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'''''Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum''''' ({{translation|Aladdin and the magical lamp}}) is a 1979 Indian [[fantasy film]] directed by [[I. V. Sasi]] based on [[Aladdin]]'s story from ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]].'' The film stars [[Kamal Haasan]], [[Rajinikanth]], [[Jayabharathi]], [[Sripriya]], [[Gemini Ganesan]], [[Savitri (actress)]] and [[S. A. Ashokan]]. It was simultaneously filmed in [[Malayalam]] and [[Tamil language]]s, the latter as '''''Allaudinaum Arputha Vilakkum''''' ({{translation|Aladdin and the wonderful lamp}}) which was released on 8 June 1979, two months after the Malayalam version which came on 14 April 1979. | '''''Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum''''' ({{translation|Aladdin and the magical lamp}}) is a 1979 Indian [[fantasy film]] directed by [[I. V. Sasi]] based on [[Aladdin]]'s story from ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]].'' The film stars [[Kamal Haasan]], [[Rajinikanth]], [[Jayabharathi]], [[Sripriya]], [[Gemini Ganesan]], [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]] and [[S. A. Ashokan]]. It was simultaneously filmed in [[Malayalam]] and [[Tamil language]]s, the latter as '''''Allaudinaum Arputha Vilakkum''''' ({{translation|Aladdin and the wonderful lamp}}) which was released on 8 June 1979, two months after the Malayalam version which came on 14 April 1979. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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!Malayalam | !Malayalam | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Aladdin|Alavuddin]]||! colspan="2" |[[Kamal Haasan]] {{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=90}} | | [[Aladdin|Alavuddin]]||! colspan="2" |[[Kamal Haasan]]{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=90}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Kamaruddin||! colspan="2" |[[Rajinikanth]] {{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=90}} | | Kamaruddin||! colspan="2" |[[Rajinikanth]]{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=90}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Roshni||! colspan="2" | [[Jayabharathi]] {{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=90}} | | Roshni||! colspan="2" | [[Jayabharathi]]{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=90}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Jameela||! colspan="2" | [[Sripriya]] {{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=90}} | | Jameela||! colspan="2" | [[Sripriya]]{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=90}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Mir Qasim||! colspan="2" | [[Gemini Ganesan]]{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=90}} | | Mir Qasim||! colspan="2" | [[Gemini Ganesan]]{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=90}} | ||
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| ||[[R.S. Manohar]]|| | | ||[[R.S. Manohar]]|| | ||
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| ||[[V.K. Ramasamy]]|| | | ||[[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V.K. Ramasamy]]|| | ||
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|Fathima ||||Meenakumari | |Fathima ||||Meenakumari | ||
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== Production == | == Production == | ||
''Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum'', directed by [[I. V. Sasi]], was based on the story of [[Aladdin]] from ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]'', and had [[Kamal Haasan]] playing the title character, named Alavuddin here. [[Rajinikanth]] was cast as Kamaruddin, a character not present in the original story but created for the film.<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 May 2017 |title=பிளாஷ்பேக்: ரஜினி, கமலை பிரித்த படம் |language=ta |trans-title=Flashback: The film that split Kamal and Rajini! |work=Dinamalar |url=http://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/59176/cinema/Kollywood/Flashback-:-Rajini---Kamal-split-in-a-movie.htm |url-status=live |access-date=27 March 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180327100456/http://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/59176/cinema/Kollywood/Flashback-:-Rajini---Kamal-split-in-a-movie.htm |archive-date=27 March 2018}}</ref> It was his first film in the Malayalam language and the [[Fantasy film|fantasy]] genre. The film was [[list of multilingual Indian films|simultaneously shot]] in Tamil as ''Allaudinaum Arputha Vilakkum'',{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|pp=90-91}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 December 2013 |title=சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் ரஜினியின் துளிகள்.... |language=ta |trans-title=Super Star Rajinikanth's drops.... |work=[[Dinakaran]] |url=http://cinema.dinakaran.com/cine-news-details.aspx?id=11966&id1=3 |url-status=live |access-date=18 November 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171115153723/http://cinema.dinakaran.com/cine-news-details.aspx?id=11966&id1=3 |archive-date=15 November 2017}}</ref> marking Sasi's directorial debut in Tamil cinema.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 October 2017 |title=பிரபல இயக்குனர் ஐ.வி.