Aladdin – Naam Toh Suna Hoga

Aladdin – Naam Toh Suna Hoga (transl. Aladdin – Must've Heard The Name) is an Indian fantasy television series loosely based on the Arabian Nights character Aladdin. The series premiered on 21 August 2018 on Sony SAB. The series involves Aladdin, a kind-hearted thief, as he falls in love with Princess Yasmine, befriends a wish-granting Genie of the Lamp, and battles Zafar and later the evil enchantress Mallika, and again with Sultan Aiyyar Zafar after his rebirth.

Aladdin – Naam Toh Suna Hoga
Aladdin – Naam Toh Suna Hoga
Also known asAladdin
Genre
  • Fantasy
  • Comedy
  • Romance
Created by
  • Alind Srivastava
  • Nisser Parvej
Written by
  • Shakti Sagar Chopra
  • Lakshmi Jayakumar
Screenplay by
  • Shivam Awasthi
  • Aanchal Aggarwal Vasani
Directed by
  • Maan Singh
  • Amandeep Singh
  • Kushal Awasthi
  • Vighnesh Kamble
Creative directorPooja Hingorani
StarringSiddharth Nigam
Avneet Kaur
Ashi Singh
Aamir Dalvi
Raashul Tandon
Smita Bansal
Praneet Bhat
Gireesh Sahdev
Theme music composerSouvyk Chakraborty
Opening theme"Aladdin"
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes572
Production
Producers
  • Nissar Parvez
  • Alind Srivastava
  • Hitesh Thakkar
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time20–23 minutes
Production companyPeninsula Pictures
Original release
NetworkSony SAB
Release21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) –
5 February 2021 (2021-02-05)

Series overview edit

No. of season No of episodes Originally broadcast (India)
First aired Last aired
1 207 21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) 31 May 2019 (2019-05-31)
2 250 3 June 2019 (2019-06-03) 28 August 2020 (2020-08-28)
3 115 31 August 2020 (2020-08-31) 5 February 2021 (2021-02-05)

Plot edit

Season 1 edit

Mallika, an evil enchantress, tries to take over the world, but her servant Hassan betrays her and turns her into a stone statue. Before becoming a statue, Mallika turns Hassan into a genie and captures him in a lamp (chiraag).

Five hundred years later, Aladdin is born in Baghdad as the only son of Ruksaar and Omar, the once royal guard of Baghdad, now known as a traitor. young Aladdin is a kind-hearted, funny, brave, courageous, and hopelessly romantic poet. His biggest dream is to meet Princess Yasmine of Baghdad, with whom he fell in love at first sight (when he was seven years old). He brings a magical lamp in exchange for ten thousand gold coins for the wazir of Baghdad, Zafar but gets confined in a cave. He rubs the lamp and becomes the master of the Genie of the Lamp (Hassan), (also called Chiraag ka jinn). He names him Ginu.

Zafar tries to steal the lamp from Aladdin but fails. Aladdin strolls freely in Baghdad's streets. Princess Yasmine is forbidden to roam in Baghdad by her mother, Queen Mallika. Still, Yasmine disguises herself, wandering around Baghdad in common clothes to address the citizens' welfare. Aladdin and Yasmine often bump into each other. Yasmine dislikes that Aladdin (Kalachor) only likes (Shehzaadi) Yasmine because of her title. As such, she introduces herself as Sana. Initially, they do not get along. Over time, they become friends and falls in love.

Zafar finds Anguthi ka Jinn aka Anguthichap aka Jhumru (Genie of Ring) in Misr/Egypt. He captures Ginu [ chirag ka jin ], turns him into evil, and erases all of his memories of Aladdin with the help of Anguthi ka Jinn. He kills Sultan, i.e., Yasmine's father, frames Aladdin for the murder, and betrays Genie of the Ring by taking away all his powers. A heartbroken Yasmine reveals her truth to a shocked and perplexed Aladdin and sentences him to be buried alive in a short square closed room without any opening and sand-filled in it. Everyone scorns Rukhsaar as earlier her husband, and now her son, both are termed as traitors.

Season 2 edit

One year later, Aladdin is still alive, living in Misr/Egypt. His father Omar and Bulbul Chacha saved him and helped him escape . In the process, Omar was killed. Aladdin finds Anguthi ka Jinn (whom he calls Anguthi Chaap)(Genie of the Ring) and discovers Zafar's crimes. Aladdin vows to seek revenge. The duo finds two more genies – an uncle and a niece duo, Genie Meanie (Genie of the Bottle) and Chand Changezi (who is called ChaCha) (Genie of the Pendant).

