Indrasabha holds the world record for the most songs (72) in any musical ever made. Jamshedji Framji Madan’s company, Madan Theatre, made the movie. Released in 1932, Indrasabha featured over seventy songs – yes 70! Originally an opera, it was released in cinemas as a full-on musical with only songs, no dialog with a duration of 211 minutes long. In fact, Alam Ara set the template of songs in Hindi movie.

Not only does it claim that honor, this movie was also the first movie to feature songs. The Ardeshir Irani directed film Alam Ara that released in 1931 was India’s first “talkie” aka India’s first sound movie. However, it was processed overseas and is only 22 minutes. Ram Chandra Gopal “Dadasaheb” Torne’s Shree Pundalik was the very first film it was shown in Mumbai on. The black and white film released on in Mumbai.

The first short film from India was 1898’s Hiralal Sen’s The Flower of Persia.ĭadasaheb Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra is known as THE first full length feature film from India. So settle down with a warm drink and read away… and don’t forget to comment how many facts you knew… and which fact blew your mind!

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