''Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp'', also known by its

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-language title ''Allauddin Adhbhuta Deepam'', its

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-language title ''Allavudeenum Arputha Vilakkum'', and its

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-language title ''Alladdin Ka Chirag'', is a 1957 Indian

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produced by M. L. Pathy on Jai Sakthi Pictures banner and directed by

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. The film stars

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. It is an adaptation of the story of

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from ''

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'' and a trilingual, filmed simultaneously in three different languages. ''Allavudeenum Arputha Vilakkum'' was released on 29 March 1957, and ''Allavuddin Adbhuta Deepam'' followed on 13 April. ''Alladin Ka Chirag'' too, came in the same year.

Plot

The film begins at

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, where a savage warlock, Jaffer, longs to conquer the universe. Through his friend Yakub, he conscious of a wonderful magic lamp imprisoning a ghost

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that fulfill any wish, and its station is Korakaram Caves. To achieve it, he should possess a courageous guy who has 7 moles in his right hand, and Jaffer detects him as Aladdin. Right now, Jaffer makes Yakub dumb, forges a statue as Sitara meets Alladin by purporting as his paternal uncle, and propels Alladin towards the caves. After creating an adventurous journey, Alladin achieves the lamp; in his return, Jaffer asks to hand over the light, but he refuses. Ergo, Jaffer locks him inside the cave and quits. Anyhow, Alladin skips with the magical ring granted by him. After that, he narrates the actuality to his mother, Fathima. Frightened, she throws away the lamp buried in their backyard. Time passes, and Alladin falls for Baghdad Princess Yasmin. One night, he covertly visits the fort but is caught, and the Sultan penalizes him. At this, Fathima approaches Sultan with the proposal. Then, the Sultan challenges Alladin to amass wealth equal to him. Here, Alladin digs out the wonder lamp; while Fathima is cleaning it, the genie is released, and Alladin turns into a giant wheel when Sultan lives up to his promise and espousals Alladin & Yasmin. Unfortunately, Jaffer discovers that Alladin is alive, so, disguised, he steals the lamp and lifts Yasmin, along with Alladin's fort. Hence, he moves in Yasmin's hunt and, with the aid of Yakub, lands at the fort. Now, Alladin recoups the lamp trickily, eliminates Jaffer, and bounces back to Baghdad. At last, the Sultan handed the kingdom over to Alladin, who set the genie-free to thwart misuse. Finally, the movie ends happily.

Cast

Adapted from

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's database: *

as Alladin *

as Yasmin * S. V. Ranga Rao as Jaffer * Relangi as Syed * T. S. Balaiah as Yakub *

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as Sitara *K. Malathi as Fathima *G. Shakunthala as Roshanara *Master Anand as young Alladin

Production

The film is an adaptation of the story of

from ''

''. It was directed by

, produced by M. L. Pathy under Jai Sakthi Pictures, and was simultaneously filmed in

as ''Allavudeenum Arputha Vilakkum'',

as ''Allavuddin Adbhuta Deepam'' and in

as ''Alladdin Ka Chirag.'' ''Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp'' was used as the English title for the trilingual. The screenplay was written by Raghunath and V. Srinivasan.

starred as the title character. R. Sampath was the cinematographer, and S. A. Murugesan worked as editor. The sequence of the song "''Seladum Neerodai Meethe''" and its Telugu version was shot in

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, as the censor certificate of this film states as ''partly coloured''. The Telugu version marked the first Telugu film to have colour sequence.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack composed by S. Rajeswara Rao & S. Hanumantha Rao.

Release

''Allavudeenum Arputha Vilakkum'' was released on 29 March 1957, and ''Allavuddin Adbhuta Deepam'' followed on 13 April. ''Alladin Ka Chirag'' was released in the same year too.

References

External links

* * {{Aladdin 1950s fantasy films 1950s Hindi-language films 1950s Indian films 1950s multilingual films 1950s Tamil-language films 1950s Telugu-language films 1957 films Films based on Aladdin Films directed by T. R. Raghunath Films scored by S. Hanumantha Rao Films scored by S. Rajeswara Rao Indian black-and-white films Indian fantasy films Indian multilingual films Tamil-language Indian films