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	{{Infobox film		{{Infobox film
	\| name = Baghdad Gaja Donga		\| name = Baghdad Gaja Donga
	\| image = Baghdad Gaja Donga.jpg		\| image = Baghdad Gaja Donga.jpg
	\| caption = Theatrical release poster		\| caption = Theatrical release poster
	\| writer = [[Samudrala ~~Ramanujacharya~~\|Samudrala Jr]] {{small\| (dialogues)}}		\| writer = [[Samudrala Jr.\|Samudrala Jr]] {{small\| (dialogues)}}
	\| screenplay = D. Yoganand		\| screenplay = D. Yoganand
	\| producer = P. Padmanabha Rao		\| producer = P. Padmanabha Rao
	\| director = [[D. Yoganand]]		\| director = [[D. Yoganand]]
	\| starring = [[N. T. Rama Rao]]<br />[[Jayalalithaa\|~~Jayalalitha~~]]		\| starring = [[N. T. Rama Rao]]<br />[[J. Jayalalithaa\|Jayalalithaa]]
	\| music = [[T. V. Raju]]		\| music = [[T. V. Raju]]
	\| cinematography = G. K. Ramu<br />[[Ravikant Nagaich]]		\| cinematography = G. K. Ramu<br />[[Ravikant Nagaich]]
	\| editing = G. D. Joshi<br />G. Siva Murthy		\| editing = G. D. Joshi<br />G. Siva Murthy
	\| studio = Padma Gowri Pictures		\| studio = Padma Gowri Pictures
	\| released = {{Film date\|df=y\|1968\|10\|24}}		\| released = {{Film date\|df=y\|1968\|10\|24}}
	\| runtime = 156 mins		\| runtime = 156 mins
	\| country = India		\| country = India
	\| language = Telugu		\| language = Telugu
	\| budget =		\| budget =
	}}		}}

	'''''Baghdad Gaja Donga''''' ({{translation\|Thief of Baghdad}}) is a 1968 [[Telugu language\|Telugu]]-language [[swashbuckler film]], produced by P. Padmanabha Rao under the Padma Gowri Pictures banner and directed by [[D. Yoganand]]. It stars [[N. T. Rama Rao]], [[Jayalalithaa]] ~~and~~ music composed by [[T. V. Raju]].<ref>{{Cite news\|last=M.\|first=Subbarao\|date=27 October 1968\|title=సినిమా: బాగ్దాద్ గజ దొంగ \|work=[[Visalaandhra]]\|url=https://indiancine.ma/documents/GHJ/0,0,2550,3300\|url-status=live\|access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|last=Krishna\|first=Radha\|date=25 October 1968\|title=చిత్ర సమీక్ష: బాగ్దాద్ గజదొంగ \|work=[[Andhra Prabha]]\|url=https://indiancine.ma/documents/GHI/0,8,2550,1696\|url-status=live\|access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref>		'''''Baghdad Gaja Donga''''' ({{translation\|Thief of Baghdad}}) is a 1968 [[Telugu language\|Telugu]]-language [[swashbuckler film]], produced by P. Padmanabha Rao under the Padma Gowri Pictures banner and directed by [[D. Yoganand]]. It stars [[N. T. Rama Rao]] and [[J. Jayalalithaa\|Jayalalithaa]], with music composed by [[T. V. Raju]].<ref>{{Cite news \|last=M. \|first=Subbarao \|date=27 October 1968 \|title=సినిమా: బాగ్దాద్ గజ దొంగ \|language=te \|work=[[Visalaandhra]] \|url=https://indiancine.ma/documents/GHJ/0,0,2550,3300 \|url-status=live \|access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|last=Krishna \|first=Radha \|date=25 October 1968 \|title=చిత్ర సమీక్ష: బాగ్దాద్ గజదొంగ \|language=te \|work=[[Andhra Prabha]] \|url=https://indiancine.ma/documents/GHI/0,8,2550,1696 \|url-status=live \|access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref>

