Alif Laila
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| Also known as | Arabian Nights |
| Genre | Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Drama, Mythological |
| Created by | Sagar Entertainment Ltd. |
| Based on | One Thousand and One Nights |
| Written by | Ramanand Sagar |
| Directed by | Anand Sagar Prem Sagar Moti Sagar |
| Creative director(s) | Mukesh Kalola |
| Starring | Seema Kanwal Girija Shankar Shahnawaaz Pradhan Navdeep Singh |
| Theme music composer | Ravindra Jain |
| Opening theme | Krishna M. Gupta |
| Ending theme | Krishna M. Gupta |
| Composer(s) | Ravindra Jain |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Hindi, Bengali, Urdu |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 260 |
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| Producer(s) | Subhash Sagar |
| Cinematography | Avinash Satoskar, Santosh Kumar |
| Editor(s) | Subhash Gupta, Nisar Shah |
| Running time | 23 Minutes (Approx.) |
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| Original network | DD National, ARY Digital, ETV, BTV, SAB TV, Dabangg TV, Dhamaal TV |
| Picture format | 480i 4:3 SDTV) |
| Original release | 1993 – 1997 |
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Alif Laila (Hindi: अलिफ़ लैला) is a TV series based on the stories from One Thousand and One Nights. It was produced by Sagar Films (Pvt. Ltd.). It was made in two seasons. The first season was aired on DD National and season two on ARY Digital. Popularity of the show lead to it being broadcast in Bengali on BTV, and ETV. The show started re-airing from 2012 on every weekdays on Dhamaal TV and its sister channel Dabangg TV.
The plot line of the series starts right from the very beginning when Scheherazade starts telling stories to Shahryar. Alif Laila contains both the well-known and the lesser-known stories from One Thousand and One Nights which are mentioned here. Actual word is "Alf Laila" meaning thousand nights.
The episodes of Alif Laila was released on both VCD and DVD format. The DVD release was marketed as 20 volumes consisting of 143 episodes, while the VCD released as 50 sets. There also been DVD and VCD releases of single story arcs.
Alif Laila was the winner of Most Outstanding T.V. Serial awarded by India Cine-goers Academy.
Composer Ravindra Jain composed the main theme of the show along with 'Aankh vida par', 'Allah hu' for scenes during the Merchant/Genie arc; 'Sard Shabo ki Tanhaai mein' for a scene during Trader/Goat arc; 'Chini Haseena aayi hai' for a scene during Aladdin arc; 'Josh-e-Junoon mein' (qawwali) for a scene during Ali Baba arc; and 'Dil mera Bekaraar tha', 'Bando nahi Ghabraana tum', 'Ae mere Khuda', and 'Dhoka hua' for scenes during Sinbad arc. Suraj Kiran composed 'Mehbooba Mehbooba' for a scene during Sinbad arc. Composer Nazir Mahate composed 'Jundala Jundala', 'Rabbe zul Jalal', 'Bachna Humaare Panje se', 'Shaitaaniyat ka daur hai', 'Ae Pyaare Mehmaan tera Shukriya', and 'Rehm ae Allah mere' for scenes during Jalal Taalib arc. Bollywood singers Suresh Wadkar, Asha Bhosle, Kavita Subramaniam, Mohd. Aziz, Mitali Choudhary, Chetna, Usha Mangeshkar, Satish Dehra, Sushil Kumar, Vasi Raza, etc. lend their voices to the Arabic-themed songs for the first season.
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