Baghdad Gaja Donga

Baghdad Gaja Donga
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	D. Yoganand
Written by	Samudrala Jr (dialogues)
Screenplay by	D. Yoganand
Produced by	P. Padmanabha Rao
Starring	N. T. Rama Rao Jayalalitha
Cinematography	G. K. Ramu Ravikant Nagaich
Edited by	G. D. Joshi G. Siva Murthy
Music by	T. V. Raju
Production company	Padma Gowri Pictures
Release date	24 October 1968 (1968-10-24)
Running time	156 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Baghdad Gaja Donga (transl. Thief of Baghdad) is a 1968 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.^[1][2]

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
• Jayalalitha as Nazeem
• Rajanala as Vazeer Hussain
• Relangi as Basra Sultan
• Padmanabham as Ali
• Allu Ramalingaiah
• Mikkilineni as Bagdad Sultan
• Mukkamala as Ibrahim
• Pandari Bai as Began Saheba
• Geetanjali
• Vijayalalitha as dancer

Soundtrack[]

Music composed by T. V. Raju. Music released on Audio Company.

References[]

External links[]

Baghdad Gaja Donga at IMDb