Claim: Ehtesham, a film director known as Captain Ehtesham, first became a film cinema distributor in 1950 and began his first film Ei Desh Tomar Amar even before 1956.
Evidence: In 1956 he began his first film, Ei Desh Tomar Amar ("This country is yours and mine"), which marked the first film acting appearance for both Subhash Dutta and Shabnam.