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    Alam Ara (transl. Ornament of the World) is a 1931 Indian Hindustani-language historical fantasy film directed and produced by Ardeshir Irani. It revolves...
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    acting in silent films, she also starred in the first Indian talkie movie Alam Ara (1931). Which was their first talking movie. Her credits include early...
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    The Tarikh-e Alam-ara-ye Abbasi (Persian: تاریخ عالم‌آرای عباسی, romanized: World Adorning History of Abbas), written in Persian, is a chronicle covering...
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  • and last ruler of the Sayyid dynasty Alam Zeb (athlete) (born 1930), Pakistani middle-distance runner Alam Ara, eponymous protagonist of a 1931 film...
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  • Alam Ara, the first Indian talkie. Professor Bholanath Amar Choudhury as kuber Miss Golela Khirodegopal Mukherjee Ranisundari as Mother in law Alam Ara...
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    actor in Indian cinema, best known as the hero of India's first talkie Alam Ara (1931) and of Marathi and Hindi silent stunt films (silent films had cue...
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    Vijaykumar, Kapoor did a supporting role in India's first film talkie, Alam Ara (1931). His performance in Vidyapati (1937) was much appreciated. His best-known...
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    Ardeshir Irani directed the first Indian talking feature, the Hindi-Urdu Alam Ara, and produced Kalidas, primarily in Tamil with some Telugu. Nineteen-thirty-one...
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    Mughal-e-Azam. She also acted in several other films, including Madhosh and Alam Ara, India's first talkie film. As a young actress, she was credited as Jilloobai...
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    feature length film made in India. The first Indian musical talkie was Alam Ara (1931), four years after the first Hollywood sound film The Jazz Singer...
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    acting in the first talkies of three different languages of Indian cinema; Alam Ara (Hindi), Bhakta Prahlada (Telugu) and Kalidas (a Tamil and Telugu bilingual...
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    13 February 1847 to 11 February 1856. Wajid Ali Shah's first wife was Alam Ara who was better known as Khas Mahal (transl. special wife) because of her...
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  • years, Ara went on to star in a few films, but none of them were a major success at the box office including Waah Re Zamanay, Raaz and Alam Ara. However...
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    recent Indian Cinema. He was the director of India's first sound film Alam Ara. He was the producer of India's first colour film Kisan Kanya. He was renowned...
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  • Alam Ara (1931) was made to reprise that song and role when he was seventy-one years old by Nanubhai Vakil. The film was Vakil's version of Alam Ara (1973)...
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    and their suggestions were set aside. The first Indian sound film was Alam Ara (1931) made by Ardeshir Irani. Ayodhyecha Raja (1932) was the first sound...
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    elder sister of Zubeida a leading actress of India's first talkie film Alam Ara in 1931. Born in 1910 at Surat city of Gujarat at western India in British...
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    chronicler, who is principally known for his historical book of Tarikh-e Alam-ara-ye Abbasi ("The world-adorning history of Abbas"), which focuses on early...
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    a family of Muslim royals and had acted in the first Indian sound film Alam Ara (1931). She is also the great granddaughter of India's first female film...
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  • later work included composing the music in Alam Ara (1973), the remake of the first Indian talkie film Alam Ara (1931). Iqbal Qureshi was born on 12 May...
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    achieved success in Hindi cinema by releasing India's first sound film Alam Ara in 1931, Irani wanted to expand his scope to South Indian cinema. Bhakta...
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    recorded in India by Gauhar Jaan in 1902 and the first Bollywood film Alam Ara (1931) were under Saregama, India's oldest music label owned by RPSanjiv...
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    Theatres, it is credited as the one of first Bengali talkies, and along with Alam Ara, was one of the first sound films produced in India. The film explored...
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    Rajbaug Farms, Loni Kalbhor, Maharashtra, India (formerly) Active since 1929; Prithviraj Kapoor acted in Alam Ara (1931), the first talkie film of India...
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  • second Indian Talkie to be made, was released two months after the landmark Alam Ara, which released on 11 March 1931. The story centred on a folk-legend from...
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  • era, and the former was the leading lady in India's first talkie film Alam Ara (1931). Razzaq's mother Sultana was a popular actress and one of the earliest...
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  • 1931 was a ground-breaking year for Indian cinema. The first Hindi Talkie Alam Ara was released on 14 March 1931 in Mumbai's Majestic Cinema. The film was...
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    his acting career in theatres and starred in India's first sound film, Alam Ara (1931). He founded Prithvi Theatre, a travelling theatre company in 1944...
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    1931, less than seven months after India's first talking motion picture Alam Ara. By the end of the 1930s, the legislature of the State of Madras passed...
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    and the Arabian Nights. The first Indian sound film, Ardeshir Irani's Alam Ara (1931), was a major commercial success. There was clearly a huge market...
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