Aladdin

Aladdin (Arabic: علاء الدين‎, ʻAlāʼ ad-Dīn, IPA: [ʕalaːʔ adˈdiːn]) is a Middle Eastern folk tale. It is one of the tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights ("The Arabian Nights"), and one of the best known—though it was actually added to the collection in the 18th century by Frenchman Antoine Galland (see Sources and setting, below).

Plot summary

Aladdin is an impoverished young ne'er-do-well dwelling in "one of the cities of China". He is recruited by a sorcerer from the Maghreb, who passes himself off as the brother of Aladdin's late father Mustapha the tailor, convincing Aladdin and his mother of his good will by pretending to set up the lad as a wealthy merchant. The sorcerer's real motive is to persuade young Aladdin to retrieve a wonderful oil lamp from a booby-trapped magic cave. After the sorcerer attempts to double-cross him, Aladdin finds himself trapped in the cave. Fortunately, Aladdin is still wearing a magic ring the sorcerer has lent him. When he rubs his hands in despair, he inadvertently rubs the ring and a jinnī (or "genie") appears who releases him from the cave so that he can return to his mother, fortunately still carrying the lamp. When his mother tries to clean the lamp, so they can sell it to buy food for their supper, a second far more powerful genie appears who is bound to do the bidding of the person holding the lamp.

Aladdin (BlackRock)

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Aladdin (Zee TV)

Aladdin - Jaanbaaz Ek Jalwe Anek is an Indian Hindi-language television series that was aired on Zee TV between 16 November 2007 and 21 March 2009, based on the story of Aladdin, a character from The Arabian Nights. The series was produced by Applause Entertainment, a television production company owned by the Aditya Birla Group Corporation.

The series is developed as a family entertainer, and contains computer generated graphics - a thing seldom seen in an Indian TV series. Besides, the series' transcript is in both Hindi and Urdu languages.

Premise

The main story is parallel to the famous storyline of Aladdin known all over the world. The plot revolves around a young carefree 15-year-old boy, Aladdin who faces many obstacles because he is an orphan. Above all, he is tortured by his own aunt and uncle, who treats him like their servant. Throughout the story an evil magician named Jafar tries to acquire a magic lamp which has been buried in an unknown cave of wonders. But he is unable to lay his hands on the lamp, because the only person that can possess the lamp is the son of the magicians Zoya and Zahir, whom Jafar has killed. The special one who can get the lamp has to have a soul as pure as an uncut diamond and this is the son of Zoya and Zahir...the special person is Aladdin!