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FILM DIRECTOR

Ardeshir Irani

1886 - 1969

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Khan Bahadur Ardeshir Irani (5 December 1886 – 14 October 1969) was a writer, director, producer, actor, film distributor, film showman and cinematographer in the silent and sound eras of early Indian cinema. He is considered one of the greatest personalities in recent Indian Cinema. He was the director of India's first sound film Alam Ara. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ardeshir Irani has received more than 224,372 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ardeshir Irani is the 1,213th most popular film director, the 629th most popular biography from India and the 8th most popular Indian Film Director.

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  • 15

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ardeshir Irani ranks 1,213 out of 1,581. Before him are Louis Daquin, Volodymyr Dakhno, Damien Chazelle, Ismail Merchant, James Gray, and Ruben Fleischer. After him are Peter Hall, Mary Harron, Naomi Kawase, Jon Amiel, Jerzy Antczak, and Robert Burks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Ardeshir Irani ranks 233. Before him are Jalmari Eskola, Harmodio Arias Madrid, Hugo Jahnke, Angela Piskernik, Edward Lindberg, and Sophie Tucker. After him are Gustavo Jiménez, Arthur Whitten Brown, Árpád Tóth, Arthur Shaw, Eugene Burton Ely, and Hugo Black. Among people deceased in 1969, Ardeshir Irani ranks 185. Before him are Gisela Arendt, Rodolfo Choperena, Bruno Söderström, Josef Hassmann, Fred Alexander, and Hans Rademacher. After him are André Gaboriaud, Oswald Holmberg, Magic Sam, Harry Mallin, Bobbie Rosenfeld, and Willy Ley.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ardeshir Irani ranks 629 out of 1,493. Before him are Indra Nooyi (1955), Anna Chandy (1905), The Great Gama (1878), Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), Ismail Merchant (1936), and Asha Parekh (1942). After him are K. J. Yesudas (1940), Veerappan (1952), Zeenat Aman (1951), Guru Dutt (1925), Trilok Gurtu (1951), and Feroz Khan (1939).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Ardeshir Irani ranks 8. Before him are M. Night Shyamalan (1970), Michael Radford (1946), Dadasaheb Phalke (1870), Lindsay Anderson (1923), Dara Singh (1928), and Ismail Merchant (1936). After him are Guru Dutt (1925), Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941), Tarsem Singh (1961), Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1914), Tapan Sinha (1924), and Shyam Benegal (1934).

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Filmography

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