The first Indian 'talkie' film (a film with dialogues) released in 1931 was
1.Neel Kamal
2.Alam Ara
3.Indra Sabha
4.Shakuntala
Answers
Given :
The first Indian 'talkie' film with dialogues released in 1931 was ?
a)Neel Kamal
b)Alam Ara
c)Indra Sabha
d)Shakuntala .
Answer :
It's Option "B" - ALAM ARA.
About the film - " Alam Ara" -
Alam Ara was an Indian film or movie with sound/dialogues directed by "Ardeshir Irani" on 14th March in 1931.
The script was written by Joseph David in Hindi language and Munshi Zaheer in Urdu language. Duration of the movie was 124 minutes.
The film has its first song ( De de khuda ke naam par ) of the India film. The song was sung by "wazir Mohammad khan" who also played a role in the film. The movie and the music both were widely successful all over India .
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Q. The first Indian ‘talkie’ film – a film with dialogues – released in 1931 was ___?
(a) Neel Kamal
(b) Alam Ara
(c) Indra Sabha
(d) Shakuntala
Answer : Option (b) Alam Ara
Extra information :
-- It was the first Indian sound film (movie).
-- Directed by Imperial Film Company's, Ardeshir Irani.
-- The film was released in 14 March, 1931 at the Bombay's Majestic cinema (Mumbai).
-- The script was written by Joseph David (Hindi) and Munshi Zaheer (Urdu).
-- The film was long upto two hours and four minutes.
-- Alam Ara was a love story film between a prince and a gypsy girl
-- The film 'Alam Ara' intoduced the idea of singing and also gave the first playback singer in the form of Wazir Mohammed Khan in Indian cinema.
-- The print of film is no longer available (existence), as the National Archives of India reported.
-- At the same year in April, 'Jamai Shashti' released and became the first Bengali talkie film.