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91 Years of #AlamAra (14/03/1931)

Today was the day when India's first talkie film Alam Ara released in 1931.

The movie was directed by Ardeshir Irani. The first Indian talkie was so popular that "police aid had to be summoned to control the crowds.

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Today marks the 89th anniversary of Alam Ara, India's first talkie film which had songs & dance released on this day in 1931 (14-03-1931)

The film was an adaptation of a Parsi theater play written by Joseph David. The adventurous film tells the story of ageing the king’s two queens and the rivalry between the two queens to take over the reign in their hands.

Master Vithal and Zubeida were the lead pair. Music by Ferozshah M. Mistri and B. Irani. The film was a huge hit at the box office.

Produced under the banner of “Imperial Movietone”. The camera was handled by Adi M. Irani. Directed by Ardeshir Irani Veteran actor, the producer.

Prithviraj Kapoor and the legendary producer, director, and actor from the south L. V. Prasad also acted in the film. Other popular artists of the later period who were in the star cast – Jillo (noted for her mother rules), Jagdish Sethi.e film was a huge hit at the box office.

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15 years ago (Mar 14th, 2011) - Alam Ara's 80th Anniversary

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कला की विरासत संभालना जरूरी: फिल्मों का रिस्टोरेशन न होने से खो चुकी हैं 70 फीसदी पुरानी फिल्में, कई फिल्में चढ़ गईं आग की भेंट

कला की विरासत संभालना जरूरी: फिल्मों का रिस्टोरेशन न होने से खो चुकी हैं 70 फीसदी पुरानी फिल्में, कई फिल्में चढ़ गईं आग की भेंट

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90 years of Alam Ara: Why no one today has watched Indian cinema’s first talkie

90 years of Alam Ara: Why no one today has watched Indian cinema’s first talkie

Ardeshir Irani’s ambitious project Alam Ara ushered in a new wave in Indian cinema. It brought sound on the celluloid, ending the silent era. The first Indian talkie, Alam Ara completes 90 years today. But beyond that, most of us do not have much idea about the pioneering movie. Sadly enough, most of us have not even watched it. Director Ardeshir Irani got the inspiration to make India’s first…

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इतिहास में आज: पहली बोलती फिल्म का फर्स्ट डे फर्स्ट शो देखने 6 घंटे पहले पहुंच गई थी भीड़, काबू करने के लिए पुलिस को लाठियां भी चलानी पड़ीं

इतिहास में आज: पहली बोलती फिल्म का फर्स्ट डे फर्स्ट शो देखने 6 घंटे पहले पहुंच गई थी भीड़, काबू करने के लिए पुलिस को लाठियां भी चलानी पड़ीं

Hindi News National Today History: Aaj Ka Itihas India World 14 March Update | Alam Ara | Albert Einstein | Ads से है परेशान? बिना Ads खबरों के लिए इनस्टॉल करें दैनिक भास्कर ऐप 6 घंटे पहले कॉपी लिंक भारतीय सिनेमा के लिए आज का दिन बेहद खास है। आज ही के दिन ठीक 90 साल पहले भारतीय सिनेमा की पहली सवाक यानी बोलती फिल्म रिलीज हुई थी। इस फिल्म का पहला शो मुंबई के मैजेस्टिक सिनेमा में 14 मार्च 1931…

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Remembering Ardeshir Irani on his 131st birth anniversary. Khan Bahadur Ardeshir Irani (5 December 1886 – 14 October 1969) was a writer, director, producer, actor, film distributor, film showman and cinematographer in the silent and sound eras of early Indian cinema.

Ardeshir Irani was born into a Zoroastrian family on 5 December 1886 in Poona, Bombay Presidency. In 1905, Irani became the Indian representative of Universal Studios and he ran Alexander Cinema in Bombay with Abdulally Esoofally for over forty years. It was at Alexander Cinema that Ardeshir Irani learnt the rules of the art of filmmaking and became fascinated by the medium. In 1917, Irani entered the field of film production and produced his first silent feature film, Nala Dayamanti, which released in 1920.

In 1922, Irani joined Bhogilal Dave, the former manager of Dadasaheb Phalke's Hindustan Films, and established Star Films. Their first silent feature film, Veer Abhimanyu was released in 1922 and starred Fatima Begum in the female lead. Dave, a graduate of the New York School of Photography, shot the films while Irani directed and produced them. Star Films produced seventeen films before Irani and Dave dissolved the partnership. In 1924, Irani founded Majestic Films, joined by two talented youngsters, B.P. Mishra and Naval Gandhi. At this establishment, Irani produced the films and either Mishra or Gandhi directed the films. Despite its success, fifteen films later, Majestic Films closed, giving way to the equally short-lived Royal Art Studios which had exactly the same life-span as the earlier two, however, it became famous for a certain type of romantic films. Irani improved on it, using new talent to great effect. In 1925, Irani founded Imperial Films, where he made sixty-two films. By the age of forty, Irani was an established filmmaker of Indian cinema. Ardeshir Irani became the father of talkie films with the release of his sound feature film, Alam Ara on 14 March 1931. Many of the films he produced were later made into talkie films with the same cast and crew. He is also accredited with making the first Indian English feature film, Noor Jahan (1931). He completed his hat-trick of earning fame when he made the first colour feature film of India, Kisan Kanya (1937). His contribution does not end only with giving voice to the silent cinema and colour to black-and-white films. He gave a new courageous outlook to filmmaking in India and provided such a wide range of choice for stories in films that till date, there are films being made which have a theme relating to one of the one hundred fifty-eight films made by Irani. In 1933, Irani produced and directed the first Persian talkie, Dokhtar-e-Lor. The script was written by Abdolhossein Sepanta who also acted in the film along with members of the local Parsi community. Irani's Imperial Films introduced a number of new actors to Indian Cinema, including Prithviraj Kapoor and Mehboob Khan. He also interfered with the medium. He produced Kalidas in Tamil on the sets of Alam Ara, with songs in Telugu. Also, Irani visited London, England for fifteen days to study sound recording and recorded the sounds of Alam Ara on the basis of this knowledge. In the process, he created a whole new trend unknowingly. In those days, outdoor shootings were shot in sunlight with the help of reflectors. However, the outdoor undesirable sounds were disturbing him so greatly that he shot the entire sequence in the studio under heavy lights. Thus, he began the trend of shooting under artificial light. Irani made one hundred fifty-eight films in a long and illustrious career of twenty-five years, between the First and Second World Wars. He made his last film, Pujari, in 1945. Irani was not compelled to live like Dadasaheb Phalke for he realised that the war was a time not suitable for film business and therefore he suspended his film business during that time. He died on 14 October 1969 at the age of eighty-two, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Like बॉलीवुड डायरेक्ट Bollywoodirect

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Today marks the 86th anniversary of Alam Ara, India's first talkie film which had songs & dance released on this day in 1931 (14-03-1931)

The film was an adaptation of a Parsi theater play written by Joseph David. The adventurous film tells the story of ageing the king’s two queens and the rivalry between the two queens to take over the reign in their hands.

Master Vithal and Zubeida were the lead pair. Music by Ferozshah M. Mistri and B. Irani. The film was a huge hit at the box office.

Produced under the banner of “Imperial Movietone”. The camera was handled by Adi M. Irani. Directed by Ardeshir Irani Veteran actor, the producer.

Prithviraj Kapoor and the legendary producer, director, and actor from the south L. V. Prasad also acted in the film. Other popular artists of the later period who were in the star cast – Jillo (noted for her mother rules), Jagdish Sethi.e film was a huge hit at the box office.

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