Ali Baba Aur 40 Chor (TV Series)
''Alibaba Aur 40 Chor'' () may refer to any of the following Indian films based on the folk tale from the ''Arabian Nights'': * ''Alibaba Aur 40 Chor'' (1954 film), 1954 Indian fantasy action film by Homi Wadia * ''Alibaba Aur 40 Chor'' (1966 film), 1966 Indian adventure fantasy film by Homi Wadia * ''Alibaba Aur 40 Chor'' (1980 film) or ''Adventures of Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves'', 1980 Indian-Soviet action adventure film by Latif Faiziyev and Umesh Mehra * ''Alibaba Aur 40 Chor'' (2004 film), 2004 Indian fantasy film by Sunil Agnihotri See also * Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum (other), Indian film adaptations in Tamil * Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (other) ''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'' is a folk tale about Ali Baba, a character from Arabian literature. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and variants may also refer to: Films * ''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'' (1902 film), a 1902 French film direct ...

Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves
"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" ( ar, علي بابا والأربعون لصا) is a folk tale from the ''One Thousand and One Nights''. It was added to the collection in the 18th century by its French translator Antoine Galland, who heard it from Syrian storyteller Hanna Diyab. As one of the most popular ''Arabian Nights'' tales, it has been widely retold and performed in many media across the world, especially for children (for whom the more violent aspects of the story are often suppressed). In the original version, Ali Baba ( ar, علي بابا ') is a poor woodcutter and an honest person who discovers the secret of a thieves' den, and enters with the magic phrase "open sesame". The thieves try to kill Ali Baba, but Ali Baba's faithful slave-girl foils their plots. Ali Baba's son marries her and Ali Baba keeps the secret of the treasure. Textual history The tale was added to the story collection ''One Thousand and One Nights'' by one of its European translators, Antoin ...
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Arabian Nights
''One Thousand and One Nights'' ( ar, أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ, italic=yes, ) is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the ''Arabian Nights'', from the first English-language edition (), which rendered the title as ''The Arabian Nights' Entertainment''. The work was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators, and scholars across West, Central and South Asia, and North Africa. Some tales trace their roots back to ancient and medieval Arabic, Egyptian, Sanskrit, Persian, and Mesopotamian literature. Many tales were originally folk stories from the Abbasid and Mamluk eras, while others, especially the frame story, are most probably drawn from the Pahlavi Persian work ( fa, هزار افسان, lit. ''A Thousand Tales''), which in turn relied partly on Indian elements. Common to all the editions of the ''Nights'' is the framing device of the story o ...
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Alibaba Aur 40 Chor (1954 Film)
''Alibaba And 40 Thieves'' (Alibaba Aur 40 Chor) is a 1954 Hindi fantasy action film directed by Homi Wadia. The film was a Basant pictures presentation under the Wadia Brothers Production banner. The story, screenplay and additional dialogue were by J. B. H. Wadia, while the dialogues were written by Chand Pandit and Tahir Lucknavi. The art direction and special effects were by Babubhai Mistry. The music was composed by Chitragupta and S. N. Tripathi. Chitragupta had worked as an assistant to S. N. Tripathi in some of the mythology and fantasy films before branching out on his own. The lyricist was Raja Mehdi Ali Khan. It stars Mahipal, Shakila in the lead roles, with S. N. Tripathi, B. M. Vyas, Sharda, Lalita Kumari and Helen. The film based on the Arabian Nights fantasy adventure follows the story of Alibaba finding the cave filled with treasure and his escapades thereafter. Homi Wadia rebooted this film as '' Alibaba Aur 40 Chor'', with lead protagonist as Sanjeev Kumar, whi ...
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Alibaba Aur 40 Chor (1966 Film)
''Alibaba Aur 40 Chor'' (''Alibaba And 40 Thieves'') is 1966 Hindi adventure fantasy film produced and directed by Homi Wadia and starring Sanjeev Kumar in the lead role. The film is based on Ali Baba's story from ''One Thousand and One Nights''. Plot Ali Baba finds a cave of treasures belonging to a gang of bandits. When the bandits realize there have been intruders, they seek revenge. Ali Baba must try to outwit who are trying leader of the 40 thieves who are trying to find and kill him. Cast * Sanjeev kumar as Ali Baba * L. Vijayalaxmi as Princess Marjina * David as Baba Mustafa * Indira as Mir Qasim's wife, Ali Baba's sister-in-law * Tabassum as Gulbadan * Kamal Mehra as Aflatoon * S.N. Tripathi as Mir Qasim * B.M. Vyas as Daku Sardar * Amarnath * Veena as Razia, Ali Baba's elder sister * Bhagawan Sinha * Raj Rani * Ramlal * Yunus Pervez * Prince Arjun * Madhumati as Dancer * Laxmi Chhaya as Qwali Dancer * Aruna * Sukale * Bismilla * Mithoo Miya * Samson ...
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Alibaba Aur 40 Chor (1980 Film)
''Adventures of Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves'' ( hi, Alibaba Aur 40 Chor, italic=yes; russian: Приключения Али-Бабы и сорока разбойников, Priklucheniya Ali-Baby i soroka razboynikov) is a 1980 Indian-Soviet film based on the '' Arabian Nights'' story of ''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'', directed by Uzbek director Latif Faiziyev with Indian director Umesh Mehra. The film stars Indian actors Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Zeenat Aman alongside Russian, Caucasian and Central Asian actors. The storyline is slightly altered to extend as a long movie. The writers were Shanti Prakash Bakshi and Boris Saakov, the music was scored by musician R.D. Burman, and the Choreographer was P. L. Raj. It was the most successful Indian-Soviet co-production, becoming a success in both India and the Soviet Union. Plot The story is about a poor lad named Ali Baba who lives in the town of Gulabad, somewhere in Central Asia, with his mother and elder brother Qa ...
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Alibaba Aur 40 Chor (2004 Film)
''Alibaba Aur 40 Chor'' may refer to: * ''Alibaba Aur 40 Chor'' (1954 film) * ''Alibaba Aur 40 Chor'' (1966 film) * ''Alibaba Aur 40 Chor'' (1980 film) See also * ''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" ( ar, علي بابا والأربعون لصا) is a folk tale from the ''One Thousand and One Nights''. It was added to the collection in the 18th century by its French translator Antoine Galland, who heard ...

Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum (other)
Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum () may refer to any of the following Indian films based on the folk tale from the ''Arabian Nights'': * ''Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum'' (1941 film), a 1941 Indian Tamil-language comedy film adaptation by K. S. Mani * ''Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum'' (1956 film), a 1956 Indian Tamil-language adventure fantasy-drama film by T. R. Sundaram See also * Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (other) ''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'' is a folk tale about Ali Baba, a character from Arabian literature. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and variants may also refer to: Films * ''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'' (1902 film), a 1902 French film direct ... * Alibaba Aur 40 Chor (other), Hindi film adaptations {{disambiguation ...
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