''Alibaba Aradajanu Dongalu'' () is a 1993 Indian

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comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

, produced by K. Chinni under the Melody Movies banner and directed by

E. V. V. Satyanarayana Eedara Veera Venkata Satyanarayana (10 June 1956 21 January 2011) was an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed a total of 51 films in Telugu and Hindi and introduced many actors to Telugu cinema. He was well known for ma ...

starring

Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, Indian independence activist, journalist & scholar who served as the first president of Republic of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian Nationa ...

Ravali Ravali is an Indian actress who has appeared in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi Language films. She is probably best known for her performances in '' Subhakankshalu'', ''Pelli Sandadi'', ''Vinodam'' and '' Mard''. Career In the la ...

and Srikanya, with music composed by Vidyasagar. The film was released on 31 December 1993 and was a box office success, receiving recognition as one of the finest comedy films in

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Plot

The film revolves around an incompetent cop Alibaba (Rajendra Prasad) and 6 petty thieves maintaining two different gangs Kotaiah & Co (Kota Srinivasa Rao, Ali, and Mallikarjuna Rao) and Brahmam Brothers (Brahmanandam, Rallapalli, and Chidatala Appa Rao). Both gangs always compete with each other and create turmoil & turbulence in the city with their thefts. Alibaba is specially appointed to catch them. Meanwhile, both the gangs have two sisters Pulandevi (Ravalli) & Pooja Bedi (Srikanya) and two of them fall for Alibaba. So, the 6 thieves ploy, mislead Alibaba, and couple up with him with both. At present, Alibaba struck & a struggle between his two wives and 6 brothers-in-law. The rest of the story is a comic tale that how to get rid of these problems.

Cast

as Alibaba *

as Phoolan Devi * Srikanya as Pooja Bedi * Satyanarayana as S.P. *

Kota Srinivasa Rao Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942) is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. As a former politician, Rao has s ...

as Kotayya & co *

Brahmanandam Kanneganti Brahmanandam (born 1 February 1956), known mononymously as Brahmanandam, is an Indian actor, comedian, impersonator, and voice actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is particularly known for his comic performa ...

as Brahmam Brothers *

Ali ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...

as Kotayya & co * Mallikharjuna Rao as Kotayya & co * Rallapalli as Brahmam Brothers *

Giribabu Yerra Seshagiri Rao, popularly known as Giri Babu, is an Indian actor, producer, and director who primarily woks in Telugu films. His son, Raghu Babu, is a notable actor-director. Career Giri Babu hails from a middle class agricultural fami ...

as Alibaba's Babai * Viswanathan as Appaji *

Ironleg Sastri Gunupudi Viswanath Sastri, popularly known by his screen name Ironleg Sastri, was an Indian comedian who predominantly worked in Telugu-language films. He acted in more than 150 films. E. V. V. Satyanarayana introduced him to Telugu Cinema. L ...

as Pindala Sastry *

Tirupathi Prakash Timmapuram Karanam Ravi Prakash Rao, popularly known as Tirupathi Prakash, is a well known comedy artist in Telugu cinema. He was born in Hindupur in the Anantapuram district on 22 August 1972 to TK Rama Murthy Rao and T K Satyavathi. Tirupat ...

as Lady constable * Chidatala Appa Rao as Brahmam Brothers * Dham as constable * Vidyasagar *

Silk Smitha Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati (2 December 1960 – 23 September 1996), better known by her stage name Silk Smitha, was an Indian actress and dancer who worked predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. Smitha was part of seve ...

as SP's wife *

Nirmalamma Nirmalamma (18 July 1920 – 19 February 2009) was an Indian actress in the Telugu cinema. She has acted in more than 800 films. She was well known for her grandmother roles in several films.She won two Nandi Awards. Early life She was born in ...

as Balamani

Soundtrack

Music composed by Vidyasagar.

Reception

In their obituary of director

, ''

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'' listed ''Alibaba Aradajanu Dongalu'' as among "some of his super-hit comedy and entertaining films".

References

External links

* {{E. V. V. Satyanarayana Films directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana Films scored by Vidyasagar 1990s Telugu-language films