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{{short description|1941 film by K. S. Mani}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum
| image          = Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum (1941).jpg
| caption        = Partial poster
| director       = K. S. Mani
| producer       = 
| writer         = 
| starring       = [[N. S. Krishnan]]<br />[[T. A. Mathuram]]
| music          = N. S. Balakrishnan
| studio         = [[Pakshiraja Films]]
| released       = {{film date|1941|3|15|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://vellitthirai.com/movie/அலிபாபாவும்-40-திருடர்களு/ |title=அலிபாபாவும் 40 திருடர்களும் |website=Vellitthirai |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200121070725/https://vellitthirai.com/movie/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-40-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%81/ |archive-date=21 January 2020 |access-date=21 January 2020 }}</ref>
| runtime        = 
| country        = India
| language       = Tamil
}}

'''''Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum''''' (read as "Alibabavum Narpadhu Thirudargalum"; {{Translation|Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves}}) is a 1941 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy film]] directed by K. S. Mani. The first Tamil film adaptation of the story ''[[Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves]]'', it stars [[N. S. Krishnan]] and [[T. A. Mathuram]]. The film was released on 15 March 1941, and was commercially unsuccessful. No [[release print|print]] is known to survive, making it a [[lost film]].

== Cast ==
Cast according to the [[song book]]:<ref>{{cite book|url=http://mininoolaham.blogspot.com/2021/01/40-alibabavum-40-thirudargalum-1941.html|title=அலிபாபாவும் 40 திருடர்களும்|publisher=[[Pakshiraja Films]]|year=1941|language=ta|type=[[song book]]}}</ref>
* [[N. S. Krishnan]] as [[Ali Baba (character)|Ali Baba]]
* [[T. A. Mathuram]] as [[Morgiana (character)|Morgiana]]
* K. Hiranaiah as Kasim
* P. G. Venkatesan as Miyan
* T. R. Ramaswami as Pulimoottai
* K. P. Kamakshi as Abdul
* [[S. V. Sahasranamam]] as Kamal
* P. A. Subbiah Pillai as Mustafa
* V. K. Achari as Wrestler
* N. R. Padmavathi as Gulabi
* M. K. Babji as Kathija
* M. Jayalakshmi as Alibaba's mother

== Production ==
''Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum'' was the first [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] adaptation of the story ''[[Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last=Rajadhyaksha |first=Ashish |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |pages=339 |orig-date=1994}}</ref> It was directed by K. S. Mani for the company [[Pakshiraja Films]] that was owned and operated by [[S. M. Sriramulu Naidu]]. [[N. S. Krishnan]] was cast as Ali Baba, and his wife [[T. A. Mathuram]] as the slave girl [[Morgiana (character)|Morgiana]]. Thoothukudi Ramaswamy Aiyer portrayed a character named "Pulimoottai", which subsequently became his prefix. Shooting took place at [[Central Studios]].<ref name="HINDU" />

== Soundtrack ==
The lyrics were written by K. P. Kamatchi, while the soundtrack was composed by N. S. Balakrishnan. One song performed by Krishnan himself, "Adichippoottaney Noguthadaa", attained popularity.<ref name="HINDU" />

== Reception ==
Film historian [[Randor Guy]] praised ''Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum'' for the "familiar storyline and the comical treatment that NSK gave his brainchild", but noted that the film was not successful. No [[release print|print]] is known to survive, making it a [[lost film]].<ref name="HINDU" />

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="HINDU">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/cp/2011/05/01/stories/2011050150341600.htm |title=Ali Babavum Naarpathu Thirudargalum 1941 |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=1 May 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109063837/http://www.hindu.com/cp/2011/05/01/stories/2011050150341600.htm |archive-date=9 November 2012 |author-link=Randor Guy}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|6272636}}

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