Alif Laila

Indian television series from 1993 to 1997

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Anand Sagar
Prem Sagar
Moti Sagar

Theme music composerRavindra JainOpening themeKrishna M. GuptaEnding themeKrishna M. GuptaComposerRavindra JainCountry of originIndiaOriginal languages

Hindi
Urdu

No. of seasons1No. of episodes143ProductionProducerSubhash SagarRunning time23 MinutesProduction companySagar ArtsOriginal releaseNetworkDD NationalRelease1993 (1993) –
1997 (1997)

Alaf Laila is an Indian television series based on the One Thousand and One Nights, also known as the Arabian Nights.^[1] It was produced by Sagar Arts.^[2] It was made in two seasons. The series from 1993 to 1997 for 143 episodes on DD National.

The plotline of the series starts from the very beginning when Shahrzad starts telling stories to 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 (Arabic: ألف ليلة وليلة).

Stories

Season 1 (1993 - 1995)

Ep 1-2 Prologue to the story of King Shahryar and Queen Shahrzad
Ep 2-6 The Trader and the Genie (Taajir aur Jinn)
Ep 6-9 Story of the First Traveller (Pahla Musaafir aur Do Kutton ki Kahaani)
Ep 9-13 Story of the Second Traveller (Doosra Musaafir aur Bakri ki Kahaani)
Ep 13-15 The Fisherman and the Genie^[3] (Maahigir aur Jinn)
Ep 15-18 Tale of the Vizier and the Sage Duban (Hakeem Dobaan ki Kahaani)
Ep 19-33 Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (Aladeen aur Jaadui Chiraagh)
Ep 34-47 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves^[4] (Ali Baba aur Chaalis Chor)
Ep 48-49 Sinbad the Sailor and Pirate Qehermann (Sindbad Jahaazi aur Samudri Daaku Keharmann)
Ep 50-55 Sinbad's First Voyage
Ep 56-69 Sinbad's Second Voyage
Ep 70-89 Sindbad's Third Voyage
Ep 90-106 Sindbad's Fourth Voyage
Ep 107-135 Prince Jalal Talib and Malika Hamira (a.k.a. Prince Jalal Talib and the Three Pearls), (Shahzaada Jalaal Taalib aur Malika Hameera)
Ep 136-143 Prince Jamal Saqib and Princess Mahapara (Shahzaada Jamaal Saaqib aur Shahzaadi Mahapaara)

Season 2 (1995 - 1997)

The Night-Adventures of Caliph Harun al-Rashid (Khaleefa Haarun Rasheed ke Gashte)
The Caliph's Judgement
Story of the Blind Man (Andhe Faqeer Jamaal ki Kahaani)
Zishan and Sofonisba (Zishaan aur Sofonisba), loosely based on the History of Sidi Nu'uman
History of Khwajah Hasan al-Habbal (Khwaaja Hasan Khabaal ki Kahaani)
Two Brothers Jalal and Bilal (Do Bhaai Jalaal aur Bilaal)
Prince Afat and Firoza vs Firoz
(Epilogue to the story of Shahryar and Shahrzad)

Cast

Main

Girija Shankar as King Shahryar
Damini Kanwal Shetty (Seema Kanwal) as Queen Shahrzad
Firoz Ali as Shehzada Afaque

Recurring

Shahnawaz Pradhan as Royal Vizier (Prologue), Sinbad the Sailor, clone Badrous (Sinbad arc), thief Asfandyaar (Ali Baba arc)
Pramod Kapoor as merchant Sirajuddin Shareef Zardaari (Trader & goat arc), prince Gulfaam/Shah Khurram of Mehrabaad/sorcerer Misri (Sinbad arc), sorcerer Azgar (Jalal Taalib arc), King Baazik (Two Brothers arc)
Mulraj Rajda as Hakim Douban
Neela Patel as fisherman's wife (Fisherman & Genie arc), Aladdin's mother (Aladdin arc), Shah of Baghdad's consort (Sinbad arc), Queen Zamaani of Shahristaan (Jalal Talib arc)
Papiya Sengupta as princess Gulafsha of Naglistaan
Sanjeev Sharma as Haasim (Ali Baba arc), Daniel (Jalal Talib arc)
Pinky Parikh as Duraksha (Trader & goat arc), Fairy Zeba Zeemi Shaheen (Aladdin arc), Marjina (Ali Baba arc), princess Badroulbadour and witch-queen Taaguti (Sinbad arc)
Sulakshana Khatri as witch Asbela (Sinbad arc), princess of corpses Asjaar Salatiya (Jalal Talib arc)
Radha Yadav as Dilshad (Ali Baba arc), mother of kidnapped child (Sinbad arc)
Lata Haya (née Lata Nagar) as Queen Malika-e-Aliyah (Sinbad arc), witch-queen Hameera (Jalal Talib arc)
Mukul Nag as prince Jamal Saakib of ShahHarounabad (Two Brothers arc)

