Alibaba Marjinaa Explained

Alibaba Marjinaa
Director:	Kedar Kapoor
Starring:	Urmila Bhatt and Birbal
Music:	Usha Khanna
Cinematography:	Arvind Laad
Editing:	Mukhtar Ahmed
Country:	India
Language:	Hindi

Alibaba Marjinaa is a 1977 Bollywood film directed by Kedar Kapoor. The film stars Prem Krishen as Alibaba and Tamanna as Marjina.

Plot

The movie is loosely based on the Arabian Nights tale of Alibaba and 40 Thieves but takes only a few plot elements from the source.

Cast

• Prem Krishen as Alibaba
• Tamanna as Marjinaa
• Urmila Bhatt as Alibaba's mother
• Birbal as Gulfam
• Jagdeep as Mustafa (Cobbler)
• Pinchoo Kapoor as Hakim-e-Aala Afsal Baig
• Shakti Kapoor as Nasir
• Javed Khan
• Viju Khote as Qasim
• Madhu Malhotra as Naseem
• Ram Mohan as Taimur Baig
• Paintal as Khairu
• Amrish Puri as Jabbar
• D.K. Sapru as Badshah
• Sharat Saxena as Aslam
• Sajjan
• Murad
• Anand Joshi
• Rajan Kapoor
• Kirti Kumar
• Jugnu
• Pardesi
• Ravi Kotru
• Chandu Allhabadi
• Ghanshyam
• Ravi Joshi
• Ritu Kamal
• Madhu Chauhan
• Shushma Pandit
• Uma Dhawan

Soundtrack

• Speed: 33rpm
• Record No. 2392 140
• Record Label: Polydor
• Music by: Usha Khanna
• Lyrics by: Kulwant Jani

Pressed in India

Side One

• 1. "Main Alibaba" - K. J. Yesudas
• 2. "Basre Ki Hur" – Asha Bhosle
• 3. "Aaye Jo Kisi Ke Kaam" – Shailendra Singh
• 4. "Main Hoon Kafir Mast Hasina" – Asha Bhosle and Anuradha

Side Two

• 1. "Hai Hai Hai Maar Dala" – Shatrugan Sinha and Sulakshana Pandit
• 2. "Gulbadan Aa Gayee" – Asha Bhosle
• 3. "Aa Gaya Diwana" – Yesudas
• 4. "Gulistan Se" – Asha Bhosle