	==Plot==		== Plot ==
	The film begins with the birthday celebrations of Baghdad prince Faruk when Chief Commander Vazeer Hussain (Rajanala) forcibly collects taxes from the public. Sultan (Mikkilineni) of Baghdad realizes it and one night he travels in disguise to identify the truth. At that moment, Vazeer kills him, confines his Begam Saheba (Pandari Bai) in prison and also tries to eliminate the Prince, but he is saved by Ibrahim (Mukkamala), a blind loyal royal agent. After that, Vazeer becomes Sultan of Baghdad. Ibrahim shifts to Basra, Faruk grows as Abu (N. T. Rama Rao) and becomes a kind-hearted burglar who helps the poor along with his friend Ali (Padmanabham). One day he enters Basra Sultan's (Relangi) palace, where he gets the acquaintance of princess Naseem (Jayalalitha) and both of them fall in love. Meanwhile, Vazeer arrives at Basra, decides to marry Naseem by luring the Sultan to which Naseem refuses and escapes. At the same time, Abu enters into the palace to meet Naseem when Vazeer captures him. Even after escaping Naseem comes into Vazeer's fold and he takes her to Baghdad. On the other side, Abu breaks out the jail with the help of Ali, learns ~~regarding~~ Naseem and reaches Baghdad. After reaching Baghdad palace he recognizes himself as the prince. Now Abu makes a plan along with Nazeem to find his mother. There onwards, Abu makes huge robberies in the kingdom and attains the name ''The Thief of Baghdad''. Meanwhile, Ali insults a street magician, so, he converts him into a monkey and says that he will get his original form if he dips into the water. Abu recognizes that the monkey is his friend Ali and keeps him in the palace at Sadiq (Madhukuuri Satyam) Vazeer's son. Parallelly, Nazeem pretends love ~~with~~ Vazeer, finds the whereabouts of Begam Saheba and Abu releases his mother. But unfortunately, they were caught by soldiers, Vazeer orders to leave Abu in the desert, and throw Ali (Monkey) into the well and they do so. Then Ali comes into his original form. Meanwhile, Ibrahim generates public to revolt, all of them reach the fort along with Begam Saheba and reveal the entire truth. Eventually, in the desert, Abu liberates a demon, for which he gets a flying carpet as a gift; with its help, he immediately rushes the fort and stamps out Vazeer. Finally, Abu / Faruk becomes the emperor of Baghdad and marries Nazeem.		The film begins with the birthday celebrations of Baghdad prince Faruk when Chief Commander Vazeer Hussain (Rajanala) forcibly collects taxes from the public. Sultan (Mikkilineni) of Baghdad realizes it and one night he travels in disguise to identify the truth. At that moment, Vazeer kills him, confines his Begam Saheba (Pandari Bai) in prison, and also tries to eliminate the Prince, but he is saved by Ibrahim (Mukkamala), a blind loyal royal agent. After that, Vazeer becomes Sultan of Baghdad. Ibrahim shifts to Basra, Faruk grows as Abu (N. T. Rama Rao) and becomes a kind-hearted burglar who helps the poor along with his friend Ali (Padmanabham). One day he enters Basra Sultan's (Relangi) palace, where he gets the acquaintance with princess Naseem (Jayalalitha) and both of them fall in love. Meanwhile, Vazeer arrives at Basra and decides to marry Naseem by luring the Sultan to which Naseem refuses and escapes. At the same time, Abu enters into the palace to meet Naseem when Vazeer captures him. Even after escaping Naseem comes into Vazeer's fold and he takes her to Baghdad. On the other side, Abu breaks out of the jail with the help of Ali, learns about Naseem, and reaches Baghdad. After reaching the Baghdad palace he recognizes himself as the prince. Now Abu makes a plan along with Nazeem to find his mother. There onwards, Abu makes huge robberies in the kingdom and attains the name ''The Thief of Baghdad''. Meanwhile, Ali insults a street magician, so, he converts him into a monkey and says that he will get his original form if he dips into the water. Abu recognizes that the monkey is his friend Ali and keeps him in the palace at Sadiq (Madhukuuri Satyam) Vazeer's son. Parallelly, Nazeem pretends to love Vazeer, finds the whereabouts of Begam Saheba and Abu releases his mother. But unfortunately, they were caught by soldiers, Vazeer orders them to leave Abu in the desert, and throw Ali (Monkey) into the well and they do so. Then Ali comes into his original form. Meanwhile, Ibrahim generates the public to revolt, and all of them reach the fort along with Begam Saheba and reveal the entire truth. Eventually, in the desert, Abu liberates a demon, for which he gets a flying carpet as a gift; with its help, he immediately rushes to the fort and stamps out Vazeer. Finally, Abu / Faruk becomes the emperor of Baghdad and marries Nazeem.

