Alam Ara

Alam Ara — Plot

A period fantasy that told of the ageing king of Kamarpur, and his two rival queens, Navbahar and Dilbahar, and their rivalry when a fakir predicts that Navbahar will bear the king's heir. Dilbahar unsuccessfully tries to seduce the army chief Adil (Vithal) and vengefully destroys his family, leaving his daughter Alam Ara (Zubeida) to be raised by nomads. Eventually, Alam Ara's nomad friends invade the palace, expose Dilbahar's schemes, release Adil from the dungeon and she marries the prince of the realm.

• Release date
• March 14, 1931
• Runtime
• 124 min
• Genres
• Fantasy
• Director
• Ardeshir Irani

Alam Ara — Cast

M

Master Vithal Adil Zubeida Alam Ara

J

Jillo

S

Sushila Prithviraj Kapoor

E

Elizer Wazir Mohammed Khan Jagdish Sethi