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Alam Ara (1931)
National Film Archive of India
Pune , India
India's first sound film, established the use of music, song & dance as the mainstay of the Indian cinema.The film was made Tanar singele system camera. Recording image and sound simultaneously was a difficult task as the seven songs of the film recorded on it. W.M.Khan's wandering minstrel bhairavi 'De de khuda ke Naam pyare' was instantly popular & pioneered the use of commentating chorus.
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- Title: Alam Ara (1931)
- Contributor: National Film Archive of India
- Story: Ardeshir Irani, Joseph David;
- Script: Ardeshir Irani, Joseph David;
- Screenplay: Ardeshir Irani, Joseph David;
- Producer : Imperial Movietone
- Music : Ferozshah M. Mistri, B. Irani
- Language : Hindi
- Director: Ardeshir Irani,
- Cinematography: Adi M. Irani
- Cast: Master Vithal, Zubeida, Jilloo, Sushila, Prithviraj Kapoor, Elizer, Wazir Mohammed Khan, Jagdish Sethi, L.V. Prasad
- Year: 1931
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