They take up the names Ali (Aladdin), a merchant from Ankara, his siblings Sara (Genie Meanie), Chand Changezi (ChaCha), and their servant Jhumru (Anguthi Chaap) to foil Zafar's evil intentions. Gulbadan (Aladdin's cousin) recognizes Aladdin's innocence and decides to help him. He first disguises himself as Aladdin ki rooh (Aladdin's ghost) and captures his innocence in Anguthi Chaap's ring. The plan fails when Ginu's magic changes the entire recording and Aladdin couldn't prove his innocence. Later, Yasmine finds out about Aladdin's innocence and breaks down out of guilt. Soon she realizes Ali is Aladdin disguised and confesses her love to him. Aladdin reciprocates her love. Together, then they turn Ginu back to his good form, and Aladdin is reunited with his mother.

Zafar intends to reach Mallika, the evil enchantress, with the Sonminar's [ building of gold ] help. He wants to rule the entire world, but Aladdin stops him. Zafar, with the help of his sister, Zeher, finds out Ali and Ginu's truth. Aladdin and his group consisting of Yasmine, Rukhsaar, Gulbadan, Ginu, Anguthi Chaap, Genie Meanie, and Chand Changezi (the tholi), bring Zafar's offenses in front of Baghdad. Zafar dies, and Zeher escapes from Baghdad. Before his death, Zafar revived Mallika with the help of Magical Mercury (Jaadui Para). Aladdin and his companions buried Zafar's body.

A month later, on the occasion of Jashn-e-Dilbar [ valentine's day ], Aladdin proposes marriage to Yasmine, and they plan their engagement. A disguised Mallika arrives and plans for destruction by using Shaitaan ka Khanjar (Dagger of the Devil). She turns Aladdin's mother into a genie with a bracelet and persuades Aladdin to bring the three parts of the Shaitaan ka Khanjar. In a fight with Zafar's sister Zeher, Aladdin unknowingly opens a prison from which a lookalike of Zafar comes out and helps Aladdin. He introduces himself as Faraz, Zafar and Zeher's younger brother, who was imprisoned by the brother-sister duo for about 10 years. Together they collect all three parts of Shaitaan ka Khanjar by which Aladdin kills Mallika, and his mother is brought back to human form.

Faraz is revealed to be Zafar, who returned to take revenge on Aladdin, killing the real Faraz. Using the khanjar, which is now very powerful because of Mallika's blood, Zafar becomes Aiyyar Zafar (Devil's true friend). Then, Zafar sends Aladdin and Yasmine to bring the red box from the hell. Then, Aladdin and Yasmine decide to go to Hell to save Omar, now an angel from punishment because he had given Aladdin a piece of the khanjar. After they reach Hell, they give the Lal Sanduk (Red Box) to Zafar, which he wants, and in return, he frees Omar from punishment. Aladdin tells Omar that the real Lal Sanduk is with them, not with Zafar. Omar sends the real Sanduk to a safer place. Omar, knowing Aladdin and Yasmine can bring the Sanduk, pushes them into lava, killing them, so the Sanduk cannot be brought back. Then he jumps into the lava to punish himself. Zafar uses a spell that erases Aladdin and Yasmine's memories from the minds of Baghdad's citizens, and he becomes the Sultan. He traps Ginu in his lamp, throws him away, and makes Anguthi Chaap his servant. Chacha and Geanie Meanie got lost in the world of Genie. Aladdin and Yasmine are reborn in Turkistan.

Season 3 edit

18 years later, Aladdin is shown as the spoilt, lazy prince of Turkistan and Yasmine as a kind-hearted, ordinary thief. After Aladdin manages to catch her, they are banished from Turkistan and reach Baghdad after finding Ginu (Anguthi Chaap guides them.) They start taking lessons from Rukhsaar [ badi ustad ], the principal of Baghdad's school . Aladdin tricks Zafar to make him reveal where he has kept the memories of baghdad and makes Zafar turn against Zeher. As time passes, Aladdin falls for Yasmine and always speaks about her, for which Ginu and Anguthi Chaap tease him. Aladdin is shocked that Yasmine was the Sultana of Baghdad. When he saves her, he realizes Yasmine is his one true love.

