![]() The content curated and posted by our team is based on diligent research. Kindly stay patient and look out for updates from time to time. Please note that the website is a constant work in progress and information or data on films, people and songs may be incomplete in many cases. While no images or text can be used without permission, everyone is free to share link to the various content on the website. In 1941, an earlier version of this film was made with N S Krishnan as Alibaba, which was a full-length comedy. For changes of scene, irises and wipes were used, a hangover from the early talkie days. Though there are incongruities like Alibaba’s wife referring to Yama, the Hindu god of death, the costumes were middle - eastern. Waheeda Rehman, who later rose to be a star in the Hindi cinema, made her debut in this film in a dance number.Įxcept for the riding sequences, the whole film was shot on indoor sets. The screen villain of the Fifties, P S Veerappa’s portrayal of the heartless Abu Hussain was also memorable. ![]() That it was the first colour film of South India was another significant factor. This film’s cast of M G Ramachandran as the swash-buckling Alibaba, Bhanumathi as the singing-heroine - two of the most popular artists of the Fifties - and Thangavelu as the comedian contributed to its huge success. This film was typical, with many songs that were popular hits, group dances fencing chases, and a cliffhanger finish. Modern Theatres specialized in entertainers, without any pretensions to social comment and their films made no demands on the minds of the audience. However, Alibaba’s wife outwits and kills the dacoits. ![]() Each of the thirty-nine barrels he brings with him contains a dacoit who is to come out on cue so that together they can take over the house. He comes to Alibaba’s house, disguised as an oil merchant. Abu Hussain realizes that the password has leaked out and Alibaba is the culprit. He is caught by the dacoits they kill him and keep his body inside the cave. ![]() Alibaba’s brother, Kasim, finds out the password from Alibaba and enters the cave. He overhears the password to the hideout and helps himself liberally to the loot hidden there. Alibaba, a poor woodcutter in Baghdad, chances upon the hideout of Abu Hussain, a notorious dacoit. This film was a remake of the Hindi film of the same title made by Basant Wadia. Many fantastic stories-like this one from Arabian folklore - find their place in Tamil cinema. ![]()
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