Cola, which, records estimate to be an invention of 1886 — two years after Ardeshir’s started in a small rented barrack in ...

Union minister Smriti Irani, who visited Amethi today for the first time since the Lok Sabha election, shared that she has been asked to be a guest lecturer at University of California, Berkeley.

Directed and produced by Ardeshir Irani, he was inspired to make Alam Ara, after watching the 1929 American part-talkie Show Boat.

Inspired by the 1929 film adaptation of Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern’s “Show Boat,” Ardeshir Irani’s “Alam Ara” (1931) is considered to be the first (non-silent) Bollywood movie ...

Titled 'Getting to Know Ardeshir Irani', the session, held by the Mumbai Research Centre at the Asiatic Society of Mumbai’s Durbar Hall on November 8, saw Panjwani delve into the lesser-known ...

"Doḵtar-e Lor" (Lor Girl), produced by Ardeshir Irani in 1933, was the first film with spoken Persian. The selection of the best film has always been faced with a lot of difficulties. Here are some of ...

Bollywood music was born in 1931 with the advent of India’s first sound motion film, Alam Ara by Ardeshir Irani, which featured seven songs. It was during this time that the seeds of the new musical ...

Ardeshir was born March 21, 1928 and was married to Farkhondeh Dinyari in 1957. They have 4 children together, Beejenn Robert Aidun, Sarvar Nina Khosravi, Shirin Lisa Aidun and Rashid Aidun.

Pune is a city that has a rich history and an amazing culinary affair. The love for snacks among Punekars is not hidden and what can be better than visiting an Irani Cafe to savour some delightful and ...