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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
Google doodle .
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goes to PK
Nair , curator of the
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David . |
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National Film Archives of India at |
Bombay ’ s
Jyoti studio , was 10,000 with
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whip
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fearlessly |
saving |
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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
00 to put
Indians from the perils of the British on screen .
The shooting had to be raj
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been |
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done in the night , since the studio stunts by
Fearless Nadia in an era
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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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soundtrack . |
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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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first |
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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tickets |
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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 |
by |
Madan |
Talkies , caste . |
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Devika |
Rani |
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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 |
woman |
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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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