Alibaba

Release Date: 1937-10-13

Overview: Based on the 'Arabian Nights', this film tells of the Baghdadi woodcutter Alibaba (M. Bose) and his magic 'Open Sesame' formula; of the hero's jealous brother Kasim and the slave girl Marjina (S. Bose). The film adapts the 1897 play, giving it a Hollywood-derived exotic flavour. An improvised 'modern' dance is inserted. The slow, mannered acting with the frontally framed tableau shots are enlivened by the dance scenes, especially the Marjina-Abdallah sequence.

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Cast

Modhu Bose

as Abdullah

Sadhona Bose

as Marjina

Indira Roy

as Sakina

Bibhuti Ganguly

as Alibaba

Preeti Majumdar

as Baba Mustafa