Dalsukh M. Pancholi (1906–1959) was an Indian film-maker, producer, and distributor who is remembered for making the first Punjabi film.

[2] Considered to be a film pioneer, Pancholi's Empire Talkie Distributors based in Lahore were the biggest importer of American films in northern and western India.

[3] Pancholi's Pancholi Art Pics was also the largest film studio in Lahore at the time of the Partition of India[4] He was also Indian Motion Pictures Producers' Association (IMPPA) president in 1954-55 in Mumbai.

[6] Among Lahore's filmmakers, Dalsukh Pancholi introduced Noor Jehan as a child star in Gul Bakawali.

He was forced to move to Bombay in 1947 due to the partition, leaving his studio to continue for another two years.