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{{Infobox television<br />
| image = Aliflailacover.jpg<br />
| alt_name = Arabian Nights<br />
| genre = Fantasy<br />
| based_on = ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]''<br />
| director = {{Unbulleted list|Anand Sagar|[[Prem_Sagar_(cinematographer)|Prem Sagar]]|Moti Sagar}}<br />
| theme_music_composer = Ravindra Jain<br />
| opentheme = Krishna M. Gupta<br />
| endtheme = Krishna M. Gupta<br />
| composer = [[Ravindra Jain]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = {{unbulleted list|Hindi|Urdu}}<br />
| num_seasons = 2<br />
| num_episodes = 303<br />
| producer = Subhash Sagar<br />
| runtime = 22 Minutes<br />
| network = {{ubl|[[DD National | DD1]] (season 1)|[[SAB TV]] (season 2)}}<br />
| first_aired = {{Start date|1993}}<br />
| last_aired = {{End date|2002}}<br />
| company = [[Sagar Arts]] <br />
| screenplay = [[Ramanand Sagar]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Alif Laila''''' is an Indian television series based on the ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]'', also known as the ''Arabian Nights''.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1994">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nOZkAAAAMAAJ|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|publisher=British Film Institute|year=1994|isbn=978-0-85170-455-5|pages=42, 63, 572|access-date=30 May 2012}}</ref> It was produced by [[Sagar Pictures Entertainment]].<ref name="Kapoor2000">{{cite book|author=Ravi Shanker Kapoor|title=More equal than others: a study of the Indian Left|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OJUFAQAAIAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Vision Books|isbn=978-81-7094-381-5}}</ref> It was made in two seasons. The series from 1993 to 2002 for 303 episodes on [[DD National]] and later on [[SAB TV]].<br />
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The plotline of the series starts from the very beginning when [[Scheherazade|Shahrzad]] starts telling stories to [[Shahrayar|Shahryar]] and contains both the well-known and the lesser-known stories from the ''One Thousand and One Nights'' which are mentioned here. The name ''Alif Laila'' is a short form of the original Arabic title of the ''One Thousand and One Nights'' - ''Alif Layla wa-Layla'' ({{langx|ar|ألف ليلة وليلة}}).<br />
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==Stories==<br />
===Season 1 (1993–1997) on DD1 ===<br />
* Prologue to the story of King Shahryar and Queen Shahrzad<br />
*EP (03–06) – The Trader and the Genie ''(Taajir aur [[Jinn]])''<br />
*EP (07–09) – Story of the First Traveller ''(Pahla Musaafir aur Do Kutton ki Kahaani)''<br />
*EP (10–13) – Story of the Second Traveller ''(Doosra Musaafir aur Bakri ki Kahaani)''<br />
*EP (14–15) – [[The Fisherman and the Jinni|The Fisherman and the Genie]]<ref name="selection">{{cite book|title=A selection of stories from Alif laila wa laila: the Arabian nights' entertainment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rvRMAAAAMAAJ|year=1892|publisher=Ginn & co.}}</ref> ''(Maahigir aur Jinn)''<br />
*EP (16–18) – Tale of the Vizier and the Sage [[List of One Thousand and One Nights characters#Duban|Duban]] ''(Hakeem Dobaan ki Kahaani)''<br />
* EP (19-33) – [[Aladdin]] and the Magic Lamp ''(Aladeen aur Jaadui Chiraagh)''<br />
*EP (34–47) – [[Ali Baba]] and the Forty Thieves'''<ref name="ColbyWilliams19182">{{cite book |author1=Frank Moore Colby |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6GwNAQAAMAAJ |title=The New international encyclopædia |author2=Talcott Williams |publisher=Dodd, Mead and company |year=1918}}</ref>''' ''(Ali Baba aur Chaalis Chor)''<br />
*EP (48-49) – [[Sinbad the Sailor]] ''(Sindbad Jahaazi)''<br />
*EP (50–55) – Sindbad's First Voyage ''(Prince Gulfam and Jadugarni Azbela & Jadugar Bargwan)''<br />
*EP (56–69) – Sindbad's Second Voyage ''(Maut Ki Vaadi)''<br />
*EP (70–89) – Sindbad's Third Voyage ''(Nigaristan)''<br />
