Raja Harishchandra (1913) was India's first full-length motion picture, directed by Dadasaheb Phalke. This silent film was based on the legend of the righteous King Harishchandra and marked the birth of Indian cinema. Alam Ara (1931) was India's first talkie (sound film), while Chandralekha and Mother India came much later in the 1940s and 1950s respectively.