Abstract

Film is the wonderful industry and powerful organ of mass media in the present world. This unique mass media becomes the container and carrier of society, civilization, history, tradition and culture. It is equally popular in Bangladesh, like other countries. In 1895,Lumiere Brothers son of Antoa Lumiere invented cinematograph with the combinations of camera and projector. On 28 December in 1895 they showed the first cinema by the cinematograph. This date is the red-letter day in the history of cinema. Hira Lal Sen was the first film shower and maker in the history of film in Bengal and also in undivided India. He formed a company which was named as The Royal Bioskop Company in 1898. He arranged the first film show in the then East Bengal (now Bangladesh) on 4th April 1898, in Bhola of Barishal. After the War of Independence, Bangladesh started to making film for commercial purposes. This study is conducted to find out the history of film business in Bangladesh. Film making is very expensive which is made in any studio, now it establishes as film industry, so it was made and showed for commercial purpose from it’s birth.

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