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{{short description|1940 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Alibaba
| image = Alibaba_(1940).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = From ''[[Filmindia]]'' December 1939 issue
| director = [[Mehboob Khan]]
| producer = [[Sagar Movietone]]
| writer = Babubhai Mehta<br>[[Zia Sarhadi]]
| starring = [[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]]<br>[[Sardar Akhtar]]<br>Wahidan Bai
| music = [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]]
| cinematography = [[Faredoon Irani]]
| editing = Shamsuddin Qadri
| distributor =
| studio = Sagar Film Company
| released = 1940
| runtime = 156 min
| country = India
| language = [[Urdu|Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Alibaba''''' is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1940|1940]] [[Urdu]]/[[Hindi]] fantasy film directed by [[Mehboob Khan]] for [[Sagar Movietone]].<ref name="Gomolo">{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/alibaba-movie-cast-crew/834|title=Alibaba 1940|access-date=20 September 2014}}</ref> The music was directed by [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]], with lyrics written by Safdar Aah.<ref name="Anantharaman2008">{{cite book|author=Ganesh Anantharaman|title=Bollywood Melodies: A History of the Hindi Film Song|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmrSLuBwbKkC&pg=PA228|date=January 2008|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-306340-7|page=228}}</ref> The film was a bilingual, made in [[Punjabi language]] as ''Alibaba'' at the same time.<ref name="Narwekar1994">{{cite book|author=Sanjit Narwekar|title=Directory of Indian film-makers and films|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UYUjAQAAIAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Flicks Books|isbn=9780948911408}}</ref> It starred [[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]], [[Sardar Akhtar]], Ghulam Mohammed and Wahidan Bai.<ref name="citwf">{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film9956.htm|title=Alibaba 1940|publisher=Alan Goble|access-date=20 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200842/http://www.citwf.com/film9956.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In this [[Arabian Nights]] fantasy ''Alibaba'', Surendra played the title role<ref name="Raj2009">{{cite book|author=Ashok Raj|title=Hero Vol.1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgo9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT86|year=2009|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-02-9|page=86}}</ref> and also appeared in the role of Alibaba's son. Sardar Akhtar, who went on to marry Mehboob Khan, was not a well-known actress at this time. She was given the starring role while Wahidan Bai, mother of the actress [[Nimmi]] played the second female lead.<ref name="Ahmed2008">{{cite book|author=Rauf Ahmed|title=Mehboob Khan: The Romance of History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2juLPQAACAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Wisdom Tree|isbn=978-81-8328-106-5|page=34}}</ref>

==Plot==
Alibaba and his son live with his rich brother Cassim. Marjina and Zabba are two slave girls who work in Cassim's house. Marjina and Alibaba's son are in love with each other. Zabba is in league with Abu Hassan, who is the leader of a gang of thieves. Alibaba finds the thieves' cave and becomes rich. Cassim's wife insists on knowing the secret of his wealth. Alibaba tells his brother who goes to the cave but can't get out as he's forgotten the magic words. The thieves find him and kill him. Alibaba and his son find Cassim and bring his body back for burial. Abu Hassan finds out about Alibaba, and the story then follows Marjina outsmarting Abu Hassan, who comes visiting as a merchant.

==Cast==
* [[Surendra (actor)|Surendra]]
* [[Sardar Akhtar]]
* Wahidan Bai
* Ghulam Mohammed
* Shetty
* Jagdish Kupal
* Ishrat Jaan
* Amirjaan

==Production==
The first shot for ''Alibaba'' was taken at the same studio (Imperial), where Mehboob Khan had started his career as one of the forty thieves in a vat, ''Alibaba Aur Chalis Chor'' (1929). He remained unseen in the vat for the entire length of his debut role.<ref name="Burra1981">{{cite book|author1=Rani Burra|author2=India. Directorate of Film Festivals|title=Looking back, 1896-1960|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dKRIAAAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting}}</ref><ref name="Ahmed2008 p. 9">Ahmed2008, p. 9</ref> This was the remake of the same film. Alibaba was shot at night as it was the fasting month of Ramzan. It was during the shooting of this film that Mehboob Khan and Sardar Akhtar got together and later married. The film was the last film Khan made for Sagar Movietone as he soon moved on to form [[Mehboob Productions]].<ref name="Ahmed2008 p. 54">Ahmed2008, p. 54</ref>

==Music==
The film had music by [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]], with lyrics written by Aah Sitapuri. The singers are Surendra, Wahidan Bai and Anil Biswas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://muvyz.com/song/zp996117|title=Alibaba 1940|publisher=Muvyz, Inc|access-date=20 September 2014}}</ref>

===Songlist===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer
|-
| 1
| "Dil Ka Saaz Bajaaye Ja"
| Surendra, Waheedan Bai
|-
| 2
| "Dil Chheen Ke Jaata Hai"
| Surendra, Waheedan Bai
|-
| 3
| "Teri In Ankhon Ne Kiya Bimar Haye"
| Surendra, Waheedan Bai
|-
| 4
| "Hum Aur Tum Aur Ye Khushi"
| Surendra, Waheedan Bai
|-
| 5
| "Bhool Gaye Kun Bhool Gaye"
| Surendra
|-
| 6
| "Soz-e-Furkat Hai Abhi"
| Surendra
|-
| 7
| "Jise Zindagi Vabal Jaan Use Kun Na Jins-e-aar Ho"
| Wahidan Bai
|-
| 8
| "Kyun Pyaar Kia Tha"
| Wahidan Bai
|-
| 9
| "Shukr Hai Tum Mile Baad Ummeed Mein Dil Ke"
|
|-
| 10
| "Yeh Bheja Hai Humne Payam-e-Mohabbat"
| Anil Biswas
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id =0231120 |title =Alibaba 1940 }}

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