| Alibaba | |
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| Directed by | Mehboob Khan |
| Written by | Babubhai Mehta Zia Sarhadi |
| Produced by | Sagar Movietone |
| Starring | Surendra Sardar Akhtar Wahidan Bai |
| Cinematography | Faredoon Irani |
| Edited by | Shamsuddin Qadri |
| Music by | Anil Biswas |
Production company | Sagar Film Company |
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Running time | 156 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Punjabi & Hindi |
Alibaba is a 1940 Urdu/Hindi fantasy film directed by Mehboob Khan for Sagar Movietone.[1] The music was directed by Anil Biswas, with lyrics by Safdar Aah.[2] The film was a bilingual, made in Punjabi language as Alibaba at the same time.[3] It starred Surendra, Sardar Akhtar, Ghulam Mohammed and Wahidan Bai.[4]
In this Arabian Nights fantasy Alibaba, Surendra played the title role[5] 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 the time. She was given the starring role while Wahidan Bai, mother of the actress Nimmi played the second female lead.[6]
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- ^ Sanjit Narwekar (1994). Directory of Indian film-makers and films. Flicks Books. ISBN 9780948911408.
- ^ "Alibaba 1940". Alan Goble. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ Ashok Raj (2009). Hero Vol.1. Hay House, Inc. p. 86. ISBN 978-93-81398-02-9.
- ^ Rauf Ahmed (2008). Mehboob Khan: The Romance of History. Wisdom Tree. p. 34. ISBN 978-81-8328-106-5.