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The first Indian sound film was Alam Ara. Who was the maker of the film?

  1. Ardeshir Irani

  2. Dadasaheb Phalke

  3. Shyam Benegal

  4. Kumar Shahani
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Ardeshir Irani directed Alam Ara (1931), India's first talkie (sound film). He was a pioneering filmmaker who recognized the potential of sound technology. Dadasaheb Phalke was the father of Indian cinema but made silent films. Shyam Benegal and Kumar Shahani are much later directors from the parallel cinema movement.

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