Ali Baba (1940 film)
| Alibaba | |
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From Filmindia December 1939 issue | |
| 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. The music was directed by Anil Biswas, with lyrics by Safdar Aah. The film was a bilingual, made in Punjabi language as Alibaba at the same time. It starred Surendra, Sardar Akhtar, Ghulam Mohammed and Wahidan Bai.
In this Arabian Nights fantasy Alibaba, Surendra played the title role 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.