Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag

Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag (transl. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp) is a 1952 Indian fantasy film produced and directed by Homi Wadia.[1] Made under the Basant Pictures banner, it had story, scenario and additional dialogue by JBH Wadia. The dialogues were written by Tejnath Zar. The music of the film was composed by S. N. Tripathi and Chitragupta.[2] The film starred Meena Kumari, Mahipal, S. N. Tripathi, B. M. Vyas, Pandit Amarnath and Raja Sandow.[3]

Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag
Poster
Directed byHomi Wadia
Produced byHomi Wadia
Written byJ. B. H. Wadia
Tejnath Zar
Screenplay byJ. B. H. Wadia
Story byJ. B. H. Wadia
Based onArabian Nights
StarringMeena Kumari
Mahipal
S. N. Tripathi
Music byS. N. Tripathi
Chitragupta
CinematographyAnant Wadadeker
Edited byKamlaker
Production
company
Basant Studios
Release date
1952
Running time
140 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

This fantasy film from the Arabian Nights follows the adventures of Aladdin and his finding of the magic lamp in the cave, and his love for the princess Badar.

Synopsis

The film starts in a magician's den in a cave where the magician, Hikmat (S. N. Tripathi), tells a genie-like figure that he wants to rule the world. He is asked to get the magic lamp from a cave, where he will need to send someone who is honest and has twenty-one moles in the shape of a lamp on his hand. The magician finds Aladdin (Mahipal) who is in love with Princess Badar (Meena Kumari). Badar's father has been imprisoned and a look-alike substituted in his place by the evil minister Masood Beg. Masood Beg's son, Nazim, has Aladdin whipped for a minor fracas and the magician tends to him. He takes Aladdin to the cave and sends him down to get the lamp. When Aladdin refuses to hand over the lamp before coming out, Hikmat slams the entrance shut leaving Aladdin trapped. Aladdin manages to rub the lamp and a genie appears. The genie helps Aladdin get out of the cave, marry the princess, free Badar's father, have him reinstated as the Sultan and build a palace for him. The story follows the magician getting hold of the lamp and Aladdin's adventures from then on, till he gets the lamp back and manages to vanquish evil.

Cast

Production

The special effects and art direction for the film were by Babubhai Mistry. He became associated with the spectacular effects in mythologies and fantasy genres.[4] Homi Wadia had left Wadia Movietone to start Basant Pictures in 1942 and concentrated on making mythologies. However, his adventure and fantasy films also became box office successes.[5] Though by name, Basant Pictures was Homi Wadia's company, JBH Wadia continued as a collaborator giving inputs in story, screenplay and dialogue sections.[6]

Music

The music directors were S. N. Tripathi and Chitragupta. The lyricists were Pandit Chand, Shyam Hindi, Ramesh Chandra Pandey and Anjum Jaipuri. The playback singing was by Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Shamshad Begum, Asha Bhonsle and Chitragupta.[7]

Songlist
#TitleSingerLyricist
1 "Yunhi Ulfat Ke Maaron Par Yeh Duniya Zulm Karti Hai" Mohammed Rafi, Shamshad Begum Ramesh Chandra Pandey
2 "Mohabbat Ko Na Bhulenge" Lata Mangeshkar Shyam HIndi
3 "Ho Sake To Dil Ke Badale" Asha Bhonsle, Chitragupta, Mohammed Rafi, Shamshad Begum Pandit Chand
4 "Ankhon Mein Jadoo Bhar Bhar Ke" Shamshad Begum
5 "Insaf Kar O Aasma" Shamshad Begum Shyam HIndi
6 "Hai Naam Mera Ramzani" Chitragupta, Shamshad Begum Shyam HIndi
7 "Sharma Ke Zara Ye Mast Ada Itna To Bata" Asha Bhosle,Shamshad Begum Anjum Jaipuri

References
  1. Philip F. Kennedy; Marina Warner (2013). Scheherazade's Children: Global Encounters with the Arabian Nights. NYU Press. p. 402. ISBN 978-1-4798-3075-6.
  2. "Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag". Muvyz, Inc. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  3. "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1952)". Alan Goble. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  4. Rachel Dwyer; Senior Lecturer in Indian Studies Rachel Dwyer (2006). Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema. Routledge. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-134-38070-1.
  5. Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema.
  6. Raminder Kaur; Ajay J Sinha (13 July 2005). Bollyworld: Popular Indian Cinema Through A Transnational Lens. SAGE Publications. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-7619-3320-5. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  7. "Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag". Hindi Geetmala. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
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