Alif Laila


Alif Laila is an Indian television series based on the One Thousand and One Nights, also known as the Arabian Nights. It was produced by Sagar Arts. It was made in two seasons. The series from 1993 to 2002 for 303 episodes on DD National and later on SAB TV.
The plotline of the series starts from the very beginning when Shahrzad starts telling stories to Shahryar and contains both the well-known and the lesser-known stories from the One Thousand and One Nights which are mentioned here. The name Alif Laila is a short form of the original Arabic title of the One Thousand and One Nights - Alif Layla wa-Layla.

Stories

Season 1 (1993–1997) on DD1

  • Prologue to the story of King Shahryar and Queen Shahrzad
  • EP – The Trader and the Genie '
  • EP – Story of the First Traveller '
  • EP – Story of the Second Traveller '
  • EP – The Fisherman and the Genie '
  • EP – Tale of the Vizier and the Sage Duban '
  • EP – Aladdin and the Magic Lamp '
  • EP – Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
  • EP – Sinbad the Sailor '
  • EP – Sindbad's First Voyage '
  • EP – Sindbad's Second Voyage '
  • EP – Sindbad's Third Voyage '
  • EP – Sindbad's Fourth Voyage '
  • EP – Prince Jalal Talib and Malika Hamira '
  • EP – Prince Jamal Saqib and Princess Mahapara
  • Epilogue to the story of Shahryar and Shahrzad

    Season 2 (2001–2002) on SAB TV

  • The Night-Adventures of Caliph Harun al-Rashid
  • EP – Story of the Blind Man '
  • EP – Zishan and Sofonisba , ''loosely based on the History of Sidi Nu'uman
  • EP – History of Khwajah Hasan al-Khabbal '
  • EP – Two Brothers Jalal and Bilal '
  • EP – Prince Afat and Firoza vs Firoz '
  • EP – Sindbad's Four Skull Raids ''
  • End-of-night adventures of Harun al-Rashid

    Cast

Main

  • Girija Shankar as King Shahryar
  • Damini Kanwal Shetty as Queen Shahrzad

    Recurring

  • Navdeep singh as Aladdin
  • Papiya Sengupta as princess Gulafsha of Naglistaan
  • Mukul Nag as prince Jamal Saakib
  • Sunil Pandey as Sabeer Ahmed, Ali Baba
  • Shahnawaz Pradhan as Sindbad, Royal Vizier, Clone Badrous, Thief Asfandyaar
  • Vilas Raj as Qehermaan,Zingalu Zungla
  • Jharna Dave as Zubeidaa
  • Tarakesh Chauhan as Jalal Talib / Harun-Ar Rashid
  • Mona Parikh as Princess Tayyabah
  • Lata Haya as witch-queen Hameera
  • Pinky Parikh as Duraksha, Fairy Zeba Zeemi Shaheen, Marjina, Princess Badroulbadour and witch-queen Taaguti
  • Jyotin Dave as Shah Of Baghdad
  • Mulraj Rajda as Hakim Douban
  • Neela Patel as Fisherman's wife, Aladdin's mother, Shah of Baghdad's consort, Queen Zamaani of Shahristaan
  • Sanjeev Sharma as Haasim, Daniel
  • Sulakshana Khatri as witch Asbela & Princess of corpses Asjaar Salatiya
  • Radha Yadav as Dilshad, Mother of kidnapped child
  • Pramod Kapoor as merchant Sirajuddin Shareef Zardaari, prince Gulfaam/Shah Khurram of Mehrabaad/sorcerer Misri, Sorcerer Azgar, King Baazik
  • Kumar Hegde as Shape-Shifter Halkaash
  • Sunil Nagar as King Of Nigaristan
  • Aslam Khan as Kiled Brother Jinn
  • Sanjay Bn Sharma as Tabbak Jinn
  • Dayal Singh Kashyap as Qayamat Jinn
  • Hyder Kazmi as Jadugar Talimosh
  • Neha Grewal as Heena
  • Swati Anand as Sofonisba / Sharara Gul
  • Ritambhara Sahni as Ismatjahan
  • Yashodhan Rana as Sindbad
  • Firoz Ali as Shehzada Afak

    Home media

The episodes of Alif Laila were released on both VCD and DVD format from Moserbaer. The DVD release was marketed as 20 volumes consisting of 143 episodes.

Broadcast

Alif Laila first aired on DD1, and later, Season 2 was broadcast on SAB TV.