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{{Infobox film
| name           = Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp
| image          = Alladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 1957.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[T. R. Raghunath]]
| producer       = M. L. Pathy
| writer         = Parasuram {{small|(dialogues)}}
| screenplay     = T. R. Raghunath<br />V. Srinivasan
| story          =
| based_on       = {{Based on|[[Aladdin]] from<br />''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]''}}
| starring       = {{ubl | [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]] | [[Anjali Devi]]}}
| music          = {{ubl | [[S. Rajeswara Rao]] | S. Hanumantha Rao}}
| cinematography = R. Sampath
| editing        = S. A. Murugesan
| studio         = Jai Sakthi Pictures
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|1957|March|29}} (Tamil)<br />{{Film date|df=yes|1957|April|13}} (Telugu)
| runtime        = 155mins
| country        = India
| language       = {{ubl |Telugu|Tamil|Hindi}}
| budget         = 
}}

'''''Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp''''', also known by its [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language title '''''Allauddin Adhbhuta Deepam''''', its [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language title '''''Allavudeenum Arputha Vilakkum''''', and its [[Hindi]]-language title '''''Alladdin Ka Chirag''''', is a 1957 Indian [[fantasy film]] produced by M. L. Pathy on Jai Sakthi Pictures banner and directed by [[T. R. Raghunath]]. The film stars [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]], [[Anjali Devi]]  and music jointly composed by [[S. Rajeswara Rao]] & S. Hanumantha Rao. It is an adaptation of the story of [[Aladdin]] from ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]'' and a trilingual, [[Multiple-language version|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==
Once upon on time, there lives a savage warlock Jaffer (S.V.Ranga Rao) who longs to conquer the entire world. Through his friend Yakub (T. S. Balaiah) he learns regarding a wonderful magic lamp which grants any wish by the ghost prisoned inside and it is stationed at Korakaram caves. To achieve it a young & energetic guy who holds 7 moles on his righthand is required and Jaffer finds out the person is Aladdin (Akkineni Nageswara Rao). Right now Jaffer makes Yakub dumb also forges a statue as Sitara (Rajasulochana), meets Alladin by purporting as his paternal uncle and propel Alladin towards the caves. After making an adventurous journey, Alladin achieves the lamp, in his return, Jaffer asks to handover the lamp to which he refuses, so, angered Jaffer locks him inside the cave and quits. At that time, Alladin uses the magical ring given by Jaffer for emergency and arrives home. Thereafter, he narrates the actuality to his mother Fathima (Malathi) as frightened she throws way the lamp which is buried in their backyard. Time passes, Alladin falls for Bagdad Sultan's only daughter Yasmin (Anjali Devi), one night, he secretly enters the fort but caught by the soldiers and Sultan punishes him severely. Looking at her son's pain Fathima approaches Sultan and pleas to couple up Princess with Alladin then Sultan challenges Alladin to gain amass wealth equal to him. At that juncture, Alladin finds the old wonder lamp while Fathima is cleaning it the ghost is released through which Alladin turns into a big wheel when Sultan lives up to his promise and espousals Alladin & Yasmin. Here, unfortunately, Jaffer discovers that Alladin is alive, so, in a disguised form, he steals the lamp, imprisons Yasmin and pulls back Alladin's wealth. At present, Alladin moves in search of Yasmin, with the help of Yakub lands at the fort and spots that Jaffer is threatening Yamin to fulfill his lust. At that point in time, trickily Alladin recoups the lamp, eliminates Jaffer and bounces back to Bagdad. At last, Sultan handovers the kingdom to Alladin and he sets the ghost-free as it may not be misused. Finally, the movie ends a happy note.

==Cast==
Adapted from [[Film News Anandan]]'s database:<ref name="Anandan" />
*[[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]] as Allavuddin 
*[[Anjali Devi]] as Yasmin 
*[[S. V. Ranga Rao]] as Jaffer 
*[[Relangi Venkataramaiah|Relangi]] as Syed 
*[[T. S. Balaiah]] as Yakub 
*[[Rajasulochana]] as Sitara 
*K. Malathi as Fhathima  
*G. Shakunthala as Roshanara
*Master Anand as young Allavuddin

