Thief of Baghdad (TV series)

Thief of Baghdad
GenreFantasy
Written byShafique Ansari
Screenplay byRam Govind
Story byRam Govind
Directed byVijay Pandey
Theme music composerRaju Singh
Composers
  • Bittu Merchant
  • Raju Singh
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes48
Production
Executive producerSanjay Wadhwa

Purnendu M. Shekhar Rajeev Sharma Sangeeta Bajpai

Deepak Chabria
ProducerReena Wadhwa
Editors
  • Mahesh M. Mistry
  • Sanjay Chowdhury
Running time40 minutes
Production companyR.W. Media[1]
Original release
NetworkZee TV
Release25 October 2000 (2000-10-25) –
2001 (2001)
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Thief of Baghdad is an Indian fantasy adventure TV series that first originally aired on Zee TV between 2000–2001. The show was loosely based on the Arabian Nights story.[2] It was originally intended to run for 48 episodes[3] but it went off-air in June 2001 abruptly due to a conflict between the production house and Zee TV.[4] It was directed by Vijay Pandey, who has earlier directed shows like Sword of Tipu Sultan, Great Maratha, Arth, Des Mein Nikla Hoga Chand and Saat Phere. It was also syndicated on sister channels Zee Next and Zee Smile and Zee Anmol.[5][2][6]

  1. ^ Reddy, Sujata (22 November 2014). "Reena Wadhwa on how husband Ashok, CEO of Ambit Holdings, encouraged her to go back to acting". The Economic Times.
  2. ^ a b "Zee comes out with five new shows". Indian Television Dot Com. 18 October 2000.
  3. ^ Dumont, Hervé (18 December 2017). Contes et légendes d'Orient: au cinéma et à la télévision (Tales and legends of the East: In cinema and television) (in French). Paris: BoD - Books on Demand. p. 151. ISBN 9782322101351.
  4. ^ "Thief Of Baghdad ends on ZEE TV". BizAsia | Media, Entertainment, Showbiz, Events and Music. 12 July 2001.
  5. ^ "Fun times for kids". www.tribuneindia.com. 8 August 2004.
  6. ^ "Timeless tale". www.tribuneindia.com. 10 December 2000.