''Potli Baba Ki'' (literally ''Baba's Bag'', can be inferred as ''Baba's Tales'') (1991) is an Indian children's puppet television series aired in India in 1991 on
Doordarshan
Doordarshan (), abbreviated as DD, is India's State-owned enterprise, state-owned public broadcasting, public television broadcaster. Established by the Government of India on 15 September 1959, it is owned by the Ministry of Information and B ...
. It featured various fairy tales in simple language and used to give good moral messages to children. The title song "Aaya Re Baba" was sung by Vinod Sehgal and composed by
Hindustani the poet and lyricist
Gulzar, who was also the co-producer, director and writer of the show.
The series has two parts: "
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" (ten episodes) and "
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" (ten episodes).
Synopsis
The series has a story-teller in the form of an old man called as 'Baba' — who in his 'Potli' has various stories. The old story-teller, Chhenu ki Jhunnu ka Baba, living in Ghungar village, collects stories and fables which his mother has left hidden under rocks. Baba's peculiarity is that is growing younger day-by-day and once he will find all the stories he will be a child.
References
External links
Children's Film Society, India
1991 Indian television series debuts
Indian children's television series
Gulzar
DD National original programming
Puppetry in India
Works based on Aladdin
Works based on Ali Baba
Television series based on One Thousand and One Nights
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