சசி உடல்நலக்குறைவால் காலமானார் |language=ta |trans-title=Veteran director IV Sasi dies of illness |work=Maalai Malar |url=https://www.maalaimalar.com/News/TopNews/2017/10/24140943/1124732/Veteran-director-IV-Sasi-Passed-away.vpf |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180327141903/https://www.maalaimalar.com/News/TopNews/2017/10/24140943/1124732/Veteran-director-IV-Sasi-Passed-away.vpf |archive-date=27 March 2018}}</ref> This version was the second Tamil adaptation of the story of Aladdin, after a [[Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp (1957 film)|1957 film]] with the same name.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 June 2017 |title=வெள்ளைக்காரர்களே நடிக்க வேண்டுமா? ஹாலிவுட்டில் நீடிக்கும் சர்ச்சை |language=ta |trans-title=Should only white people act? A lasting controversy in Hollywood |work=[[Puthiya Thalaimurai]] |url=http://www.puthiyathalaimurai.com/news/special-news/21720-an-indian-as-the-lead-in-guy-ritchie-s-aladdin-movie.html |url-status=dead |access-date=28 March 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180327103336/http://www.puthiyathalaimurai.com/news/special-news/21720-an-indian-as-the-lead-in-guy-ritchie-s-aladdin-movie.html |archive-date=27 March 2018}}</ref> [[Ramachandra Babu]] worked as cinematographer, and the film was made in [[CinemaScope]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Babu |first=Ramachandra | | ''Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum'', directed by [[I. V. Sasi]], was based on the story of [[Aladdin]] from ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]'', and had [[Kamal Haasan]] playing the title character, named Alavuddin here. [[Rajinikanth]] was cast as Kamaruddin, a character not present in the original story but created for the film.<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 May 2017 |title=பிளாஷ்பேக்: ரஜினி, கமலை பிரித்த படம் |language=ta |trans-title=Flashback: The film that split Kamal and Rajini! |work=Dinamalar |url=http://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/59176/cinema/Kollywood/Flashback-:-Rajini---Kamal-split-in-a-movie.htm |url-status=live |access-date=27 March 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180327100456/http://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/59176/cinema/Kollywood/Flashback-:-Rajini---Kamal-split-in-a-movie.htm |archive-date=27 March 2018}}</ref> It was his first film in the Malayalam language and the [[Fantasy film|fantasy]] genre. The film was [[list of multilingual Indian films|simultaneously shot]] in Tamil as ''Allaudinaum Arputha Vilakkum'',{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|pp=90-91}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 December 2013 |title=சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் ரஜினியின் துளிகள்.... |language=ta |trans-title=Super Star Rajinikanth's drops.... |work=[[Dinakaran]] |url=http://cinema.dinakaran.com/cine-news-details.aspx?id=11966&id1=3 |url-status=live |access-date=18 November 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171115153723/http://cinema.dinakaran.com/cine-news-details.aspx?id=11966&id1=3 |archive-date=15 November 2017}}</ref> marking Sasi's directorial debut in Tamil cinema.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 October 2017 |title=பிரபல இயக்குனர் ஐ.வி.சசி உடல்நலக்குறைவால் காலமானார் |language=ta |trans-title=Veteran director IV Sasi dies of illness |work=Maalai Malar |url=https://www.maalaimalar.com/News/TopNews/2017/10/24140943/1124732/Veteran-director-IV-Sasi-Passed-away.vpf |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180327141903/https://www.maalaimalar.com/News/TopNews/2017/10/24140943/1124732/Veteran-director-IV-Sasi-Passed-away.vpf |archive-date=27 March 2018}}</ref> This version was the second Tamil adaptation of the story of Aladdin, after a [[Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp (1957 film)|1957 film]] with the same name.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 June 2017 |title=வெள்ளைக்காரர்களே நடிக்க வேண்டுமா? ஹாலிவுட்டில் நீடிக்கும் சர்ச்சை |language=ta |trans-title=Should only white people act? A lasting controversy in Hollywood |work=[[Puthiya Thalaimurai]] |url=http://www.puthiyathalaimurai.com/news/special-news/21720-an-indian-as-the-lead-in-guy-ritchie-s-aladdin-movie.html |url-status=dead |access-date=28 March 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180327103336/http://www.puthiyathalaimurai.com/news/special-news/21720-an-indian-as-the-lead-in-guy-ritchie-s-aladdin-movie.html |archive-date=27 March 2018}}</ref> [[Ramachandra Babu]] worked as cinematographer, and the film was made in [[CinemaScope]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Babu |first=Ramachandra |author-link=Ramachandra Babu |date=4 June 2013 |title=40th Anniversary of First Cinemascope Film in South India |url=http://ramachandrababu.blogspot.com/2013/06/40-th-anniversary-of-first-cinemascope.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180418042903/http://ramachandrababu.blogspot.nl/2013/06/40-th-anniversary-of-first-cinemascope.html |archive-date=18 April 2018 |access-date=18 April 2018 |website=Ramachandra Babu}}</ref> According to him, Rajinikanth would often turn violent on the sets: "[He] was always under the influence of liquor and could turn violent any moment. Even Kamal was wary of doing fight sequences with [him]".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ayyappan |first=R |date=25 October 2017 |title=Greatest crowd pleaser |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/251017/greatest-crowd-pleaser.html |url-status=live |access-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171219151710/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/251017/greatest-crowd-pleaser.html |archive-date=19 December 2017}}</ref> | ||
