (Short)	Jyotish Bandyopadhyay	Joynarayan Mukhopadhyay, Kartik Dey, Kanan Debi, Kartik Ray, Prakashmoni, Kunjalal Chakraborty, Renubala, Nagendrabala, Satyendranath Dey, Bhupendranath Bandyopadhyay	Romance
Prahlad	Priyanath Gangopadhyay	Ahindra Chowdhury, Joynarayan Mukhopadhyay, Mrinalkanti Ghosh, Shanti Gupta, Niharbala, Kunjalal Chakraborty, Debabala, Binapani Debi, Kanan Debi, Dhiren Das	Epic film
Rishir Prem	Jyotish Bandyopadhyay	Kanan Debi, Ahindra Chowdhury, Hiren Bose, Sarajubala, Joynarayan Mukhopadhyay, Ganesh Goswami, Dhiren Das, Surabala, Nirupama Debi, Charubala, Gita Debi	Romance
Tritiya Paksha (Short)	Amar Chowdhury	Amar Chowdhury, Jatin Singha, Kshirodgopal Mukhopadhyay, Ms. Golela, Ms. Golap	Drama films

Gallery

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  A scene from Dena Paona, 1931 - first Bengali talkie
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References

• Bengali Film Directory – edited by Ansu Sur, Nandan, Calcutta, 1999

External links

• Tollywood films of 1931 at the Internet Movie Database
• Tollywood films of 1931 at gomolo.in