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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag<br />
| image = Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag poster.jpg<br />
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| alt = <br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[Homi Wadia]]<br />
| producer = Homi Wadia<br />
| writer = [[J. B. H. Wadia]]<br />Tejnath Zar<br />
| screenplay = [[J. B. H. Wadia]]<br />
| story = [[J. B. H. Wadia]]<br />
| based_on = Arabian Nights<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = [[Meena Kumari]]<br />[[Mahipal (actor)|Mahipal]]<br />[[S. N. Tripathi]]<br />
| music = [[S. N. Tripathi]]<br />[[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]]<br />
| cinematography = Anant Wadadeker<br />
| editing = Kamlaker<br />
| studio = Basant Studios<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = 1952<br />
| runtime = 140 min<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
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'''''Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag''''' ({{trans|Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp}}) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1952|1952]] Indian [[fantasy film]] produced and directed by [[Homi Wadia]].<ref name="KennedyWarner2013">{{cite book|author1=Philip F. Kennedy|author2=Marina Warner|title=Scheherazade's Children: Global Encounters with the Arabian Nights|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xfU_AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA402|year=2013|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-1-4798-3075-6|page=402}}</ref> Made under the Basant Pictures banner, it had story, scenario and additional dialogue by [[JBH Wadia]]. The dialogues were written by Tejnath Zar. The music of the film was composed by [[S. N. Tripathi]] and [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]].<ref name="Muvyz">{{cite web|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/ob500396/songs/#tabs|title=Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag|publisher=Muvyz, Inc|accessdate=15 September 2014}}</ref> The film starred [[Meena Kumari]], [[Mahipal (actor)|Mahipal]], S. N. Tripathi, [[B. M. Vyas]], Pandit Amarnath and [[Raja Sandow]].<ref name="citwf">{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film10937.htm |title=Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1952) |publisher=Alan Goble |accessdate=15 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915142005/http://www.citwf.com/film10937.htm |archivedate=15 September 2014}}</ref><br />
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This fantasy film from the [[Arabian Nights]] follows the adventures of [[Aladdin]] and his finding of the magic lamp in the cave, and his love for the princess Badar.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
The film starts in a magician's den in a cave where the magician, Hikmat (S. N. Tripathi), tells a genie-like figure that he wants to rule the world. He is asked to get the magic lamp from a cave, where he will need to send someone who is honest and has twenty-one moles in the shape of a lamp on his hand. The magician finds Aladdin ([[Mahipal (actor)|Mahipal]]) who is in love with Princess Badar ([[Meena Kumari]]). Badar's father has been imprisoned and a look-alike substituted in his place by the evil minister Masood Beg. Masood Beg's son, Nazim, has Aladdin whipped for a minor fracas and the magician tends to him. He takes Aladdin to the cave and sends him down to get the lamp. When Aladdin refuses to hand over the lamp before coming out, Hikmat slams the entrance shut leaving Aladdin trapped. Aladdin manages to rub the lamp and a genie appears. The genie helps Aladdin get out of the cave, marry the princess, free Badar's father, have him reinstated as the Sultan and build a palace for him. The story follows the magician getting hold of the lamp and Aladdin's adventures from then on, till he gets the lamp back and manages to vanquish evil.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Meena Kumari|Meenakumari]] as Princess Badar<br />
* [[Mahipal (actor)|Mahipal]] as [[Aladdin]]<br />
* [[S. N. Tripathi]] as Hikmat the magician<br />
* [[B. M. Vyas|Brijmohan Vyas]] as Ikam<br />
* Babu Raje<br />
* Urmilla<br />
* Aga Shapurji<br />
* Dalpat<br />
* Azim<br />
* W. M. Khan<br />
* [[Jilloo Maa|Jillobai]] as Chachi<br />
* M. K. Hasan<br />
* [[Amar Nath|Pt. Amarnath]]<br />
* Aftab<br />
* Pushpa<br />
* [[Kamlabai Gokhale|Kamala]]<br />
* Bela<br />
* Mithoo Miyan<br />
* Bismilla<br />
* Shree Bhagwan<br />
* Abdulla<br />
* Patel<br />
* Jullian <br />
* Yadav Korega <br />
* Raja Sandow<br />
* Vasantrao Pahelwan as [[Jinn]] (Genie)<br />
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==Production==<br />
The special effects and art direction for the film were by Babubhai Mistry. He became associated with the spectacular effects in mythologies and fantasy genres.<ref name="DwyerDwyer2006">{{cite book|author1=Rachel Dwyer|author2=Senior Lecturer in Indian Studies Rachel Dwyer|title=Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZsKR1RKoJKUC&pg=PA42|year=2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-38070-1|page=42}}</ref> Homi Wadia had left [[Wadia Movietone]] to start Basant Pictures in 1942 and concentrated on making mythologies. However, his adventure and fantasy films also became box office successes.<ref name=Dwyer2006>{{cite book|title=Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema}}</ref> Though by name, Basant Pictures was Homi Wadia's company, JBH Wadia continued as a collaborator giving inputs in story, screenplay and dialogue sections.<ref name="KaurSinha2005">{{cite book|author1=Raminder Kaur|author2=Ajay J Sinha|title=Bollyworld: Popular Indian Cinema Through A Transnational Lens|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BzcdRXXTHkEC&pg=PP26|accessdate=15 September 2014|date=13 July 2005|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-3320-5|page=26}}</ref><br />
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==Music==<br />
The music directors were [[S. N. Tripathi]] and [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]]. The lyricists were Pandit Chand, Shyam Hindi, Ramesh Chandra Pandey and Anjum Jaipuri. The playback singing was by [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Shamshad Begum]], [[Asha Bhonsle]] and [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]].<ref name="Hindigeetmala">{{cite web|url=http://hindigeetmala.net/movie/aladdin_aur_jadui_chirag.htm|title=Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag|publisher=Hindi Geetmala|accessdate=15 September 2014}}</ref><br />
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===Songlist===<br />
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! Song !! Singer <br />
|-<br />
| "Yunhi Ulfat Ke Maron Par Yeh Duniya Zulm Karti Hai"<br />
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Shamshad Begum]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Mohabbat Ko Na Bhulenge"<br />
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Ho Sake To Dil Ke Badale"<br />
| [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]], [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Shamshad Begum]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Ankhon Mein Jadoo Bhar Bhar Ke"<br />
| [[Shamshad Begum]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Insaf Kar O Aasma"<br />
| [[Shamshad Begum]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Hai Naam Mera Ramzani"<br />
| [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]], [[Shamshad Begum]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Sharma Ke Zara Ye Mast Ada Itna To Bata"<br />
| [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Shamshad Begum]]<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=tt0139012|title=Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag (1952) }}<br />
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{{Aladdin and the Magic Lamp}}<br />
{{Homi Wadia}}<br />
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[[Category:1952 films]]<br />
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Homi Wadia]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by S. N. Tripathi]]<br />
[[Category:1950s fantasy adventure films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian fantasy adventure films]]<br />
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