Giribala

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{{Short description|1929 film}}

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Giribala is a Bengali silent drama film directed by Madhu Bose based on the same name short story of Rabindranath Tagore.{{Cite web |title=Giribala (1930) |url=https://indiancine.ma/AIV |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Indiancine.ma}}{{Cite web |last=Ferdous |first=Fahmim |date=2017-05-05 |title=The lost reels of Tagore the helmer |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/the-lost-reels-tagore-the-helmer-1400620 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}} This film's name was initially Manbhanjan, which was changed to Giribala by the suggestion of Tagore himself.{{Cite book |last1=Rai |first1=Anugamini |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pJbWCgAAQBAJ&dq=Giribala+1929+film&pg=PA8 |title=Adaptations: Some Journeys from Words to Visuals |last2=Rai |first2=Shri Krishan |date=2015-10-05 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-4438-8409-9 |language=en |access-date=27 August 2024 |archive-date=6 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906072614/https://books.google.com/books?id=pJbWCgAAQBAJ&dq=Giribala+1929+film&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q=Giribala%201929%20film&f=false |url-status=live }} The movie was released on 15 February 1929 under the banner of Madan Theatre.{{Cite web |title=The life and works of the first Indian film magnate |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/people/the-story-of-first-indian-film-magnate-jamshedji-framji-madan-madan-theatres-and-its-role-in-early-indian-cinema/cid/2007324 |access-date=16 June 2024}} Tagore was present at the first show of the film and he expressed his satisfaction towards the movie Giribala.{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Statesman News |date=2019-06-22 |title=His tryst with the reel world |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/features/tryst-reel-world-1502768684.html |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=The Statesman |language=en |archive-date=6 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906072625/https://www.thestatesman.com/features/tryst-reel-world-1502768684.html |url-status=live }}