Aladdin tells Yasmine about Zafar and his wicked plans. He brings Zarina, a scorpion whom he consider his sister, to finish Zafar's powers and restore Baghdad's citizens' memories once and for all. Zarina stings Zafar, and all the memories he had taken away are restored while she gets killed. Aladdin is reunited with his mother Rukhsaar, his brothers Anguthi Chaap and Ginu, and his love Yasmine. After many hurdles, Zafar and Zeher are captured and jailed. Yasmine is proclaimed Sultana-e-Baghdad while Zafar and Zeher plot against Rukhsaar. Zafar and Zeher manage to escape. Later, Yasmine confesses her love to Aladdin, and both get engaged. Zafar performs a ritual and tells them a meteoroid will soon crash on Earth, and the Black Lamp (Kala Chiraag), which is present in the Lal Sanduk, can only stop that. Aladdin, Yasmine, and Zafar travel to Marakkesh to get the lamp. After a series of incidents, Zafar takes over the Black Lamp (Kala Chiraag) and its genie and becomes the master of the Black Genie (Kala Jinn). Zafar gives order to the black genie to make him Aiyyar again. On the other side, Zeher makes Anguthi Chaap her slave, but he sacrifices himself for ami [ Aladdin's mother ].

Anguthi Chaap, before his death, tells Rukhsaar that Zafar can't be killed. He locked his soul in a locket hidden in Hell. Anguthi Chaap helps her to get there, and Rukhsaar gets the locket. Now, Aladdin and Yasmine fights with Zafar and Ginu fights with the black genie. Rukhsaar goes to Marakkesh to kill Zafar. Rukhsaar frees the soul from the locket, and Aladdin kills him. The Black Genie gets captured in his lamp again. But he vows to escape to take revenge for his Master's death. Everything in Baghdad is well, and Aladdin and Yasmine get married. Anguthi Chaap's soul happily looks over them. But someone releases the Black Genie, and Ginu senses the danger. The series ends with Aladdin and Yasmine ready to fight the evils of the world once again.

Cast edit

Main edit

  • Siddharth Nigam as
    • Aladdin/Ali- Rukhsaar and Omar's son. A kind-hearted and smart, handsome young boy, widely known in Baghdad as Kala Chor (Black Thief). Master of the Genie of the Lamp (Ginu), Genie of the Ring (Anguthi Chaap), Genie of the Bottle (Geanie Meanie), and Genie of the Pendant (Chand Changezi). Piddi, Shehzadi Meher, Sultana Adaaya and Zohra Begum's former love interest. After the leap, Prince of Turkistan. Yasmine's husband. (2018–2021)
    • Haider: Aladdin's evil duplicate
  • Avneet Kaur (2018–2020) as Yasmine[1][2] a.k.a. Sultana-e-Baghdad, Sultana Yasmine (formerly Princess Yasmine) - Sultan Shahnawaz and Mehrunissa's daughter. A courageous and beautiful young woman who roamed Baghdad assuring the welfare of her citizens. After leap, an orphan. Aladdin's love interest turned-wife.
    • Ashi Singh replaced Kaur as Yasmine. (2020–2021)
  • Aamir Dalvi as Zafar/Muchhad, the former Grand Vizier and the Sultan of Baghdad after Aladdin and Yasmine's deaths.[3] A greedy man who plans to take over the world. Ginu and Anguthichap's former master. He is also the brother of Zeher. He became the master of the Kala Jinn but still met his demise at the reborn Aladdin's hands. (2018–2021)
  • Raashul Tandon as Hassan-Ul-Rahman-Bin-Tughluq/Ginu[4] – Genie of the Lamp, a genie whom Aladdin considers a brother and calls Ginu and younger brother of the Genie of the Ring, Anguthi Chaap. Love interest of Genie Meanie (2018–2021)
  • Smita Bansal as Rukhsaar – Aladdin's mother before rebirth, a kind-hearted woman who never held grudges even to those who are cruel around her. (2018–2021)
  • Praneet Bhat as Anguthi Chaap – Genie of the Ring, a genie found in Misr by Zafar with the help of Aladdin. He is also the elder brother of Ginu and the wisest of all genies. (2019–2021)
  • Gireesh Sahdev as Omar, Aladdin's father before rebirth. (2018–2020)

