Indian cinema@100: 40 Firsts in Indian cinema

As the world celebrates 100 years of Indian cinema, veteran archivist P.K. Nair reveals that there are no prints of India's first talkie Alam Ara made in 1931 or indeed of many epic films made before the 1950s.

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Photo - Wikimedia Commons "Alam Ara" (Light of the World) - 1931. Photo - Wikimedia Commons "Mother India" - 1957. Photo - Wikimedia Commons "Mughal-e-Azam" (The Greatest of the Mughals) - 1960. Photo - Wikimedia Commons ...

Since Alam Ara unleashed the first film song on the South Asian public in 1931, our love affair with film music in general and Hindi film songs in particular has remained both passionate and constant -- not a common combination in love! ...

Ferdous Ara A boy picks wastes from the filthy water of the Buriganga as the river continues to be polluted because of inconsiderate dumping of wastes. — Sourav Lasker The government spent Tk 16.9313 crore to remove polythene and other wastes from ...

Independent delimitation commission needed as in India Ferdous Ara Civil society groups on Saturday said that the Election Commission failed in its constitutional and statutory obligation regarding fresh delimitation of parliamentary constituencies ...

Ferdous Ara A file photo shows that sand has been kept on the River Turag bank for sale in defiance of a High Court order. — Sanaul Haque At the odd hours of night the sand markets bustle with activity on the banks of the Turag River in the city ...

Cristine Reyes and Ara Mina (MNS Photo) Actress Ara Mina said it was tough for her to sue her sister Cristine Reyes for libel, but she said it was needed in order for the latter to learn her lesson. Hindi ako nagsisisi sa ginawa kong ...

THE caretaker state government will abide by any decision made by the Penang Appeals Board on local residents objections to a hillside development project in Sungai Ara, Penang. Caretaker Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said: Even if the board's ...

PETALING JAYA: The Magistrate's Court here today ordered the case involving the murder of a property agent in Ara Damansara to be transferred to the Shah Alam High Court. Magistrate Ahmad Solihin Abd Wahid made the order after the case came up for ...