Advertisement of ‘Alam Ara’, India’s first talkie drama directed by Ardeshir Irani for Imperial Film Co. and featuring Vithal and Zubeida. The advertisement has been placed by Dossani Film Corporation, the distributors of Bombay…

B.D Garga writes about the making of Imperial Film Co.’s ‘Alam Ara’, the first talkie produced in India and his conversations with Ardeshir Irani, the director. Irani mentions his inspiration as Universal’s ‘Show…