Alibaba

Alibaba — Plot

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.

• Release date
• October 13, 1937
• Runtime
• 115 min
• Director
• Modhu Bose

Alibaba — Cast

Modhu Bose Abdullah

S

Sadhona Bose Marjina

I

Indira Roy Sakina

B

Bibhuti Ganguly Alibaba

P

Preeti Majumdar Baba Mustafa Suprova Mukerjee Fatima