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Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Ardeshir Irani

Overview

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 Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association ( IMPPA 1937 to 1939) Became the first president of the Association of Indian Film Industry. In1937 Founder of the Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association .

TMDB mini biography by: Ashvin Borad

Known for

Directing
1933 Lor Girl Directing Director 58
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1931 The Light of the World Directing Director 58
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1924 The Debt of Sin Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1931 The Light of the World Writing Screenplay 58
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Production
1935 Shirin and Farhad Production Producer N/A
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1934 Ferdowsi Production Producer N/A
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1933 Lor Girl Production Producer 58
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1932 Draupadi Production Producer N/A
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1931 Kalidas Production Producer N/A
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1931 The Light of the World Production Producer 58
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Camera
1926 Bulbul-e-Paristan Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Crew
1928 Madhuri Crew Cinematography N/A
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