Home media

The episodes of Alif Laila were released on both VCD and DVD format from Moserbaer. The DVD release was marketed as 20 volumes consisting of 143 episodes.

Broadcast

The show was syndicated in Bengali on BTV, Gazi Television.^[5] The show has re-aired on channels owned by Shri Adhikari Brothers since its original run. It re-aired from June 2011 on Dabangg TV from 2012 to 2013 and on Dhamaal TV from 2013 to 2016.^[6]^[7] In 2020 it was broadcast during the quarantine period on DD Bharati.

References

^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (1994). Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema. British Film Institute. pp. 42, 63, 572. ISBN 978-0-85170-455-5. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
^ Ravi Shanker Kapoor (2000). More equal than others: a study of the Indian Left. Vision Books. ISBN 978-81-7094-381-5.
^ A selection of stories from Alif laila wa laila: the Arabian nights' entertainment. Ginn & co. 1892.
^ Frank Moore Colby; Talcott Williams (1918). The New international encyclopædia. Dodd, Mead and company.
^ "জিটিভিতে অলিফ লায়লা | কালের কণ্ঠ". Kalerkantho. 9 January 2018.
^ "Loading..." www.dhamaal.tv. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
^ "Alif Lala ..:: Dabangg - The Power of Youth ::." www.dabangg.tv.

External links

Sagar Pictures website
Production website
Dhamaal TV page Archived 28 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine

Current broadcasts on DD National

Drama

Swaraj: Bharat Ke Swatantrata Sangram ki Samagra Gatha
Yeh Dil Mannge More

Music

Chitrahaar
Rangoli

v t e Sagar Arts
Television series	Vikram Aur Betaal Ramayan Luv Kush Shri Krishna Alif Laila Aankhen Hatim Hello Dollie Hotel Kingston Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan Dharam Veer Arslaan Ramayan Mahima Shani Dev Ki Jo Ishq Ki Marzi Woh Rab Ki Marzi Chandragupta Maurya Jai Jai Jai Bajrang Bali
Films	Arzoo (1965) Aankhen (1968) Geet (1970) Lalkaar (1972) Jalte Badan (1973) Hamrahi (1974) Charas (1976) Ram Bharose (1977) Prem Bandhan (1979) Hum Tere Ashiq Hain (1979) Pyaara Dushman (1980) Arman (1981) Baghavat (1982) Romance (1983) Baadal (1983) Salma (1985) 1971 (2007)

One Thousand and One Nights

Translations

Les mille et une nuits (1704–1717)
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (1885–1888)
Le livre des mille nuits et une nuit (1926–1932)

Stories

Characters

Fictional	Aladdin Ali Baba Badroulbadour Old Man of the Sea Scheherazade Sinbad the Sailor
Legendary	Hatim al-Tai Khidr Ma'n ibn Za'ida al-Shaybani Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan Shaddad ibn 'Ad Solomon
Historical	Abu Nuwas Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf Al-Ma'mun Baibars Harun al-Rashid Ibrahim al-Mawsili Ishaq al-Mawsili Ja'far ibn Yahya Khosrow II Shirin Zubaidah bint Ja'far

Films

The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Arabian Nights (1942)
Baghdad Ka Chor (1946)
La Rosa di Bagdad (1949)
The Thief of Bagdad (1952)
Baghdad Thirudan (1960)
The Thief of Baghdad (1961)
Baghdad Gaja Donga (1968)
A Thousand and One Nights (1969)
Arabian Nights (1974)
The Thief of Baghdad (1978)
Ajooba (1991)
Arabian Nights (2015)

Templates

Aladdin
Sinbad
Ali Baba

Television

Alif Laila (1993–1997)
Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights (1994)
Arabian Nights (2000)
Thief of Baghdad (2000–2001)
1001 Nights (2011)