*EP (90–106) – Sindbad's Fourth Voyage ''(Kaala Jazeera)''<br />
*EP (107–135) – Prince Jalal Talib and Malika Hamira ''(Shahzaada Jalaal Taalib aur Malika Hameera)''<br />
*EP (136–143) – Prince Jamal Saqib and Princess Mahapara ''(Shahzaada Jamaal Saaqib aur Shahzaadi Mahapaara)''<br />
* Epilogue to the story of Shahryar and Shahrzad<br />
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===Season 2 (2001–2002) on SAB TV ===<br />
* The Night-Adventures of '''[[Caliph]] [[Harun al-Rashid]]''' ''(Khaleefa Haarun al-Rasheed ke Gashte)''<br />
* EP (02–10) – Story of the Blind Man ''(Andhe Faqeer Jamaal ki Kahaani)''<br />
* EP (11–27) – Zishan and Sofonisba ''(Zishaan aur Sofonisba),'' ''loosely based on the History of Sidi Nu'uman''<br />
* EP (28–35) – History of Khwajah Hasan al-Khabbal ''(Khwaaja Hasan Khabaal ki Kahaani)''<br />
* EP (36–83) – Two Brothers Jalal and Bilal ''(Do Bhaai Jalaal aur Bilaal)''<br />
* EP (84–103) – Prince Afat and Firoza vs Firoz ''(Prince Afat aur Firoza banaam Firoz)'' <br />
* EP (104–160) – Sindbad's Four Skull Raids ''(Sindbad ka Chaar Khopdi abhijan)'' <br />
* End-of-night adventures of Harun al-Rashid<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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=== Main ===<br />
* [[Girija Shankar]] as King [[Shahrayar|Shahryar]]<br />
* [[Damini Kanwal Shetty]] as Queen [[Scheherazade|Shahrzad]]<br />
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=== Recurring ===<br />
* Navdeep singh as Aladdin <br />
* [[Papiya Sengupta]] as princess Gulafsha of Naglistaan<br />
* [[Mukul Nag]] as prince Jamal Saakib<br />
* Sunil Pandey as Sabeer Ahmed, Ali Baba<br />
* [[Shahnawaz Pradhan]] as Sindbad, Royal Vizier (Prologue), Clone Badrous, Thief Asfandyaar<br />
* Vilas Raj as Qehermaan,Zingalu Zungla<br />
* Jharna Dave as Zubeidaa<br />
* Tarakesh Chauhan as Jalal Talib / Harun-Ar Rashid<br />
* Mona Parikh as Princess Tayyabah<br />
* Lata Haya (née Lata Nagar) as witch-queen Hameera <br />
* [[Pinky Parikh]] as Duraksha, Fairy Zeba Zeemi Shaheen, Marjina, Princess [[Badroulbadour]] and witch-queen Taaguti<br />
* Jyotin Dave as Shah Of Baghdad<br />
* [[Mulraj Rajda]] as Hakim Douban<br />
* Neela Patel as Fisherman's wife, Aladdin's mother, Shah of Baghdad's consort, Queen Zamaani of Shahristaan<br />
* Sanjeev Sharma as Haasim, Daniel <br />
* [[Sulakshana Khatri]] as witch Asbela & Princess of corpses Asjaar Salatiya<br />
* Radha Yadav as Dilshad, Mother of kidnapped child (Sinbad arc)<br />
* [[Pramod Kapoor]] as merchant Sirajuddin Shareef Zardaari, prince Gulfaam/Shah Khurram of Mehrabaad/sorcerer Misri, Sorcerer Azgar, King Baazik<br />
* Kumar Hegde as Shape-Shifter Halkaash<br />
* Sunil Nagar as King Of Nigaristan<br />
* Aslam Khan as Kiled Brother Jinn<br />
* Sanjay Bn Sharma as Tabbak Jinn<br />
* Dayal Singh Kashyap as Qayamat Jinn<br />
* Hyder Kazmi as Jadugar Talimosh<br />
* Neha Grewal as Heena (Fairy)<br />
* Swati Anand as Sofonisba / Sharara Gul<br />
* Ritambhara Sahni as Ismatjahan<br />
* Yashodhan Rana as Sindbad<br />
* Firoz Ali as Shehzada Afak<br />
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==Home media==<br />
The episodes of ''Alif Laila'' were released on both [[Video CD|VCD]] and [[DVD]] format from Moserbaer. The DVD release was marketed as 20 volumes consisting of 143 episodes.<br />
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== Broadcast ==<br />
Alif Laila first aired on [[DD National|DD1]], and later, Season 2 was broadcast on [[Sony SAB|SAB TV]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.sagarpictures.com Sagar Pictures website]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121001171704/http://sagartv.com/alif-laila.htm Production website]<br />
*[http://www.dhamaal.tv/aliflaila.htm Dhamaal TV page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028171745/http://www.dhamaal.tv/aliflaila.htm |date=28 October 2019 }}<br />
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