the first indian 'talkie' film - a film with dialogues - released in 1931 was bhakta prahlada.
the first indian 'talkie' film - a film with dialogues - released in 1931 was _?
bhakta prahlada
in 1930, vithal's popularity in marathi films attracted ardeshir irani of imperial film company to invite him to join his company to make india’s first talkie, though mehboob khan was also vying for the role. vithal, who was quite excited by irani's offer, accepted and moved to irani's newly formed film company sagar studios in bombay, breaking his contract with sharda studios. sharda studios sued him and he was defended by the lawyer muhammad ali jinnah, who would later become the founder of pakistan. vithal won the case. the following year, vithal played the hero in the first indian talkie "alam ara" with zubeida as the female lead. "alam ara" was also the first film in which music was introduced, as many as ten music scores were part of the film. as his hindi diction was poor, he could not deliver the dialogues properly; his acting quality in histrionic roles was also questioned. he was thus shown mostly in a state of trans or semi consciousness in the film and hardly had any dialogue. it is said that vithal could not adopt himself to the new genre of talking-singing films in hindi as he was "reduced to a hero who is "(was)" magically stuck dumb in "alam ara"." his talkie debut ended without any demand for his acting roles in hindi films. in 1932, he switched back to silent films, which were no more in flavour. the talkies led to his decline in hindi films; vithal would never get a major role in hindi films again. from 1934 onward, he switched back to marathi films realizing his limitations. from the 1940s onward, he regularly appeared in films by bhalji pendharkar and those featuring lalita pawar and durga khote. he also played in a side role in the 1944 blockbuster film "ramshastri". towards the end, he played only minor roles in marathi films; his last film appearance was in 1966.
master vithal
on august 23, the modest-sized austrian film industry came out with a talkie: "g'schichten aus der steiermark" ("stories from styria"), an eagle film–ottoton film production. on september 30, the first entirely german-made feature-length dramatic talkie, "das land ohne frauen" ("land without women"), premiered. a tobis filmkunst production, about one-quarter of the movie contained dialogue, which was strictly segregated from the special effects and music. the response was underwhelming. sweden's first talkie, "konstgjorda svensson" ("artificial svensson"), premiered on october 14. eight days later, aubert franco-film came out with "le collier de la reine" ("the queen's necklace"), shot at the épinay studio near paris. conceived as a silent film, it was given a tobis-recorded score and a single talking sequence—the first dialogue scene in a french feature. on october 31, "les trois masques" debuted; a pathé-natan film, it is generally regarded as the initial french feature talkie, though it was shot, like "blackmail", at the elstree studio, just outside london. the production company had contracted with rca photophone and britain then had the nearest facility with the system. the braunberger-richebé talkie "la route est belle", also shot at elstree, followed a few weeks later.
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