Adventures of Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves (film)

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Adventures of Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves (Hindi: Alibaba aur 40 Chor; Russian: Приключения Али-Бабы и сорока разбойников, romanized: Priklucheniya Ali-Baby i soroka razboynikov) is a 1980 Indo-Soviet fantasy film based on the Arabian Nights story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. The film is a joint directorial effort between India's Umesh Mehra and the Soviet Union's Latif Faiziev. The film stars Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Zeenat Aman, Yoqub Ahmedov, Rolan Bykov, Sofiko Chiaureli, Elena Sanayeva, and Zakir Mukhamedzhanov. The storyline is slightly altered to extend as a long movie. The writers are Shanti Prakash Bakshi and Boris Saakov. The background score of the film is composed by Vladimir Milov and the music for the songs is composed by R.D. Burman. The choreographers of the film are Leonid Travitsky and Peter Pereira. It was the most successful Indian-Soviet co-production, becoming a success in both India and the Soviet Union.

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