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14th March 1931 Alam Ara First Indian Talkie Film

Alam Ara

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Alam Ara
Alam Ara poster, 1931.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byArdeshir Irani
Produced byImperial Movietone
Written byJoseph David
Munshi Zaheer (Urdu)
StarringMaster Vithal
Zubeida
Jilloo
Sushila
Prithviraj Kapoor
Music byFerozshah M. Mistri
B. Irani
CinematographyWilford Deming
Adi M. Irani
Edited byEzra Mir
Release dates
14 March 1931
Running time
124 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageUrdu
Alam Ara (Hindi: आलम आरा, Urdu: عالم آراء ‎, translation: The Ornament of the World) is a 1931 film directed by Ardeshir Irani. It was the first Indian sound film.[1][2]
Irani recognised the importance that sound would have on the cinema, and raced to complete Alam Ara before several contemporary sound films. Alam Ara debuted at the Majestic Cinema in Mumbai (then Bombay) on 14 March 1931. The first Indian talkie was so popular that "police aid had to be summoned to control the crowds."[3]
The film has long been lost and was not available as far back as 1967 according the National Film Archive of India, Pune.[4]

Plot[edit]

Alam Ara still
Newspaper advertisement forAlam Ara, 1931
The film is a love story between a prince and a gypsy girl, The actor name is neelot pall .that time he is working in jai ho baba technology based on a Parsi play written by Joseph David. David later served as a writer at Irani's film company. The story centres on an imaginary, historical royal family in the kingdom of Kumarpur. The main characters are the king and his two warring wives, Dilbahar and Navbahar. Their rivalry escalates when a fakir predicts that Navbahar will bear the king's heir.
Dilbahar, in a fit, attempts to have an affair with the kingdom's chief minister, General Adil (Prithviraj Kapoor). The affair goes sour and a vengeful Dilbahar imprisons him and exiles his daughter, Alam Ara (Zubeida). In exile, Alam Ara is brought up by Gypsies. Upon returning to the palace at Kumarpur, Alam Ara meets and falls in love with the charming young prince (Master Vithal). In the end, Adil is released, Dilbahar is punished and the lovers marry.

Cast[edit]

Master Vithal andZubeida in Alam Ara,1931.

Significance[edit]

A scene from Alam Ara
Both the movie and its music were widely successful,[5] including the hit song "De de khuda ke naam per", which was also the first song of the Indian cinema. It was sung by actor Wazir Mohammed Khan who played a fakir in the film.[5][6] As playback singing had yet to start in Indian cinema, it was recorded live with musical accompaniment of a harmonium and a tabla.[7]
The film marked the beginning of filmi music in the Cinema of India, as noted film director Shyam Benegal said, "It was not just a talkie. It was a talking and singing film with more singing and less talking. It had a number of songs and that actually set the template for the kind of films that were made later".[8] In fact, the 1932 film ‘Indrasabha’ had an overwhelming 71 songs in it.[9]

Production[edit]

Ardeshir Irani handled the sound recording department, using the Tanar Sound System. It was shot with the Tanar single-system camera, which recorded sound directly onto the film. Since there were no soundproof studios available at the time, the shooting was done mostly at night, to avoid daytime noises, with microphones hidden near the actors.[5]

Influences[edit]

The film was inspired by the first movie version of Jerome Kern's Show Boat (1929), released by Universal Pictures. There is no known copy of the film today. The National Archives of India says that they do not possess a print and couldn't locate one as far back as 1967.[4] It was incorrectly reported that the last known prints, in Pune’s film archives, were damaged by a fire in 2003 when in fact no copy was ever possessed by the film archive. According to P.K. Nair, founder director of the National Film Archives of India (NFAI), Pune, “The report that Alam Ara print was destroyed at the NFAI is incorrect."[1]

Soundtrack[edit]

Ardeshir Irani recordingAlam Ara, 1931
The film had music by Ferozshah M. Mistri and B. Irani, and had seven songs:
  • "De de khuda ke naam pe", Wazir Mohammed Khan
  • "Badla Dilwayega Ya Rabb", Zubeida[10]
  • "Rutha Hai Asman gum ho gaya mahatab", Jillu
  • "Teri Kaatil nigahon ne mara"
  • "De dil ko aaram aye saki gulfam"
  • "Bhar bhar ke jam pila ja sagar ke chalane bala"
  • "Daras bina mare hai tarse naina pyare"

Legacy[edit]

Google celebrated 80th anniversary of the film's release by means of Google Doodle[11] on 14 March 2011.

See also[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b Goddard, John. "Missouri Masala Fear not, St. Louisans: You don't need to go to Bombay to get your Bollywood fix" Riverfront Times, St. Louis, Missouri, 30 July 2003, Music section.
  2. Jump up^ Gokulsing, K.; Wimal Dissanayake (2004). Indian popular cinema: a narrative of cultural change. Trentham Books. p. 24. ISBN 1-85856-329-1.
  3. Jump up^ Quoted in Chatterji (1999), "The History of Sound."
  4. ^ Jump up to:a b Alam Ara long lost, was never with NFAI: founder-director Indian Express, 17 March 2011, Retrieved:2013-04-26
  5. ^ Jump up to:a b c Talking images, 75 years of cinema The Tribune, 26 March 2006,Retrieved:2008-08-04
  6. Jump up^ "Preview: Indian cinema’s first talkie completes 80 years". Ticket Please News Desk. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  7. Jump up^ Alam Ara, first song Archives, www.saregama.com
  8. Jump up^ "India's first talkie lost in silence". IBN Live. 15 June 2007. Retrieved 24 May2012.
  9. Jump up^ http://www.bollywood.com/node/495
  10. Jump up^ Alam Ara Film History.
  11. Jump up^ "Google Doodle : Alam Ara". Retrieved 25 March 2012.

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