== Soundtrack == | == Soundtrack == | ||
The soundtrack of both versions was composed by [[G. Devarajan]] | The soundtrack of both versions was composed by [[G. Devarajan]]. The lyrics for the Malayalam version were written by [[Yusufali Kechery]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alavudheenum Albhutha Vilakkum (1979) |url=https://www.raaga.com/malayalam/album/Alavudheenum-Albhutha-Vilakkum-songs-M0002534 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180127074545/https://www.raaga.com/malayalam/album/Alavudheenum-Albhutha-Vilakkum-songs-M0002534 |archive-date=27 January 2018 |access-date=27 January 2018 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref> while the lyrics for the Tamil version were written by Vaali and Kannadasan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alavudeenum Arputha Vilakum |url=http://tamilsongslyrics123.com/listlyrics/396 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605042935/http://www.tamilsongslyrics123.com/listlyrics/396 |archive-date=4 June 2021 |access-date=4 June 2021 |website=Songs4all}}</ref> | ||
{{Track listing | {{Track listing | ||
| headline | | headline = Malayalam version | ||
| extra_column | | extra_column = Singer(s) | ||
| title1 = Ee Alavudheenin | |||
| note1 = | |||
| lyrics1 = | |||
| music1 = | |||
| extra1 = [[K. J. Yesudas]] | |||
| length1 = 4:45 | |||
| title2 = Pushpame | |||
| note2 = | |||
| lyrics2 = | |||
| title1 | | music2 = | ||
| note1 | | extra2 = [[Vani Jairam]] | ||
| length2 = 4:28 | |||
| lyrics1 | | title3 = Chandanam Kadanjedutha | ||
| music1 | | note3 = | ||
| extra1 | | lyrics3 = | ||
| length1 | | music3 = | ||
| title2 | | extra3 = [[P. Madhuri]] | ||
| note2 | | length3 = 4:11 | ||
| title4 = Sringara Ponkinnam | |||
| lyrics2 | | note4 = | ||
| music2 | | lyrics4 = | ||
| extra2 | | music4 = | ||
| length2 | | extra4 = Vani Jairam | ||
| title3 | | length4 = 4:35 | ||
| note3 | | title5 = Maran Korutha Maala | ||
| note5 = | |||
| lyrics3 | | lyrics5 = | ||
| music3 | | music5 = | ||
| extra3 | | extra5 = K. J. Yesudas | ||
| length3 | | length5 = 4:36 | ||
| title4 | | title6 = Madhurangikale | ||
| note4 | | note6 = | ||
| lyrics6 = | |||
| lyrics4 | | music6 = | ||
| music4 | | extra6 = [[P. Susheela]] | ||
| extra4 | | length6 = 4:17 | ||
| length4 | }} | ||
| title5 | {{Track listing | ||
| note5 | | headline = Tamil version | ||
| extra_column = Singer(s) | |||
| lyrics5 | | title1 = Intha Alavudeenin Aasai | ||
| music5 | | lyrics1 = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] | ||
| extra5 | | extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] | ||
| length5 | | length1 = | ||
| title6 | | title2 = Santhanam Kadainjedutha | ||
| note6 | | lyrics2 = [[Kannadasan]] | ||
| extra2 = [[P. Madhuri]] | |||
| lyrics6 | | length2 = | ||
| music6 | | title3 = Pushpame Sivanthu | ||
| extra6 | | lyrics3 = Kannadasan | ||
| length6 | | extra3 = [[Vani Jairam]] | ||
| length3 = | |||
}} | }} | ||
== Release == | == Release == | ||
''Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum'' was released on 14 April 1979, and ''Allaudinaum Arputha Vilakkum'' on 8 June 1979.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sreekanth |first=Gayathri |title=The Name is Rajinikanth |publisher=Om Books International |year=2008 |pages=369}}</ref> The film performed well at the box office for the first two weeks, but slumped in the third.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Piousji |date=26 August 1979 |title=Khaas Baat |page=51 |work=Sunday |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.15523/page/n53}}</ref> In 2008, ''[[The Times of India]]'' rated the Tamil version 2 out of 5, stating that it was "strictly for fans".<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 July 2008 |title=Alavuddinum Arpudha Vilakkum |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrintGifMSIE_PASTISSUES2&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2008/07/04&ChunkNum=0&ID=Ar03600 |url-status= | ''Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum'' was released on 14 April 1979, and ''Allaudinaum Arputha Vilakkum'' on 8 June 1979.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sreekanth |first=Gayathri |title=The Name is Rajinikanth |publisher=Om Books International |year=2008 |pages=369}}</ref> The film performed well at the box office for the first two weeks, but slumped in the third.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Piousji |date=26 August 1979 |title=Khaas Baat |page=51 |work=Sunday |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.15523/page/n53}}</ref> In 2008, ''[[The Times of India]]'' rated the Tamil version 2 out of 5, stating that it was "strictly for fans".<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 July 2008 |title=Alavuddinum Arpudha Vilakkum |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrintGifMSIE_PASTISSUES2&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2008/07/04&ChunkNum=0&ID=Ar03600 |url-status=dead |access-date=14 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214112208/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToPrintGifMSIE_PASTISSUES2&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH%2F2008%2F07%2F04&ChunkNum=0&ID=Ar03600 |archive-date=14 February 2018}}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == |