Ajooba is a 1991 Hindi language Bollywood feature film, produced and directed by Shashi Kapoor and also co-directed by the Soviet filmmaker Gennadi Vasilyev. It is a fantasy film loosely based on Arabian mythology (such as One Thousand and One Nights) and Persian mythology (such as Prince of Persia). A Russian language dub of the film was released in the Soviet Union as Vozvrashcheniye Bagdadskogo Vora.
The Afghan kingdom of Baharistan is ruled b...
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Ajooba is a 1991 Hindi language Bollywood feature film, produced and directed by Shashi Kapoor and also co-directed by the Soviet filmmaker Gennadi Vasilyev. It is a fantasy film loosely based on Arabian mythology (such as One Thousand and One Nights) and Persian mythology (such as Prince of Persia). A Russian language dub of the film was released in the Soviet Union as Vozvrashcheniye Bagdadskogo Vora.
The Afghan kingdom of Baharistan is ruled by a just and kind Sultan (Shammi Kapoor). All is well in the land except that the Sultan seemingly can't have children. An evil devil-worshipping Vazir (Amrish Puri) seeks to usurp the throne, revive his fauladi shaitan (a huge demon-like figure made of stone), and take over the world. The Vazir instructs his maids to strangle every child born to the Sultan. Finally, however, a spark of divine intervention (presented literally as a spark which descends from the heavens and enters the womb) renders the next newborn son immune to the poisons and...
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