Music

Operas	Le calife de Bagdad (1800) Abu Hassan (1811) Ali Baba (Cherubini) (1833) Der Barbier von Bagdad (1858) La statue (1861) Ali-Baba (Lecocq) (1887) Mârouf, savetier du Caire (1914)
Other	Scheherazade Op. 35 (1888) Aladdin (1918–1919)

Literature

"Recollections of the Arabian Nights" (1830)
"The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade" (1845)
New Arabian Nights (1882)
Slaves of Sleep (1939)
The Eighth Voyage of Sindbad (1964)
Dunyazadiad (1972)
Arabian Nights and Days (1979)
The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor (1991)
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights (2015)

Lists

Ghoul
Ifrit
Jinn
Magic carpet
Open sesame
Roc (rukh)
Shahrokh
Aladdin (franchise)
The Thief and the Cobbler

v t e Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Key people	Hanna Diyab Antoine Galland
Films	Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937) Ali Baba (1940) Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum (1941) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944) Alibaba Aur 40 Chor (1954) Ali Baba et les 40 voleurs (1954) Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum (1956) Ali Baba Bunny (1957) Ali Baba Bujang Lapok (1960) Sindbad Alibaba and Aladdin (1965) Alibaba Aur 40 Chor (1966) Ali Baba 40 Dongalu (1970) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1971) Ali Baba (1973) Marjina Abdulla (1973) Alibabayum 41 Kallanmaarum (1975) Alibaba Marjinaa (1977) Adventures of Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves (1980) Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)
Television series	Alif Laila (1993–1997) Princess Dollie Aur Uska Magic Bag (2004–2006) Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul (2022-present)
Operas	Ali-Baba (1887)
Video games	Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Quality Software) Ali Baba and 40 Thieves (Sega)
Amusement rides	Ali Baba

v t e Aladdin
Key people	Hanna Diyab Antoine Galland
Films	Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917) The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1939) A Thousand and One Nights (1945) Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag (1952) Alif Laila (1953) Alladin Ka Beta (1955) Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp (1957) Aladdin (1958) 1001 Arabian Nights (1959) The Wonders of Aladdin (1961) Sindbad Alibaba and Aladdin (1965) Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1967) A Thousand and One Nights (1969) Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1970) Adventures of Aladdin (1978) Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum (1979) Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1982) Superfantagenio (1986) Aladdin (1992) Aladdin (Golden Films) (1992) The Return of Jafar (1994) Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996) Son of Aladdin (2002) Aladin (2009) Ashchorjyo Prodeep (2013) The New Adventures of Aladdin (2015) Alad'2 (2018) Aladdin (2019) Adventures of Aladdin (2019) Wish Dragon (2021)
Television series	Alif Laila (1993–1997) Aladdin (1994–1995) Arabian Nights (2000) Aladdin – Naam Toh Suna Hoga (2018–2021) Once Upon a Time (season 6) (2016)
Theatre	The New Aladdin (1906) Aladdin (1979 musical) (1979) Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular (2003) Aladdin (2011 musical) (2011)
Video games	Disney's Aladdin (Virgin Games; 1993) Disney's Aladdin (Capcom; 1993) Disney's Aladdin (SIMS; 1994) Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge (2001) Kingdom Hearts (2002)
Other	Disney franchise Disney character The Magic Carpets of Aladdin Arabian Coast Le Passage Enchanté d'Aladdin Aladdin (Nielsen) Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

v t e Sinbad the Sailor
One Thousand and One Nights
Films	Sinbad the Sailor (1935) Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936) Arabian Nights (1942) Sinbad the Sailor (1947) Son of Sinbad (1955) The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) Sindbad ki Beti (1958) Captain Sindbad (1963) Sindbad Alibaba and Aladdin (1965) The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor (1974) Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989) Sinbad (1992) Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists (2000) Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) The 7 Adventures of Sinbad (2010) Sinbad and the Minotaur (2011) The Adventures of Sinbad (2013) Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage (2014) Sinbad (film series) (2015–2016)
Plays	The Eighth Voyage of Sindbad (1964)
Television series	Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt (1965) Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures (1975) Alif Laila (1993–1997) The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor (1996) The Adventures of Sinbad (1996) Princess Dollie Aur Uska Magic Bag (2004–2006) Sinbad (2012) Janbaaz Sindbad (2015–2016)