Dena Paona (1931)

Dena Paona is a Bengali-language drama film from 1931 directed by Premankur Atorthy, starring Durgadas Bandyopadhyay and Amar Mullik.

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.

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