Baghdad Gaja Donga

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

Baghdad Gaja Donga (English: Thief of Baghdad) is a 1968 Telugu swashbuckling film adventure fantasy film, produced by P. Padmanabha Rao under the Padma Gowri Pictures banner and directed by D. Yoganand. It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Jayalalithaa in the lead roles, with music composed by T. V. Raju.

Plot

The film begins with the grand birthday celebrations of Baghdad prince Faruk, taking this as an opportunity, Chief Commander Vazeer Hussain forcibly collects taxes from the public. Sultan (Mikkilineni) of Baghdad realizes how much people in his kingdom are frustrated by this, so, one night the Sultan travels to search the city in disguise to identify the truth. Vazeer kills him and confines his Begam Saheba (Pandari Bai) in the jail and also tries to kill the Prince, but he was rescued by Ibrahim (Mukkamala), a blind royal agent who is loyal to the dynasty. Vazeer is successful in convincing the public that the Sultan went to Mecca along with his family and entrusted the responsibility of the kingdom to him. Ibrahim shifts his family to Basra, Faruk grows in the name of Abu (N. T. Rama Rao).

Abu is a kind-hearted robber, whose motto is to rob the rich and feed 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 comes to Basra to marry Naseem. The Sultan of Basra is fond of different and special items, he likes the magic horse brought by Vazeer and in exchange offers his daughter's hand. But Naseem refuses to marry and she leaves the palace in search of Abu. At the same time, Abu reaches the palace, the Vazeer catches him and he is put in jail. Having escaped, Naseem somehow comes into the fold of Vazeer only and he takes her to Baghdad. Abu escaped from the prison with help of Ali and he comes to know that Naseem is taken to Baghdad. So, when he reaches there, he enters the palace where he remembers his childhood and recognizes himself as the prince. He meets Naseem, tells her about his birth secret and asks her to stay there itself because they should find out where his mother is hidden. From that day, Abu starts doing huge robberies in the kingdom and attains a name as the Thief of Baghdad.

Meanwhile, Ali insults a street magician in public, 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. Nazeem pretends love with Vazeer and finds the whereabouts of Begam Saheba, she makes Vazeer drunk and steals key, with the help of which Abu releases his mother. While escaping, Abu, Nazeem and Ali (monkey) are caught by soldiers, Vazeer orders them to leave Abu in the middle of the desert, and throw Ali (Monkey) into the well and they do so. Then Ali comes into his original form. Meanwhile, Vazeer is about to ascend the throne as a full-fledged king, so, Ibrahim encourages the public to revolt against Vazeer and all of them reach Baghdad fort along with Begam Saheba and reveal the entire truth. Vazeer orders his soldiers to arrest them. In the desert, Abu liberates a demon, for which he gets a flying carpet as a gift; with its help, he immediately reaches the fort and stamps out Vazeer. Finally, Abu / Faruk becomes the emperor of Baghdad and marries Nazeem.

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack

Baghdad Gaja Donga
Film score by T. V. Raju
Released 1969
Genre Soundtrack
Length 27:35
Producer T. V. Raju

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

S. No.Song TitleLyricsSingerslength
1 "Eeroju Maa Yuvaraju" C. Narayana Reddy Jikki 3:02
2 "Evaduraa Donga" C. Narayana Reddy Ghantasala 3:03
3 "Raave O Chinadaanaa" C. Narayana Reddy Ghantasala, P. Susheela 3:39
4 "Mere Bulbul Pyaaree" Kosaraju Pithapuram, L. R. Eswari 3:38
5 "Jagame Maayaraa" Samudrala Jr. L. R. Eswari 3:37
6 "Ghal Ghal Ghal" C. Narayana Reddy P. Susheela 3:40
7 "Haay Allaah" C. Narayana Reddy Ghantasala, P. Susheela 3:31
8 "Sye Sye Saradaaroo" C. Narayana Reddy P. Susheela 4:03

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