	==Cast==		== Cast ==
	*[[N. T. Rama Rao]] as Faruk / Abu		*[[N. T. Rama Rao]] as Faruk / Abu
	*[[Jayalalithaa\|~~Jayalalitha~~]] as Nazeem		*[[J. Jayalalithaa\|Jayalalithaa]] as Nazeem
	*[[Rajanala Kaleswara Rao\|Rajanala]] as Vazeer Hussain		*[[Rajanala Kaleswara Rao\|Rajanala]] as Vazeer Hussain
	*[[Relangi ~~Venkata Ramaiah~~\|Relangi]] as Basra Sultan		*[[Relangi (actor)\|Relangi]] as Basra Sultan
	*[[Padmanabham]] as Ali		*[[Padmanabham]] as Ali
	*[[Allu Ramalingaiah]]		*[[Allu Ramalingaiah]]
	*[[Mikkilineni ~~Radhakrishna Murthy~~\|Mikkilineni]] as Bagdad Sultan		*[[Mikkilineni (actor)\|Mikkilineni]] as Bagdad Sultan
	*[[Mukkamala]] as Ibrahim		*[[Mukkamala]] as Ibrahim
	*[[Pandari Bai]] as Began Saheba		*[[Pandari Bai]] as Began Saheba
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	*[[Vijayalalitha]] as dancer		*[[Vijayalalitha]] as dancer

	==Soundtrack==		== Soundtrack ==
	{{Infobox album		{{Infobox album
	\| name = Baghdad Gaja Donga		\| name = Baghdad Gaja Donga
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	}}		}}

	Music composed by [[T. V. Raju]]. ~~Music released on Audio Company~~.		Music composed by [[T. V. Raju]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Bhagdad Gajadonga (1968)-Song_Booklet \|url=https://indiancine.ma/documents/CFE/info \|access-date=11 September 2021 \|website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref>
	{\|class="wikitable"		{\|class="wikitable"
	\|-		\|-
	!S. No.!!Song Title !!Lyrics !!Singers !!~~length~~		!S. No.!!Song Title !!Lyrics !!Singers !!Length
	\|-		\|-
	\|1		\|1
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	\|5		\|5
	\|"Jagame Maayaraa"		\|"Jagame Maayaraa"
	\|[[~~Samudrala Ramanujacharya\|~~Samudrala Jr.]]		\|[[Samudrala Jr.]]
	\|L. R. Eswari		\|L. R. Eswari
	\|3:37		\|3:37
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	\|}		\|}

	==References==		== References ==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

	==External links==		== External links ==
	{{IMDb title\|0290447}}		{{IMDb title\|0290447}}
	{{~~Dasari~~ Yoganand}}		{{D. Yoganand}}

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	~~[[Category:Indian swashbuckler films]]~~
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	[[Category:Films based on One Thousand and One Nights]]		[[Category:Films based on One Thousand and One Nights]]
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	~~[[Category:1960s fantasy adventure films~~]]
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	~~[[Category:Films directed by D. Yoganand]]~~
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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Baghdad Gaja Donga
| image = Baghdad Gaja Donga.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| writer = [[Samudrala Ramanujacharya|Samudrala Jr]] {{small| (dialogues)}}
| screenplay = D. Yoganand
| producer = P. Padmanabha Rao
| director = [[D. Yoganand]]
| starring = [[N. T. Rama Rao]]<br />[[Jayalalithaa|Jayalalitha]]
| music = [[T. V. Raju]]
| cinematography = G. K. Ramu<br />[[Ravikant Nagaich]]
| editing = G. D. Joshi<br />G. Siva Murthy
| studio = Padma Gowri Pictures
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1968|10|24}}
| runtime = 156 mins
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
}}

'''''Baghdad Gaja Donga''''' ({{translation|Thief of Baghdad}}) is a 1968 [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[swashbuckler film]], produced by P. Padmanabha Rao under the Padma Gowri Pictures banner and directed by [[D. Yoganand]]. It stars [[N. T. Rama Rao]], [[Jayalalithaa]] and music composed by [[T. V. Raju]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=M.|first=Subbarao|date=27 October 1968|title=సినిమా: బాగ్దాద్ గజ దొంగ |work=[[Visalaandhra]]|url=https://indiancine.ma/documents/GHJ/0,0,2550,3300|url-status=live|access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Krishna|first=Radha|date=25 October 1968|title=చిత్ర సమీక్ష: బాగ్దాద్ గజదొంగ |work=[[Andhra Prabha]]|url=https://indiancine.ma/documents/GHI/0,8,2550,1696|url-status=live|access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref>

