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contribution to Indian cinema. The credit for salvaging the only available print of Raja
Harischandra
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On March 14, 2011 on completion of 80 years of the release of Alam
Ara, the film was immortalised in a
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goes to PK
Nair, curator of the
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Bombay’ s
Jyoti studio, was 10,000 with
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whip
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Pune. But for Mr Nair’ s effort this priceless treasure of India’ s cinema |
feet long and cost Rs. 40, 00
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Indians from the perils of the British on screen.
The shooting had to be raj
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done in the night, since the studio stunts by
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forever. |
was located near a railway line, when there were no body doubles |
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and in the daytime the whistle of or computer technology.
Her fight
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Alam Ara(
1931) For 18 years after
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the train would get recorded on sequence on the top of a moving |
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Raja
Harischandra was released;
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shooting train in the film Frontier
Mail is
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silent moves ruled the cinema screen. On
14 March
1931 Indian cinema started talking when the
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would start
11 PM when the last noteworthy. local train had passed and the shooting would be wrapped up by
Achyut Kanya
( 1936): India’ s first
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Alam |
Ara |
produced |
by |
5 am in morning just before the superstar pair
– Ashok
Kumar and
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Adeshair
Irani was released. On that date at Bombay’ s Majestic cinema police had to be brought in to control the crowd.
The opening
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first local train of the day was
Devika Rani got established with scheduled to pass.
Unfortunately
Achyut Kanya.
This film started the no print of
Alam Ara exists in the trend of raising voice against social
National Film Archive.
Alam Ara evils. The plot revolves around a
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going |
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won the title of becoming the first
Brahmin boy who falls in love with a
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premium and with the advent of |
Indian talkie by a whisker, Shirin girl from the so called untouchable |
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the first talkie also started the |
Farhaad |
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Madan |
Talkies, caste. |
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Devika |
Rani |
was |
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business of ticket black‐marketing.
Just a few months beforee Alam Ara
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Calcutta, was released two months already a celebrity, Achyut
Kanya later on 30 May 1931.
Alam Ara established
Ashok Kumar as a star.
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was to release, more cinema halls in India |
than 30 equipped |
had a dozen songs and Shirin It was however by accident that
Farhaad, had as many as
42 songs!
Ashok Kumar tuned an actor. An
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themselves with a sound system to screen talkies. Talkies was a major |
Needless to say, Shirin
Farhad was alumnus of the
Presidency
College a much bigger success at the Box
Kolkata, Ashok
Kumar worked as a
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technical leap which completely |
Office than
Alam Ara.
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assistant in
Hindustann films,
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changed the premise |
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Bombay. When the lead hero |
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making‐ now were required actors |
Hunterwali(
1935):
Discussion on
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who could deliver dialogues and |
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sing, only looking good on screen was not enough. The stars of silent era like
Master Vithal or
Sulochona who in those days would draw salaries of Rs 5000 per month made
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complete if we do not mention
Hunterwali which brought to fore woman doing stunts in
Indian films. It also heralded a woman in lead instead of a hero.
Hunterwali
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way for actors like
Prithviraj Kapoor
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pioneered |
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and Zubeida both of whom were seen in Alam Ara. The dialogues for
Alam Ara were written by Joseph
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cinema. The heroine nicked named
“
Fearless
Nadia” was born as Mary
Ann Evans in Australia.
Here was
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Indian Cinema’ s first superstar pair‐
Devika Rani and Ashok Kumar
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