Today's Google Doodle is a tribute to the Alam Ara . India's first movie with sound.
Both the movie and its music were widely successful(duh), including the hit song De de khuda ke naam per, which was also the first song of the Indian cinema(duh again).
The film is a love story between a prince and a gypsy girl, based on a Parsi play written by Joseph David. David later served as a writer at Irani's film company. The story centers on an imaginary, historical royal family in the kingdom of Kumarpur. The main characters are the king and his two warring wives Dilbahar and Navbahar. Their rivalry escalates when a fakir predicts that Navbahar will bear the king's heir. Dilbahar, in revenge, attempts to have an affair with the kingdom's chief minister Adil. The affair goes sour and a vengeful Dilbahar imprisons him and exiles his daughter, Alam Ara . In exile, Alam Ara is brought up by Gypsies. Upon returning to the palace at Kumarpur, Alam Ara meets and falls in love with the charming young prince (Master Vithal). In the end, Adil is released, Dilbahar is punished and the lovers marry.
Sadly the original prints of this movie are no longer available as they were destroyed in a fire.
Source: Wikipedia
Both the movie and its music were widely successful(duh), including the hit song De de khuda ke naam per, which was also the first song of the Indian cinema(duh again).
Sadly the original prints of this movie are no longer available as they were destroyed in a fire.
Source: Wikipedia
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