Cinema halls occupied the largest segment of the recreational outlets in the Dhaka of early 1960s. By the time this writer mustered enough courage to watch movies with school friends Dhaka already had a number of cinemas. Most of them were located in the older part of Dhaka, the now-dismantled Gulistan-Naz standing on the border between the old and the new cities. To the south there was a cluster of 'halls' numbering about 13. The oldest of them was 'Nishath', later 'Manoshi', located in Bangshal area. On the furthest southern point was 'Rupmahal', on the bank of the Buriganga. This cinema had already found a place in the history of Bangladesh cinema. For the first ever full-length Bangla movie made in the then East Pakistan was released at this hall, in 1956. The film called 'Mookh O Mukhosh' was directed by Abdul Jabbar Khan.