==Crew==
*'''Art''': P. Angamuthu
*'''Choreography''': Vempati, Sohanlal
*'''Stills''': R. Nagaraju Rao
*'''Fights''': Stunt Somu, Nasar, S.M.Fharid 
*'''Dialogues''': Parasuram
*'''Lyrics''':  [[Aarudhra]]
*'''Playback''': [[A. M. Rajah]], [[P. Susheela]], [[Jikki]], [[P. B. Srinivas]], [[K. Rani (singer)|K. Rani]], [[A. P. Komala]], S. Hanumantha Rao, K. R. Sellamuthu
*'''Music''': [[Saluri Rajeswara Rao]], Saluri Hanumantha Rao
*'''Cinematography''': R. Sampath
*'''Editing''': S. A. Murugesan
*'''Producer''': M. L. Pathy
*'''Screenplay - Director''': [[T. R. Raghunath]]
*'''Banner''': Jai Sakthi Pictures
*'''Release Date''': 29 March 1957

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack composed by [[S. Rajeswara Rao]] & S. Hanumantha Rao.<ref name="Anandan" />
{{Track listing
| headline      = Telugu<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.saavn.com/s/album/telugu/Allavuddin-Adbhuta-Deepam-1957/NZc4rGYCroo_ |title=Allavuddin Adbhuta Deepam |website=[[Saavn]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404064019/https://www.saavn.com/s/album/telugu/Allavuddin-Adbhuta-Deepam-1957/NZc4rGYCroo_ |archive-date=4 April 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=4 April 2018}}</ref>
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| title1        = Sogasari Dananayya
| extra1        = [[P. B. Srinivas]], [[K. Rani (singer)|K. Rani]]
| length1       = 3:45

| title2        = Andala Konetilona Sagindi
| extra2        = [[A. M. Rajah]], [[P. Susheela]]
| length2       = 3:11

| title3        = Manasanta Needira
| extra3        = P. Susheela
| length3       = 4:19

| title4        = Ninu Valachi
| extra4        = P. Susheela
| length4       = 5:34

| title5        = Pilla Pilla Raa
| extra5        = P. Susheela
| length5       = 4:22

| title6        = Vacchanu Nee Kosame
| extra6        = Jikki
| length6       = 4:15

| title7       = Yavvana Mokate
| extra7       = A. P. Komala, S. Hanumantha Rao
| length7      = 3:59
}}

{{Track listing
| headline      = Tamil<ref name="Thiraikalanjiyam">{{Cite book |title=Thiraikalanjiyam&nbsp;— Part 1 |last=Neelamegam |first=G. |publisher=Manivasagar Publishers |edition=1st |location=Chennai |date=December 2014 |page=121 |language=Tamil}}</ref>
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| title1        = Unnaale Vandhenaiyaa
| lyrics1       = [[A. Maruthakasi]]
| extra1        = [[Jikki]]
| length1       = 3:42

| title2        = Kanni Penne Vaa
| lyrics2       = A. Maruthakasi
| extra2        = [[P. Susheela]]
| length2       = 3:42

| title3        = Aasaiyudane En Raja Varuvaar
| lyrics3       = A. Maruthakasi
| extra3        = P. Susheela
| length3       = 4:12

| title4        = Inraikkiruppathu Onre Nijamena
| lyrics4       = Lakshmanathas
| extra4        = A. P. Komala
| length4       = 3:23

| title5        = Samayam Vachchuthaiyaa
| lyrics5       = [[M. P. Sivam]]
| extra5        = K. R. Sellamuthu, K. Rani
| length5       =

| title6        = Selaadum Neerodai Meedhe
| note6         = 
| writer6       = 
| lyrics6       = [[Kannadasan]]
| music6        = 
| extra6        = [[A. M. Rajah]], P. Susheela
| length6       =5:32

| title7        = Pazhaiya Deepam Thanthaal
| lyrics7       = Villiputhan
| extra7        = [[Thiruchi Loganathan]]
| length7       = 3:59

| title8        = Thillaale Lam Thillaale
| lyrics8       = Thamizholi
| extra8        = Usaindeen, Nithyakala, P. K. Saraswathi, Swarnalatha, C. N. Rajalakshmi
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| title9        = Kannukku Nerile, Kalai Enra Perile
| lyrics9       = [[Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram]]
| extra9        = P. Susheela
| length9       = 3:42
}}

