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Alam Ara (1931)
Directed by Ardeshir Irani
Fantasy · 2h 04m
A period fantasy that told of the ageing king of Kamarpur, and his two rival queens, Navbahar and Dilbahar, and their rivalry when a fakir predicts that Navbahar will bear the king's heir. Dilbahar unsuccessfully tries to seduce the army chief Adil (Vithal) and vengefully destroys his family, leaving his daughter Alam Ara (Zubeida) to be raised by nomads. Eventually, Alam Ara's nomad friends invade the palace, expose Dilbahar's schemes, release Adil from the dungeon and she marries the prince of the realm.
Cast
Zubeida
Prithviraj Kapoor
Wazir Mohammed Khan
Jagdish Sethi
Crew
- Director
- Ardeshir Irani
- Screenplay
- Joseph David, Ardeshir Irani
- Director of Photography
- Adi M. Irani
- Editor
- Ezra Mir
- Producer
- Ardeshir Irani
Details
- Original title
- आलम आरा
- Release date
- 1931-03-14
- Runtime
- 2h 04m
- Genres
- Fantasy
- Original language
- HI
- Spoken languages
- Hindi, Urdu
- Countries
- India
- Production
- Imperial Film Company