Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp (1957 film)

Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp, also known by its Telugu-language title Allauddin Adhbhuta Deepam, its Tamil-language title Allavudeenum Arputha Vilakkum, and its Hindi-language title Alladdin Ka Chirag, is a 1957 Indian fantasy film produced by M. L. Pathy on Jai Sakthi Pictures banner and directed by T. R. Raghunath. The film stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi. It is an adaptation of the story of Aladdin from One Thousand and One Nights and a trilingual, filmed simultaneously in three different languages. Allavudeenum Arputha Vilakkum was released on 29 March 1957, and Allavuddin Adbhuta Deepam followed on 13 April. Alladin Ka Chirag too, came in the same year.

Plot
The film begins at Baghdad, where a savage warlock, Jaffer, longs to conquer the universe. Through his friend Yakub, he conscious of a wonderful magic lamp imprisoning a ghost genie that fulfill any wish, and its station is Korakaram Caves. To achieve it, he should possess a courageous guy who has 7 moles in his right hand, and Jaffer detects him as Aladdin. Right now, Jaffer makes Yakub dumb, forges a statue as Sitara meets Alladin by purporting as his paternal uncle, and propels Alladin towards the caves. After creating an adventurous journey, Alladin achieves the lamp; in his return, Jaffer asks to hand over the light, but he refuses. Ergo, Jaffer locks him inside the cave and quits. Anyhow, Alladin skips with the magical ring granted by him. After that, he narrates the actuality to his mother, Fathima. Frightened, she throws away the lamp buried in their backyard.

Time passes, and Alladin falls for Baghdad Princess Yasmin. One night, he covertly visits the fort but is caught, and the Sultan penalizes him. At this, Fathima approaches Sultan with the proposal. Then, the Sultan challenges Alladin to amass wealth equal to him. Here, Alladin digs out the wonder lamp; while Fathima is cleaning it, the genie is released, and Alladin turns into a giant wheel when Sultan lives up to his promise and espousals Alladin & Yasmin. Unfortunately, Jaffer discovers that Alladin is alive, so, disguised, he steals the lamp and lifts Yasmin, along with Alladin's fort. Hence, he moves in Yasmin's hunt and, with the aid of Yakub, lands at the fort. Now, Alladin recoups the lamp trickily, eliminates Jaffer, and bounces back to Baghdad. At last, the Sultan handed the kingdom over to Alladin, who set the genie-free to thwart misuse. Finally, the movie ends happily.

Cast
Adapted from Film News Anandan's database:
 * Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Alladin
 * Anjali Devi as Yasmin
 * S. V. Ranga Rao as Jaffer
 * Relangi as Syed
 * T. S. Balaiah as Yakub
 * Rajasulochana as Sitara
 * K. Malathi as Fathima
 * G. Shakunthala as Roshanara
 * Master Anand as young Alladin

Soundtrack
The soundtrack composed by S. Rajeswara Rao & S. Hanumantha Rao.

Production
The film is an adaptation of the story of Aladdin from One Thousand and One Nights. It was directed by T. R. Raghunath, produced by M. L. Pathy under Jai Sakthi Pictures, and was simultaneously filmed in Tamil as Allavudeenum Arputha Vilakkum, Telugu as Allavuddin Adbhuta Deepam and in Hindi as Alladdin Ka Chirag. Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp was used as the English title for the trilingual. The screenplay was written by Raghunath and V. Srinivasan. Akkineni Nageswara Rao starred as the title character. R. Sampath was the cinematographer, and S. A. Murugesan worked as editor. The sequence of the song "Seladum Neerodai Meethe" and its Telugu version was shot in Gevacolor, as the censor certificate of this film states as partly coloured. The Telugu version marked the first Telugu film to have colour sequence.

Release
Allavudeenum Arputha Vilakkum was released on 29 March 1957, and Allavuddin Adbhuta Deepam followed on 13 April. Alladin Ka Chirag was released in the same year too.