Still from 'Alam Ara' 1931 (“Jewel of the World”). (Hindi: आलम आरा, Urdu: عالم آراء).
Dir: Ardeshir M. Irani. Studio: Imperial Films Company.
Zubeida publicity still for 'Alam Ara' 1931 (“Jewel of the World”). (Hindi: आलम आरा, Urdu: عالم آراء).
Dir: Ardeshir M. Irani. Studio: Imperial Films Company.
Zubeida and Master Vithal in 'Alam Ara' ("Jewel of the World") 1931
Image from Sohrab Modi's 'Hamlet' the first Indian language Shakespeare talkie. (“Blood for blood” ) 1935. Dir: Sohrab Modi. Studio: Minerva Movietone, Stage Film.
Image from Sohrab Modi's 'Hamlet' the first Indian language Shakespeare talkie. (“Blood for blood” ) 1935. Dir: Sohrab Modi. Studio: Minerva Movietone, Stage Film.
Leela as Sairandhri and Master Vinayak as King Virat, still from 'Sairandhri' 1933. First Indian film in colour. A costume spectacular, it was made in India and later sent to the UFA Studio in Germany for colour processing.
Remake of Prabhat's original 'Keechak Vadh' (1928). First Indian film in colour. A costume spectacular, it was made in India and later sent to the UFA Studio in Germany for colour processing.
Leela as 'Sairandhri' and Nimbalkar as 'Keechak' in Sairandhri, the first colour film to be released in India. A costume spectacular, it was made in India and later sent to the UFA Studio in Germany for colour processing.
Screen legend Durga Khote in the starring role, still from 'Seeta' 1934. Dir: Devaki Bose. Studio: East India Film Company.
One of 21 most wanted missing Indian cinema treasures identified by National Film Archive of India founder P K. Nair.
Arani Satyanarayana and Baby Saroja as the widow 'Chellam' and her daughter in this social interest film on widow remarriage, still from 'Balayogini' 1936. Dir: K. Subramanyam. Studio: Madras United Artists Corporation.
One of 21 most wanted missing Indian cinema treasures identified by National Film Archive of India founder P K. Nair.
Zubeida in 'Alam Ara' ("Jewel of the World") 1931
Poster from 'Alam Ara' 1931 (“Jewel of the World”). (Hindi: आलम आरा, Urdu: عالم آراء).
Dir: Ardeshir M. Irani. Studio: Imperial Films Company.
Scene from 'Alam Ara' ("Jewel of the World") 1931
Zubeida . Still from 'Alam Ara' 1931 (“Jewel of the World”). (Hindi: आलम आरा, Urdu: عالم آراء).
Dir: Ardeshir M. Irani. Studio: Imperial Films Company.
Master Vithal and Zubeida. Still from 'Alam Ara' 1931 (“Jewel of the World”). (Hindi: आलम आरा, Urdu: عالم آراء).
Dir: Ardeshir M. Irani. Studio: Imperial Films Company.
Master Vithal and Zubeida. Still from 'Alam Ara' 1931 (“Jewel of the World”). (Hindi: आलम आरा, Urdu: عالم آراء).
Dir: Ardeshir M. Irani. Studio: Imperial Films Company.
The glamourous Sulochana (Ruby Myers) played 8 roles in this silent thriller, many of them men. Still from the silent 'Wildcat of Bombay' 1927. Dir: Mohan Bhavnani. Studio: Imperial Films Company. The film was remade as a talkie in 1936 (which is also believed lost, see accompanying folder).
What happens when gender roles are reversed in the world? A film ahead of it's time. Starring Pramila Devi and Sadiq Ali. Poster for 'Ulti Ganga' 1942 (“The Ganga flows in reverse”). Dir: Keshavrao Dhaibar. Studio: Minerva Movietone.
One of 21 most wanted missing Indian cinema treasures identified by National Film Archive of India founder P K. Nair.
Image from Sohrab Modi's 'Hamlet' the first Indian language Shakespeare talkie. (“Blood for blood” ) 1935. Dir: Sohrab Modi. Studio: Minerva Movietone, Stage Film.
One of 21 most wanted missing Indian cinema treasures identified by National Film Archive of India founder P K. Nair.
Behind the scenes of 'Seeta' 1934, the first Indian talkie to be screened at an international film festival. Dir: Devaki Bose. Studio: East India Film Company.
One of 21 most wanted missing Indian cinema treasures identified by National Film Archive of India founder P K. Nair
Baby Saroja, in the first substantial child artist role in Indian cinema, still from 'Balayogini' 1936. Dir: K. Subramanyam. Studio: Madras United Artists Corporation.
Zubeida. Still from 'Alam Ara' 1931 (“Jewel of the World”). (Hindi: आलम आरा, Urdu: عالم آراء).
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