Indian Talkie

Drawing the history of the Indian talkie, starting with Alam Ara in 1931, this documentary short provides a cross-section of viewpoints from luminaries of the film industry, which give some insight into the contemporary commercial cinema and the parallel stream.

Cast

Sohrab Modi

Self

Satyajit Ray

Self

Raj Kapoor

Self

B.R. Chopra

Self

Mrinal Sen

Self

Basu Bhattacharya

Self

Tarachand Barjatya

Self

J.B.H. Wadia

Self

L. V. Prasad

Self

Jairaj

Self

Crew

Yash Chaudhary

Director

Shyam Gudi

Editor

S.S. Satwe

Editor

K.M. Nayak

Editor

M.S. Patwari

Cinematography

M.S. Pendurkar

Cinematography

T.A. Jagannathan

Sound Recordist

H.P. Srivastav

Sound Recordist

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