Sound entered cinema with Alam Ara in 1931. It was an unforgettable day for the large gathering on March 14 at Bombay’s Majestic Cinema to watch a film where characters spoke their lines. Kalidas is the first Tamil sound feature, Bhakta Prahlada the first Telugu, Jamai Sasthi the first Bengali, Narasinh Mehta the first Gujarati and Sant Tukaram, the first sound Marathi film.
Ezra Mir’s Zarina became a topic of discussion for featuring the maximum number of kisses in 1932 and in 1935 playback singing was introduced for the first time in Nitin Bose’s Dhoop Chaaon. K LSaigal portrayal of Sarat Chandra’s Devdas became the first screen idol.
The story continues…