Ardeshir Irani

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Ardeshir Irani
Ardeshir Irani in 1937 IMPPA President
Born	Khan Bahadur Ardeshir Irani 5 December 1886 Pune, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died	14 October 1969(1969-10-14) (aged 82) Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Alma mater	Sir J. J. School of Art
Occupation(s)	Film Director,Producer founded Sagar Movietone (1929)
Known for	Early Indian cinema

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. He was the producer of India's first colour film Kisan Kanya. 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.