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Q45
(IAS/1999)
History & Culture › Heritage & Misc Culture › Indian cinema and theatre
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The first feature film (talkie) to be produced in India was
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Alam Ara is widely recognised as the first Indian talking picture — released on 14 March 1931 and directed by Ardeshir Irani — and is credited with introducing synchronized recorded dialogue to Indian cinema, thus marking the end of the silent era in India . The arrival of Alam Ara launched the era of ‘talkies’ in the country and had an immediate cultural and industrial impact, reshaping production, performance styles, and audience expectations . Earlier landmark films such as Raja Harishchandra (1913) by Dadasaheb Phalke are acknowledged as India’s first full‑length feature, but they were silent films, so they do not qualify as the first talkie [1].
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- [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-61404876
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