==Plot==
The film begins with the birthday celebrations of Baghdad prince Faruk when Chief Commander Vazeer Hussain (Rajanala) forcibly collects taxes from the public. Sultan (Mikkilineni) of Baghdad realizes it and one night he travels in disguise to identify the truth. At that moment, Vazeer kills him, confines his Begam Saheba (Pandari Bai) in prison and also tries to eliminate the Prince, but he is saved by Ibrahim (Mukkamala), a blind loyal royal agent. After that, Vazeer becomes Sultan of Baghdad. Ibrahim shifts to Basra, Faruk grows as Abu (N. T. Rama Rao) and becomes a kind-hearted burglar who helps the poor along with his friend Ali (Padmanabham). One day he enters Basra Sultan's (Relangi) palace, where he gets the acquaintance of princess Naseem (Jayalalitha) and both of them fall in love. Meanwhile, Vazeer arrives at Basra, decides to marry Naseem by luring the Sultan to which Naseem refuses and escapes. At the same time, Abu enters into the palace to meet Naseem when Vazeer captures him. Even after escaping Naseem comes into Vazeer's fold and he takes her to Baghdad. On the other side, Abu breaks out the jail with the help of Ali, learns regarding Naseem and reaches Baghdad. After reaching Baghdad palace he recognizes himself as the prince. Now Abu makes a plan along with Nazeem to find his mother. There onwards, Abu makes huge robberies in the kingdom and attains the name ''The Thief of Baghdad''. Meanwhile, Ali insults a street magician, so, he converts him into a monkey and says that he will get his original form if he dips into the water. Abu recognizes that the monkey is his friend Ali and keeps him in the palace at Sadiq (Madhukuuri Satyam) Vazeer's son. Parallelly, Nazeem pretends love with Vazeer, finds the whereabouts of Begam Saheba and Abu releases his mother. But unfortunately, they were caught by soldiers, Vazeer orders to leave Abu in the desert, and throw Ali (Monkey) into the well and they do so. Then Ali comes into his original form. Meanwhile, Ibrahim generates public to revolt, all of them reach the fort along with Begam Saheba and reveal the entire truth. Eventually, in the desert, Abu liberates a demon, for which he gets a flying carpet as a gift; with its help, he immediately rushes the fort and stamps out Vazeer. Finally, Abu / Faruk becomes the emperor of Baghdad and marries Nazeem.

==Cast==
*[[N. T. Rama Rao]] as Faruk / Abu
*[[Jayalalithaa|Jayalalitha]] as Nazeem
*[[Rajanala Kaleswara Rao|Rajanala]] as Vazeer Hussain
*[[Relangi Venkata Ramaiah|Relangi]] as Basra Sultan
*[[Padmanabham]] as Ali
*[[Allu Ramalingaiah]]
*[[Mikkilineni Radhakrishna Murthy|Mikkilineni]] as Bagdad Sultan
*[[Mukkamala]] as Ibrahim
*[[Pandari Bai]] as Began Saheba
*[[Geetanjali (actress)|Geetanjali]]
*[[Vijayalalitha]] as dancer

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Baghdad Gaja Donga
| type = film
| artist = [[T. V. Raju]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1969
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Soundtrack
| length = 27:35
| label =
| producer = [[T. V. Raju]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}

Music composed by [[T. V. Raju]]. Music released on Audio Company.
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!S. No.!!Song Title !!Lyrics !!Singers !!length
|-
|1
|"Eeroju Maa Yuvaraju"
|[[C. Narayana Reddy]]
|[[Jikki]]
|3:02
|-
|2
|"Evaduraa Donga"
|C. Narayana Reddy
|[[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala]]
|3:03
|-
|3
|"Raave O Chinadaanaa"
|C. Narayana Reddy
|Ghantasala, [[P. Susheela]]
|3:39
|-
|4
|"Mere Bulbul Pyaaree"
|[[Kosaraju Raghavaiah|Kosaraju]]
|[[Pithapuram Nageswara Rao|Pithapuram]], [[L. R. Eswari]]
|3:38
|-
|5
|"Jagame Maayaraa"
|[[Samudrala Ramanujacharya|Samudrala Jr.]]
|L. R. Eswari
|3:37
|-
|6
|"Ghal Ghal Ghal"
|C. Narayana Reddy
|P. Susheela
|3:40
|-
|7
|"Haay Allaah"
|C. Narayana Reddy
|Ghantasala, P. Susheela
|3:31
|-
|8
|"Sye Sye Saradaaroo"
|C. Narayana Reddy
|P. Susheela
|4:03
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{IMDb title|0290447}}
{{Dasari Yoganand}}

[[Category:1968 films]]
[[Category:1960s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian swashbuckler films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian folklore]]
[[Category:Films based on One Thousand and One Nights]]
[[Category:Indian fantasy adventure films]]
[[Category:1960s fantasy adventure films]]
[[Category:Films scored by T. V. Raju]]
[[Category:Films directed by D. Yoganand]]
[[Category:Films set in Baghdad]]