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to find out what went wrong. As a result, Qamar comes alive every night when Dilbahaar removes the necklace from her neck and later dies when she wears it in the morning. Apart from that, Ara knows about her innocent father's suffering, vowing to release him from prison. On her visit to the place one
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was released on 14 March 1931 and performed well at the box office. Critics were appreciative, with the performance and songs getting the most attention, though some of whom criticised the sound recording. In addition to the successes, the film was also widely considered a major breakthrough for the
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to be the male lead, but later changed his mind and wanted a "more commercially-viable" actor, an opportunity taken by Master Vithal—one of the most successful filmmakers of Indian silent cinema. In later years, Khan would admit that it left him unhappy. When Vithal decided to star in the film, he
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Irani and Rustom Bharucha, a lawyer and the manager of his other production company, Imperial Studios, worked as sound technicians for the film. Before the shooting started, they learned the basics of sound recording from American expert Wilford Deming. When Deming came to Mumbai to give them the
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at Excelsior Theatre in Bombay (present-day Mumbai), Ardeshir Irani was inspired to make his next project a sound film which he would direct and produce. Although having no experience creating this type of film, he determined to make it and decided to not follow any precedential sound films. The
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added, "... edging out the advantage enjoyed by imported films in the silent era, when the largest share of the Indian market was taken by American films ... this transition also made for the rise of a host of new operators, who would become the industry’s vanguard in the first talkie era." The
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30,000 or US$ 360 in 2023), which Irani considered a large number at the time. Irani could not fulfill his demand and later finished it by himself and Bharucha. They used Tanar, a single-system recording by which sound is recorded at the same time of shooting. After filming ended,
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tells Navbahaar she will give birth to a boy but she must find a necklace tied around a fish's neck—which will appear once at the palace's lake—if she wants her son to live past his 18th birthday. The boy is named Qamar. Besides that, Dilbahaar has an affair with the palace's
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night, Ara sees the alive Qamar and falls for him. Everyone in the palace subsequently learns about Dilbahaar's foul play and finally retrieve the real necklace, with Adil being released. The film ends with Qamar and Ara living happily together.
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Adil. The king finds out about this, and Dilbahaar tells him it was Adil who seduced her first. Therefore, the king arrests him and evicts his pregnant wife, Mehar Nigar, from the palace; Nigar gives birth to Alam Ara and dies when a
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took note of Irani's "thoughtful" direction and applauded the performances from Vithal, Zubeida and Kapoor, which the reviewer thought had evolved dramatic values that silent films could not do. In the magazine's June 1932 issue,
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gave a scathing review, saying that "hroughout, the blindest groping for fundamental facts was evident"; the reviewer wrote that the laboratory processing and sound recording were the biggest issues of the film. A writer of
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observed that the film's commercial performance "dealt a body blow to the careers of the reining stars of cinema", including Vithal especially since he was not fluent in Hindustani language.
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interviewed him in 2006, he recalled it as "a moment in history, when the public coming out of the show wouldn't stop talking about the film they'd seen, that also talked!" According to
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12 million or US$ 150,000 in 2023). Principal photography was completed by Adi M. Irani at Jyoti Studios in Bombay within four months, using equipment that was bought from
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Indian film industry and Ardeshir Irani's career with its status as the country's first sound film. Although no print or gramophone record of the film is known to survive, making it a
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am—to avoid noise from the active trains, which according to Ardeshir Irani would pass every several minutes. Microphones were placed at concealed locations around the actors.
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premiered at Majestic Cinema, Bombay on 14 March 1931, and the screenings ran for eight weeks. Ramesh Roy, an office boy of IFC, brought the film's reel to the theatre. When
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The film is also considered as a turning point of Ardeshir Irani's career and gave him a reputation as the "father of Indian talkies". Impressed by it, producer
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Freitag, Sandra B. (2001). "Visions of the Nation: Theorizing the Nexus between Creation, Consumption, and Participation in the Public Sphere". In
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to celebrate its 80th release anniversary, featuring Vithal and Zubeida. Writer Renu Saran features the film in the book
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observed how the actors lacked experience in talking near microphones, which made them sound like they were screaming.
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reported that the cast and crew were pleased to be parts of the film and ready to receive lesser pays for their work.
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is known to have survived, but several stills and posters are available. According to an article published by
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of the same name, while the screenplay was done by Irani. The dialogue was written in Hindustani, a mix of
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and produced by Irani for Imperial Film Company (IFC), an entertainment studio he co-founded with the
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stated that it became an "instant hit". Similar thoughts were given by Roy Armes, in his book titled
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Industrial Networks and Cinemas of India: Shooting Stars, Shifting Geographies and Multiplying Media
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Chakravorty, Pallabi (2016). "Bombay Filmi Nach to Bollywood Dance". In Douglas, Rosenberg (ed.).
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Abdulally Esoofally in 1926. The story was adapted from the Bombay-based dramatist Joseph David's
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was handled by Adi M. Irani within four months in Bombay. Because the studio was located near a
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are not available, but many historians believed that the film performed well. According to the
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is widely regarded as the first sound film of India. It has been described as the rise of the
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Vithal and Zubeida in a scene of the film. The scene was later re-created by Google into a
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Pleasure and the Nation: The History, Politics, and Consumption of Public Culture in India
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Zubeida was cast in the title role after Irani's frequent collaborator and first choice,
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acquired the recording equipment of the film and contacted Deming to work with him in
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player. Furthermore, he confessed that the lyrical composition was done by himself.
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to control the crowds and traffic. Sharmistha Gooptu, in her article published in
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had mistakenly stated that the film's last print was destroyed by a fire at the
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pm. As a solution, police were assigned to the theatre and allowed to use
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A king and his two wives, Navbahaar and Dilbahaar, are childless. Soon, a
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Dilbahaar is jealous of Navbahaar and knows about her agreement with the
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declared it as the most important of any lost films produced in India.
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from 1931 to 1956) called the film "the birth cry of the talkie".
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length was 10,500 ft (3,200 m). In 2012, the magazine
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Index

Alam Ara (1931 film)
A poster for Alam Ara featuring the lead cast.
Ardeshir Irani
Master Vithal
Zubeida
Ezra Mir
Sagar Movietone
Hindustani
historical fantasy
Ardeshir Irani
fakir
Master Vithal
senapati
Prithviraj Kapoor
Zubeida
part-talkie
Show Boat
Bombay
principal photography
railway track
single-system recording
lost film
British Film Institute
shikari
Master Vithal
Zubeida
Prithviraj Kapoor
Bibbo
Jilloo
Elizer

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