This poster was made for the movie Bilwamangal, also known as Bhagat Soordas, is a 1919 Indian black-and-white silent film directed by Rustomji Dhotiwala, based on a story by Champshi Udeshi about the mediaeval Hindu devotional poet Bilwamangala (also identified with Surdas). This full-length (12000-foot) film was produced with Bengali intertitles by the Elphinstone Bioscope Company in Calcutta and is regarded as the first Bengali feature film. It was released on November 1, 1919, at the Cornwallis Theatre in Calcutta. The National Film Archive of India acquired the film footage from Cinémathèque Française, France, in 2016. The acquired footage is 594 metres long, or 28 minutes at 18 fps.