A king and his two wives, Navbahaar and Dilbahaar, are childless. Soon, a fakir tells Navbahaar she will give birth to a boy but she must find a necklace tied around a fish's neck-which will appear once at the lake of the palace-if she wants her son not to die on his 18th birthday. The boy is named Qamar. Beside that, Dilbahaar has an affair with the palace's senapati, Adil. The king finds out about this, and Dilbahaar tells him it was Adil who seduced her first. Therefore, the king arrests him and evicts his pregnant wife, Mehar Nigar, from the palace; Nigar gives birth to Alam Ara and dies when a shikari tells her about her husband. The shikari later adopts Ara.
Dilbahaar is jealous of Navbahaar and knows about her agreement with the fakir. When the necklace appears on Qamar's 18th birthday, she secretly replaces it with a fake one, which makes Qamar die. His family, however, does not bury his body and starts looking for the fakir to find what was wrong. As a result, Qamar lives again every night when Dilbahaar removes the necklace from her neck and later dies when she wears it in the morning. Apart from that, Ara knows about her innocent father's suffering, vowing to release him from jail. On her visits to the place one night, Ara sees the alive Qamar and falls for him. Everyone in the palace subsequently knows about Dilbahaar's foul play and finally gets the real necklace, with Adil being released. The film ends with Qamar and Alam Ara living happily together
आलम आरा
Alam Ara
Details
Mis Spell Name
- Aalam Ara, Alam Aara, Aalam Aara
Genre
- Costumes
Production House
- Imperial Film Company
Producer
- Ardeshir M. Irani
Director
- Ardeshir M. Irani
Composer
- Pirojshah Mestry, B. Irani
Censor Date
- 04/03/1931
Censor Year
- 1931
Released date
- 14/03/1931
Released Year
- 1931
Censor Board Details (Central Board of Film Certification)
Certificate No :
- 10043
Certificate Date :
- 04/03/1931
Office :
- Bombay
Guage :
- -
Length :
- 10500 Feet 3200 Meters
Duration :
- 124 Minutes
Reels :
- 13
Color :
- Black & White
Native Language :
- Hindi
Dubbed Languages:
- Urdu
- Producer : Ardeshir M. Irani
- Financier : Seth Badriprasad Dube
- Director : Ardeshir M. Irani
- Writer : Joseph David
- Screenwriter- screenplay : Ardeshir M. Irani
- Dialog Writer : Joseph David
- Cinematography- Camera Man : Wilford Deming , Adi M. Irani
- Sound Recordist : Wilford Deming
- Editor : Ezra Mir
- Composer : Pirojshah Mestry , B. Irani
- Lyricist : B. Irani
- Singer : Wazir Mohammed Khan , Zubeida
- Actor : Prithviraj Kapoor , Wazir Mohammed Khan , Jagdish Sethi , Master Vithal , Jilloo
- Actress : Sushila , Zubeida , Elizer
Alam Ara is the first Indian talkie directed by Ardeshir Irani. The first song is "De De Khuda Ke Naam Par".
- Track 1 : Mathara Na Sahi Gokul Hi Sahi Ragu Bansi Bajaye Kahi Na Kahi ( मथरा न सही गोकुल ही सही रगु बंसी बजाए काही ना काही )
- Track 2 : Badala Dilvayega Ya Rab Too Sitamagaron ( बदला दिलवाएगा या रब तू सितमगारों )
- Track 3 : Rootha Hai Aasman Gum Ho Gaya Mehtaab ( रूठा है आसमां गुम हो गया माहताब )
- Track 4 : Teri Katili Nigahon Ne Mara ( तेरी कटीली निगाहों ने मारा )
- Track 5 : De Dil Ko Aaram Ae Saqi Gulfam ( दे दिल को आराम ऐ साकी गुलफाम )
- Track 6 : Bhar Bhar Ke Jaam Pila Ja Sagar Ke Chalaane Vala * ( भर भर के जाम पिला जा सागर के चलाने वाला * )
- Track 7 : Daras Bina More Hain Tarase Naina ( दरस बिना मोरे हैं तरसे नैना )