Recurring edit

  • Nausheen Ali Sardar as the evil enchantress Mallika who was turned into stone by Hassan (Ginu). She made the lamp of Ginu and Anguthi Chaap's ring. She arose after 500 years and came to Baghdad to become the most powerful in the World using the Devil's Dagger. Though, Aladdin kills her using the Devil's Dagger. (2018–2020)
  • Divyangana Jain as Sultana-e-Baltish, also known as Zeher-un-Nissa – Zafar's sister, a powerful toxicologist who could make any dangerous venom and who helped Zafar to reveal all the truth of Aladdin and his Gins and also helped Zafar to get the Devil's Dagger deceptively from Aladdin to become the most powerful in the World. She accidentally died due to her own poison being thrown at herself when throwing it on Aladdin. (2019–2021)
  • Sonal Kaushal as the voice of Shaheen, Kali Chorni Yasmine's talking parrot and best friend. She considers Yasmine as a sister. She has a unique sense of humor and a unique style of talking. She talks a lot, thus gaining the nickname, "Chatar-Patar". (2020–2021)
  • Amit Raghuvanshi as Sheefan, Koyal's brother, is one of the best students of Rukhsaar but he is jealous of Shehzada Aladdin and Jinu and creates problems for them though he likes Yasmine very much and always advises her to stay away from Aladdin. (2020)
  • Vikas Grover as Gulbadan, the former Grand Vizier of Baghdad and Aladdin's elder cousin, an innocent and kind-hearted person who helped Aladdin to save Baghdad.[5] (2018–2020)
  • Sonal Bhojwani as Geanie-Meanie/Sarah, Genie of the Bottle, a mermaid-shaped genie, and Ginu's love interest. She has the ability to freeze time for 30 seconds. She went to the genie world in order to pray for Aladdin and Yasmine, but died as her master Aladdin dies along with her Magical Bottle at the end of season 2. (2019–2020)
  • Krishang Bhanushali as Chand Changezi, Genie of the Pendant a 1,500-year-old genie but was able to take the form of a seven-year-old child and could transform into any object. He was also nicknamed Chacha by all. Along with Geanie-Meanie, he also went to the Genie world to pray for Aladdin and Yasmine but died as his master Aladdin dies along with his Magical Pendant at the end of season 2. (2019–2020)
  • Gulfam Khan as Nazneen Begum – Gulbadan's mother, Mustafa's wife, Aladdin's aunt, and a greedy woman who always collaborates with the evil person whether Zafar or Mallika. She is now a cook in the Shahi Talimghar but also a small thief along with Mustafa Chacha in Season 3.[6] (2018–2020)
  • Badrul Islam as Mustafa Chacha – Gulbadan's father, Aladdin's uncle, Omar's younger brother, and a comical person who always works with Nazneen in her selfish motives. He is now a cook in Talimghar but also a small thief along with Nazneen Begum in Season 3.[7] (2018–2020)
  • Nithish as Prince Anders, a courageous and handsome young Prince from Skanland. He was a potential husband for Princess Yasmine. (2019)
  • Chayan Trivedi as Bulbul Chacha, Aladdin's uncle, Omar, and Mustafa's cousin, Chulbul's grandfather. He helps Aladdin with his various tasks by giving him his new inventions. He was killed by Zafar. (2018–2020)
  • Soni Singh as Zarina, a shapeshifter, kind-hearted, orphan female scorpion whom Shehzada Aladdin considered a sister. She fell in love with Zafar but gets stabbed by him. As she was coming close to her death, she remembered the promise that she had given to her brother Aladdin. To fulfill that promise, she stings Zafar which leads to the removal of all dark powers from Zafar, thus freeing the memories of Baghdad's citizens. (2020)
  • Gyan Prakash as Sultan Shahnawaz, the Sultan (King) of Baghdad, Yasmine's father. He is killed by Zafar. And as Jhuman, polymorphism of sultan Shahnawaz. (2018–2019)
  • Farhina Parvez as Piddi, Yasmine's loyal handmaiden and friend. She often comforted Yasmine whenever she was upset. Former lover of Aladdin (2018–2019)
  • Yashu Dhiman as Mallika Begum Mehrunisa, the former Queen of Baghdad, Yasmine's mother. She helped Yasmine to take care of the people of Baghdad. (2018–2019)
  • Prakhar Saxena as Subedar Akbar, Zafar's former right hand. (2018–2020)
  • Tushar Kawale as Badal, Zafar's brother-in-law. Zafar threw him off a cliff for failing to claim the lamp. (2018)
