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{{short description|1954 fantasy action film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Alibaba and 40 Thieves
| image = Alibaba and 40 Thieves 1954 film.jpg
| image_size =
| border =
| alt =
| caption = 1954 poster
| director = [[Homi Wadia]]
| producer = Wadia Brothers Production
| writer = [[JBH Wadia]]
| screenplay = JBH Wadia
| story = JBH Wadia
| based_on = Arabian Nights
| narrator =
| starring = [[Mahipal (actor)|Mahipal]]<br>[[Shakila (actress)|Shakila]]<br>[[S. N. Tripathi]]
| music = [[S. N. Tripathi]]<br>[[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]]
| cinematography = Anant Wadadeker
| editing = Kamlaker
| studio = Basant Studios
| distributor =
| released = 1954
| runtime = 145 min
| country = India
| language = [[Urdu|Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Alibaba and 40 Thieves''''' (Alibaba Aur Chalis Chor) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1954|1954]] [[Hindi]]/[[Urdu]] fantasy action film directed by [[Homi Wadia]]. The film was a Basant pictures presentation under the Wadia Brothers Production banner.<ref name="Pinto2006">{{cite book|author=Jerry Pinto|title=Helen: The Life and Times of an H-bomb|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ng_vVIcq5yQC&pg=PA223|year=2006|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-303124-6|page=223}}</ref> The story, screenplay and additional dialogue were by [[JBH Wadia]], while the dialogues were written by Chand Pandit and Tahir Lucknavi.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|author3=Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PT235|year=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|page=235}}</ref> The art direction and special effects were by [[Babubhai Mistry]]. The music was composed by [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]] and [[S. N. Tripathi]]. Chitragupta had worked as an assistant to S. N. Tripathi in some of the mythology and fantasy films before branching out on his own. The lyricist was [[Raja Mehdi Ali Khan]].<ref name="Muvyz">{{cite web|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/fc660172/songs/#tabs|title=Alibaba and 40 Thieves |publisher=Muvyz, Inc|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref> The film starred [[Mahipal (actor)|Mahipal]], [[Shakila (actress)|Shakila]], [[B. M. Vyas]], S. N. Tripathi, Sharda, Lalita Kumari and [[Helen (actress)|Helen]].<ref name="citwf:">{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film10071.htm|title=Alibaba and 40 Thieves 1954|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref> The song sequence of "''Dekho Ji Chand Nikla''" was shot in [[Gevacolor]].

The film based on the [[Arabian Nights]] fantasy adventure follows the story of Alibaba finding the cave filled with treasure and his escapades thereafter. Homi Wadia rebooted this film as ''[[Alibaba Aur 40 Chor (1966 film)|Alibaba Aur 40 Chor]]'', with lead protagonist as [[Sanjeev Kumar]], while continuing [[B. M. Vyas]] as the main antagonist from this film.

==Plot==
Alibaba and his brother are out with their donkeys when one donkey runs away and Alibaba follows looking for him. Hiding behind a stone he sees forty thieves ride up to a hillside and the chief saying "Khul Ja Sim Sim" (Open Sesame) and a cave door opening. He later goes back there and returns a rich man. The jealousy of Alibaba's brother’s wife lands her husband in trouble with his head being cut off. Marjina, Alibaba’s beloved finds a tailor who sews him back. The thieves find out about Alibaba and meet him under false pretenses. He invites them home where Marjina finds out the chief’s strategy of pretending to be a merchant. She gets the 40 vats he’s brought to hide the thieves in thrown down the hill. Finally Alibaba is free of the thieves and lives amicably with his brother and family.

==Cast==
* [[Mahipal (actor)|Mahipal]] as Alibaba
* [[Shakila (actress)|Shakila]] as Marjina
* [[B. M. Vyas]] as Abu Hassan
* [[S. N. Tripathi]] as Qasim Khan
* Sharda as Sitara
* Maruti Rao as Abu
* Lalita Kumari as Fatima Begum
* Shalini as Salma
* Sardar Mansoor
* Dalpat
* Shri Bhagwan
* Shapoor Aga
* [[Helen (actress)|Helen]] as Dancer

==Music==
The music direction was by [[S. N. Tripathi]] and [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]] who had started out as a composer by assisting Tripathi. Together they gave 'folk-based' music with some classical input by Tripathi.<ref name="GokulsingDissanayake2013">{{cite book|author1=K. Moti Gokulsing|author2=Adjunct Fellow East-West Center Hawaii Scholar in Residence Wimal Dissanayake|author3=Wimal Dissanayake|title=Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=djUFmlFbzFkC&pg=PA250|year=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-77284-9|page=250}}</ref> The songs were sung by [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Mohammed Rafi]] and [[Shamshad Begum]].<ref name="Hindigeetmala">{{cite web|url=http://hindigeetmala.net/movie/alibaba_aur_40_chor.htm|title=Alibaba Aur 40 Chor|publisher=Hindi Geetmala|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref> Lyrics written by [[Raja Mehdi Ali Khan]].

===Song list===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Zara Nazren Mila Lo"
| [[Shamshad Begum]]
|-
| "Aankh Mili Hai, Pyar Hoga"
| [[Shamshad Begum]]
|-
| "Chalo Chalo, Chalen Hum Babul Ke Tale"
| [[Shamshad Begum]], [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Gadhon Par Baithkar Hum Shahar Ke Chakkar Lagayenge"
| [[Shamshad Begum]], [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Siye Ja, Siye Ja"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Ae Saba, Unse Keh Zara, Ke Hamen Bekarar Kar Diya"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| "Dekho Ji Chand Nikla"
| [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| "Sharmake Lajake"
| [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0398671|title=Alibaba and 40 Thieves (1954) }}

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[[Category:Hindi-language films]]
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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Homi Wadia]]
[[Category:Films scored by S. N. Tripathi]]
[[Category:Films scored by Chitragupta]]
[[Category:Indian fantasy films]]
[[Category:Films based on Ali Baba]]
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[[Category:1950s fantasy films]]

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