== Production ==
The film is an adaptation of the story of [[Aladdin]] from ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]''.<ref name="Dumont" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.puthiyathalaimurai.com/news/special-news/21720-an-indian-as-the-lead-in-guy-ritchie-s-aladdin-movie.html|title=வெள்ளைக்காரர்களே நடிக்க வேண்டுமா? ஹாலிவுட்டில் நீடிக்கும் சர்ச்சை|date=10 June 2017|work=[[Puthiya Thalaimurai]]|access-date=28 March 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180327103336/http://www.puthiyathalaimurai.com/news/special-news/21720-an-indian-as-the-lead-in-guy-ritchie-s-aladdin-movie.html|archive-date=27 March 2018|url-status=live|language=ta|trans-title=Should white people even act? A lasting controversy in Hollywood|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It was directed by [[T. R. Raghunath]], produced by M. L. Pathy under Jai Sakthi Pictures,<ref name="Anandan" /> and was [[Multiple-language version|simultaneously filmed]] in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''Allavudeenum Arputha Vilakkum'', [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Allavuddin Adbhuta Deepam'' and in [[Hindi]] as ''Alladdin Ka Chirag.''<ref name="Dumont">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=do9DDwAAQBAJ&q=Adbhuta+Deepam+TR+Raghunath&pg=PA97 |title=Contes et légendes d'Orient: au cinéma et à la télévision |last=Dumont |first=Hervé |publisher=Books on Demand |year=2017 |pages=97 |isbn=9782322101351 |language=French}}</ref><ref name="Encyclopaedia" /> ''Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp'' was used as the English title for the trilingual.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=11diCQAAQBAJ&q=aladdin+nageswara+rao&pg=PA283 |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2014 |last=Harris M. Lentz III |publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]] |year=2015 |pages=283|isbn=9780786476664 }}</ref><ref name="Dumont" /> The screenplay was written by Raghunath and V. Srinivasan.<ref name="TamilMovie" /> [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]] starred as the title character.<ref name="Dumont" /> R. Sampath was the cinematographer,<ref name="TamilMovie" /> and S. A. Murugesan worked as editor.<ref name="Anandan" /> The sequence of the song "''Seladum Neerodai Meethe''" and its Telugu version was shot in [[Gevacolor]], as the cencor certificate of this film states as ''partly coloured''. The Telugu version marked the [[Earliest color films in South India|first Telugu film]] to have colour sequence.

== Release ==
''Allavudeenum Arputha Vilakkum'' was released on 29 March 1957,<ref name="Anandan" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19570329&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Alladdin and the Wonderful Lamp |date=29 March 1957 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |publisher=Jai Sakthi Pictures |location=Madras |page=3}}</ref> and ''Allavuddin Adbhuta Deepam'' followed on 13 April.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.akkinenifoundationofamerica.org/movies_list |title=Movies List |website=Akkineni Foundation of America |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404065631/http://www.akkinenifoundationofamerica.org/movies_list |archive-date=4 April 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=4 April 2018}}</ref> ''Alladin Ka Chirag'' was released in the same year too.<ref name="Encyclopaedia">{{Cite book |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |pages=183 |orig-year=1994}}</ref><ref name="BFI">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8afd24fb |title=Alladin Ka Chiragh (1957) |website=[[British Film Institute]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180418133308/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8afd24fb |archive-date=18 April 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=18 April 2018 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Anandan">{{Cite book |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1957-cinedetails2.asp |title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru |last=Film News Anandan |publisher=Sivagami Publishers |year=2004 |location=Chennai |language=Tamil |trans-title=Tamil film history and its achievements |author-link=Film News Anandan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404061004/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1957-cinedetails2.asp |archive-date=4 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="TamilMovie">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2VgMhNCoD0 |title=Allavudeenum Arputha Vilakkum |type=motion picture |language=ta |publisher=Jai Sakthi Pictures |year=1957 |time=0:00 to 2:52 |time-caption=Opening credits, from}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0258402|title=Allavuddin Adbhuta Deepam}}
* {{IMDb title|0258401|Alladdin Ka Chirag}}

{{Aladdin and the Magic Lamp}}

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[[Category:Films based on Aladdin]]
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[[Category:1950s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1950s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by T. R. Raghunath]]
[[Category:1950s fantasy films]]
[[Category:1950s multilingual films]]