Alibaba Aur 40 Chor (1954 film)

Alibaba And 40 Thieves
1954 poster
Directed by	Homi Wadia
Written by	J. B. H. Wadia
Screenplay by	J. B. H. Wadia
Story by	J. B. H. Wadia
Based on	Arabian Nights
Produced by	Wadia Brothers Production
Starring	Mahipal Shakila
Cinematography	Anant Wadadeker
Edited by	Kamlaker
Music by	S. N. Tripathi Chitragupta
Production company	Basant Studios
Release date	1954 (1954)
Running time	145 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Alibaba And 40 Thieves (Alibaba Aur 40 Chor) is a 1954 Hindi fantasy action film directed by Homi Wadia. The film was a Basant pictures presentation under the Wadia Brothers Production banner.^[1] The story, screenplay and additional dialogue were by J. B. H. Wadia, while the dialogues were written by Chand Pandit and Tahir Lucknavi.^[2] The art direction and special effects were by Babubhai Mistry. The music was composed by Chitragupta and S. N. Tripathi. Chitragupta had worked as an assistant to S. N. Tripathi in some of the mythology and fantasy films before branching out on his own. The lyricist was Raja Mehdi Ali Khan.^[3] It stars Mahipal, Shakila in the lead roles, with S. N. Tripathi, B. M. Vyas, Sharda, Lalita Kumari and Helen.^[4]

The film based on the Arabian Nights fantasy adventure follows the story of Alibaba finding the cave filled with treasure and his escapades thereafter. Homi Wadia rebooted this film as Alibaba Aur 40 Chor, with lead protagonist as Sanjeev Kumar, while continuing B. M. Vyas as the main antagonist from this film. The songs from the movie went on to be used in the 1956 Tamil adaptation.