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Ardeshir Irani

Ardeshir Irani

Director, Producer, Writer

Born December 5, 1886 in Pune, Maharashtra, India

Died October 14, 1969

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Biography

Shri. Khan Bahadur Ardeshir Irani was born in Pune, Maharashtra, and was a writer, director, producer, actor, film distributor, film showman, and cinematographer in the silent and sound eras of early Indian cinema. He launched Sagar Movietone and Sagar Productions. He was the director of India's first sound film Alam Ara. He was the producer of India's first color film Kisan Kanya. He was renowned for making films in Hindi, Gujarati, Telugu, English, German, Indonesian, Persian, Urdu and Tamil. He was a successful entrepreneur who owned film theatres, a gramophone agency, a car agency, and Imperial Film Company, the parent company of Sagar. Ardeshir Irani is considered to be the father of Indian talkies. He was The first President of the Indian Motion Picture Producers Association (IMPPA) in 1937.

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Brahmaputra Poster

Brahmaputra Feature Film2022

Mahanayak Feature Film2022

Mahanayakadu Poster

Mahanayakadu Feature Film2022

Mahanayakan Poster

Mahanayakan Feature Film2022

Rashtrapurush Poster

Rashtrapurush Feature Film2022

Aham Brahmasmi Poster

Aham Brahmasmi Feature Film2019

Rashtraputra Poster

Rashtraputra Feature Film2018

Azad Feature Film

Mahabali Poster

Mahabali Feature Film

Sohn Des Landes Poster

Sohn Des Landes Feature Film

Veer Azad Poster

Veer Azad Feature Film

Director

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Lavlo Nehar Feature Film1937

Dokhtare Lor ya irane druz va emruz Poster

Dokhtare Lor ya irane druz va emruz Feature Film1933

The Light of the World Poster

The Light of the World Feature Film1931

Navalsha Hirji Feature Film1925

Bombay Ni Sethani Feature Film1924

Paap No Fej Feature Film1924

Papno Fej Feature Film1924

Shahjahan Feature Film1924

Shahjehan Feature Film1924

Producer

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Pujari Feature Film1946

Dokhtare Lor ya irane druz va emruz Poster

Dokhtare Lor ya irane druz va emruz Feature Film1933

Kalidas Feature Film1931

The Light of the World Poster

The Light of the World Feature Film1931

Pagal Premi Feature Film1926

Champraj Hado Feature Film1923

Veer Abhimanyu Feature Film1922

Writer

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Piya Pyare Feature Film1934

The Light of the World Poster

The Light of the World Feature Film1931

Shahjehan Feature Film1924

Cinematographer

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Bulbule Parastan Poster

Bulbule Parastan Feature Film1926

Indrajal Feature Film1926

Editor

2

Paap No Fej Feature Film1924

Sanyasi Feature Film1924

Composer

1

Madhuri Feature Film1928

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