Although it never received a public screening, Sukumari (literal translation: Good Girl) is credited as being the first film produced in Bangladesh.   The making of the film was made possible by the patronage and financial support of the Dhaka Nawab family.  

The film, which was shot in Dilkusha garden, was directed by Ambuj Prasanna Gupta, a dramatist and PE instructor at Jagannath College, while Khawja Azad, a graduate of Aligarh University, and sportsman Khwaja Ajmal shot the film.   The lead roles were taken by Nawabzada Nasarullah, who played the hero, and male actor Syed Abdus Sobhan, who, as the producers found it impossible to find a female actress for the role, was given the part of leading lady.

The completed film ran to four reels, but was only ever seen at a few private screenings.   Today, the film is lost.   All that remains of it is one still photograph of the leads which resides in the treasury of the Bangladesh Film Archive.

After completing Sukumari, the Dhaka Nawab family established the Dhaka East Bengal Cinematograph Company and, with Gupta once again at the helm, produced the full-length silent feature The Last Kiss.

[ADD]