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Ardeshir Irani is a Director, Co-Writer and Producer Indian born on 5 december 1886 at Pune (Inde)

Ardeshir Irani

Ardeshir Irani
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Birth name Khan Bahadur Ardeshir Irani
Nationality Inde
Birth 5 december 1886 at Pune (Inde)
Death 14 october 1969 (at 82 years) at Mumbai (Inde)

Khan Bahadur Ardeshir Irani (5 December 1886 – 14 October 1969); popularly known as Ardeshir Irani, was a writer, director, producer, actor, film distributor, film showman and cinematographer in the silent and sound eras of early Indian cinema. He was renowned for making films in Hindi, Telugu, English, German, Indonesian, Persian, Urdu and Tamil. He was a successful entrepreneur who owned film theatres, a gramophone agency, and a car agency.

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Filmography of Ardeshir Irani (7 films)

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Director

Lor Girl
Lor Girl (1933)
, 1h30
Directed by Ardeshir Irani
Origin Iran
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Roohangiz Saminejad, Abdolhossein Sepanta
Rating69% 3.4812753.4812753.4812753.4812753.481275
The movie is about Golnar, a young teahouse girl who was kidnapped as a child and taken to Lorestan with a clan of bandits living among the Lors. The leader of the thieves, Gholi Khan, is beginning to look at her with interest now she is a grown woman. At the teahouse, she meets a young man called Jafar who has been sent to Lorestan by the Iranian government to deal with the problem of banditry in the area. They fall in love, and plan to escape together. Gholi Khan catches on to their plans and beats up Jafar. Jafar rejects Khan's offer to join the bandits, so he is kidnapped and imprisoned. Golnar helps him escape and the couple attempt to flee.
The Light of the World, 2h4
Directed by Ardeshir Irani
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Romantic drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Zubeida, Master Vithal, Prithviraj Kapoor, L. V. Prasad
Rating73% 3.6944653.6944653.6944653.6944653.694465
The film is a love story between a prince and a gypsy girl, based on a Parsi play written by Joseph David. David later served as a writer at Irani's film company. The story centres on an imaginary, historical royal family in the kingdom of Kumarpur. The main characters are the king and his two warring wives, Dilbahar and Naubahar. Their rivalry escalates when a fakir predicts that Navbahar will bear the king's heir.

Scriptwriter

The Light of the World, 2h4
Directed by Ardeshir Irani
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Romantic drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Zubeida, Master Vithal, Prithviraj Kapoor, L. V. Prasad
Roles Co-écrivain
Rating73% 3.6944653.6944653.6944653.6944653.694465
The film is a love story between a prince and a gypsy girl, based on a Parsi play written by Joseph David. David later served as a writer at Irani's film company. The story centres on an imaginary, historical royal family in the kingdom of Kumarpur. The main characters are the king and his two warring wives, Dilbahar and Naubahar. Their rivalry escalates when a fakir predicts that Navbahar will bear the king's heir.

Producer

Kisan Kanya, 2h17
Actors Ghulam Mohammed
Roles Producer
Rating60% 3.0122853.0122853.0122853.0122853.012285
Kisan Kanya was based on a novel by Saadat Hasan Manto and focussed on the plight of poor farmers. The story revolved on the life of a poor peasant Ram (Nisar) who was being ill-treated by his landlord Ghani. Eventually, Ghani is murdered and Ram becomes the prime suspect in the eyes of the public. The film performed moderately at the box-office.
Ferdowsi
Ferdowsi (1934)
, 1h30
Directed by Abdolhossein Sepanta
Origin Iran
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Abdolhossein Sepanta, Roohangiz Saminejad
Roles Producer

Dans la première scène du film, nous voyons Ferdowsi qui par la fenêtre de sa maison regarde tristement le pont ruiné de la ville de Tus. À la cour du sultan Mahmoud Ghaznavi, Ferdowsi récite certaines parties de Shah Nameh. La vieillesse du poète est la fin de son histoire et se passe dans l’isolement et l’amertume. De temps en temps, il entend par sa fenêtre les enfants chanter ses vers de Shah Nameh. La scène finale est celle de sa mort : deux hommes portent son cercueil, et derrière eux seule la fille du poète les suit, larmes à l’œil.
Shirin and Farhad, 1h30
Directed by Abdolhossein Sepanta
Origin Iran
Actors Abdolhossein Sepanta, Roohangiz Saminejad
Roles Producer
Rating51% 2.5967452.5967452.5967452.5967452.596745
Alors que pour creuser un canal entre le palais et Béhistoun les ingénieurs perçoivent certaines difficultés, et c’est pourquoi les travaux n’avancent pas pour autant, un creuseur des roches de la montagne, Farhad accomplira la tâche pour arriver à sa bien-aimée, Shirin.
Shirin and Farhad, 1h30
Directed by Abdolhossein Sepanta
Origin Iran
Actors Abdolhossein Sepanta, Roohangiz Saminejad
Roles Producer
Rating51% 2.5967452.5967452.5967452.5967452.596745
Lor Girl
Lor Girl (1933)
, 1h30
Directed by Ardeshir Irani
Origin Iran
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Roohangiz Saminejad, Abdolhossein Sepanta
Roles Producer
Rating69% 3.4812753.4812753.4812753.4812753.481275
The movie is about Golnar, a young teahouse girl who was kidnapped as a child and taken to Lorestan with a clan of bandits living among the Lors. The leader of the thieves, Gholi Khan, is beginning to look at her with interest now she is a grown woman. At the teahouse, she meets a young man called Jafar who has been sent to Lorestan by the Iranian government to deal with the problem of banditry in the area. They fall in love, and plan to escape together. Gholi Khan catches on to their plans and beats up Jafar. Jafar rejects Khan's offer to join the bandits, so he is kidnapped and imprisoned. Golnar helps him escape and the couple attempt to flee.
The Light of the World, 2h4
Directed by Ardeshir Irani
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Romantic drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Zubeida, Master Vithal, Prithviraj Kapoor, L. V. Prasad
Roles Producer
Rating73% 3.6944653.6944653.6944653.6944653.694465
The film is a love story between a prince and a gypsy girl, based on a Parsi play written by Joseph David. David later served as a writer at Irani's film company. The story centres on an imaginary, historical royal family in the kingdom of Kumarpur. The main characters are the king and his two warring wives, Dilbahar and Naubahar. Their rivalry escalates when a fakir predicts that Navbahar will bear the king's heir.
Kalidas
Kalidas (1931)

Directed by H M Reddy
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about writers, Films about music and musicians, Films based on mythology, Films about religion, Musical films
Actors L. V. Prasad, M. R. Santhanalakshmi
Roles Producer
Rating56% 2.8332852.8332852.8332852.8332852.833285
Vidhyadhari is the daughter of Vijayavarman, the king of Thejavathi. His minister wants the princess to marry his son but she refuses. Annoyed, the minister sets out to find another potential husband for Vidhyadhari. In the forest, the minister finds an illiterate cowman sitting in a tree and cutting into the branch on which he is sitting. The minister persuades the cowman to come to the palace and has Vidhyadhari marry him. When Vidhyadhari realises she has been cheated and is married to a farmhand, she prays to the goddess Kali for a remedy. Kali appears before her, names her husband "Kalidas" and endows him with phenomenal literary talents.