''Son of Alladin'' is a 2003 Indian animated film based on the life of the

Aladdin Aladdin ( ; , , ATU 561, 'Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with '' One Thousand and One Nights'' (often known in English as ''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part of the original ...

written and directed by

Singeetam Srinivasa Rao Singeetam Srinivasa Rao (born 21 September 1931) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, composer, and actor. He is widely regarded as one of India's most versatile and innovative filmmakers. He has directed around sixty films across ...

. Produced by Pentamedia Graphics, the film had 1100 shots and 125 characters. The film won ''Special Mention in the Competition section'' at the 2003 ''International Children’s Film Festival Hyderabad'', and was subsequently premiered at the 37th

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. In 2016, the film was released as ''Mustafa & the Magician'' in Los Angeles and was submitted for consideration for the

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for Best Animated Feature.

Cast

Voice cast

*Pete Luciano *Glenn Coulthard *Joe Halls *Marty Croft *Cindy Carlton *Kareen Oliver *Allison Beecroft

Motion capture cast

* Suhaas Ahuja as Mustafa *Meka Rajan as Laila * Michael Muthu as Alladin, King Ali, and Abu *Sudhir Ahuja as Ziziba *Rena Thiagarajan as Dayeena *Sriya Chari as Habibi *Sourabh Ahuja as Khan and Vazier *Chandran Christian as Ghassan

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Pravin Mani.

Reception

Chitra Mahesh of ''

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'' wrote, "IT IS obvious that tremendous effort, time and money have gone into Pentamedia's 3-D animated film, Son Of Alladin. And the attempt is worthy of appreciation, fed as we are by the classic Disney animations that are unparalleled so far".

References

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