Today is the 80th Anniversary for Alam Ara, which is the first Indian Movie with Sound. The film was released in 1931 and the literal meaning of Alam Ara is "The Light of the World". The movie was directed by Ardeshir Irani and the movie made its debut at Majestic Cinema in Mumbai on 14th March 1931.
I have seen this movie some times back, but don't remember the story of the movie as I was too young to remember. Today Google Doodle is also celebrating the 80 years of Alam Ara as we can see the image representing the movie on Google's home page. I still wonder how the viewers watched movies before that which had no sound at all. It should be really a tough thing and we are really lucky as we are living in an advanced world where we can watch movies with all the technological features.
The movie was a hit and so was its music. The movie was noted for a hit song "De de khuda ke naam per", which was considered to be the first song of the Indian cinema, and by actor Wazir Mohammed Khan. Other actors included Master Vithal, Zubeida, Jilloo, Sushila, Prithviraj Kapoor etc. There actors might not be remembered by the current generation, but they would always maintain their place in the history books as the first actors of the first Indian movie with Sound. I desperately needs to watch this movie if it is available on the net.
I have seen this movie some times back, but don't remember the story of the movie as I was too young to remember. Today Google Doodle is also celebrating the 80 years of Alam Ara as we can see the image representing the movie on Google's home page. I still wonder how the viewers watched movies before that which had no sound at all. It should be really a tough thing and we are really lucky as we are living in an advanced world where we can watch movies with all the technological features.
The movie was a hit and so was its music. The movie was noted for a hit song "De de khuda ke naam per", which was considered to be the first song of the Indian cinema, and by actor Wazir Mohammed Khan. Other actors included Master Vithal, Zubeida, Jilloo, Sushila, Prithviraj Kapoor etc. There actors might not be remembered by the current generation, but they would always maintain their place in the history books as the first actors of the first Indian movie with Sound. I desperately needs to watch this movie if it is available on the net.
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