Premiere of Alam Ara

Date: March 14, 1931 • Location: Mumbai, India

Alam Ara, the first Indian sound film, premiered at the Majestic Cinema in Bombay.

Alam Ara is a 1931 Indian historical fantasy film directed and produced by Ardeshir Irani. It revolves around a king and his two wives, Navbahaar and Dilbahaar, who are childless; soon, a fakir tells the king that the former wife will give birth to a boy, later named Qamar, but the child will die following his 18th birthday if Navbahaar cannot find the necklace he asks for. Meanwhile, the king finds out that Dilbahaar has fallen for the senapati Adil, leading the king to arrest him and evict his pregnant wife, who later gives birth to Alam Ara (Zubeida).