  • Ritu Singh as Bijli, Zafar's sister-in-law. Zafar threw her off a cliff for failing to claim the lamp. (2018)
  • Chahat Pandey as Meher, a princess of Yemen and cousin of Yasmine. She had a crush on Aladdin, making Yasmine jealous. (2019)
  • Shrashti Maheshwari as Gulegulfam, Gulbadan's haughty wife who went to her mom's house. (2019)
  • Vinit Kakar as Haiwan-e-Hiblish, the wicked demon who contaminated the water using his toxic venom. (2019)
  • Pal John as Sultana-e-Misr, Sultana Adaya, a stubborn young sultana regnant and Aladdin's former fiancée. She helped Aladdin by giving Atish-e-Aftab. (2019)
  • Shivani Badoni as Koyal, another student of Rukhsaar and the sister of Sheefan. She likes Aladdin very much and genuinely cares for everyone. (2020)
  • Karan Khan as Chulbul, grandson of Bulbul Chacha and an inventor of scientific things like his grandfather, an aid to Rukhsar and Aladdin. (2020–2021)
  • Jogesh as Khalibali, a therian guard. He guards the Talimghar according to Zafar. (2020–2021)
  • Harsh Vashisht as Sultan-e-Turkistan, Sultan Firoz – prince Aladdin's father after rebirth, a dutiful and fair Sultan, and a strict father who wants to help Prince Aladdin find the right path. He also gives prince Aladdin the responsibility to catch the Kali Chorni.[8] (2020)
  • Guneet Sharma as Shiraz, Aladdin's close friend. (2020)
  • Vipul Tyagi as Faiz, a sidekick of Prince Aladdin who helps him in his mischief. (2020)
  • Aradhana Sharma as Sultana-e-Aqaba, Sultana Tamanna, a mysterious sultana regnant who is a cat-woman and also knows magic. She was given the duty by Omar to guard the Devil's Dagger's second part but Aladdin somehow took it with him. (2020)
  • Kajal Jain as Mehjabeen, a witch, who was Zafar's ex-fiancé, that came out due to a task given by Rukhsaar to Shehzaada Aladdin and his team to take the magic lantern to get prepared for the Zafar's task. She was killed by zeher (2020)
  • Viren Singh Rathore as Allah Rakha, Omar's friend and a protector of truth who is approached by Rukhsaar to get help for Aladdin and other children of Talimghar from Zafar. He fights with Zafar but gets killed due to Zeher's poison. (2020)
  • Hetvi Sharma as Sunahari, a little girl rescued by Yasmine from the gang of Zafar. Now, she resides along with Yasmine in the Talimghar. (2020)
  • Om Aditya Yadav as young Aladdin who saw Princess Yasmine in her childhood and fell for her. (2018)
  • Anila K Kharbanda as Roothi, Riddhi Gupta as Jhoothi, and Prerika Arora as Tooti are all fairies who helped Zafar watch the past of Prince Aladdin and Yasmin. (2020)
  • Shweta Khanduri as Aliza, a manipulative harridan killed by Ginu. (2018)
  • Milan Singh as Zehreeli, a naagin (a shape-shifter female serpent) who has the power of seeing the future. (2020–2021)
  • Nirisha Basnett as Sheher-zaadi, a powerful author and an aid to Zafar. She is the daughter of the Kala Jinn from the Kala Chirag that Zafar wanted. She was able to trap people in her dark story and was able to create new characters in her story which happened in reality. She was trapped by Aladdin in her own story. (2021)
  • Krishna Kant Singh Bundela as Fakir

Guest edit

Crossover edit

Aladdin – Naam Toh Suna Hoga did a Crossover with the series Baalveer Returns for 5 episodes from 27 January 2020 to 31 January 2020.[9][10]

Awards edit

Year Award Category Recipient Ref
2018 Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actor in a Negative Role Aamir Dalvi [11][12]
Best Actor Siddharth Nigam
2019 Gold Awards Debut in a Lead Role (Female) Avneet Kaur
People's Favourite TV Actor Siddharth Nigam [13]

References edit

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  2. ^ Maheshwri, Neha. "Ashi Singh replaces Avneet Kaur in 'Aladdin: Naam Toh Suna Hoga'". Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. ^ India-West, R. M. VIJAYAKAR, Special to. "Aamir Dalvi Calls Himself a 'Schizophrenic Actor'". India West. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Raashul Tandon talks about his transformation into a negative Genie – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Vikas Grover to join the cast of 'Aladdin' | TV – Times of India Videos". The Times of India.
  6. ^ "My family is critical about my work: Gulfam Khan". outlookindia.com/.
  7. ^ "TV's Ashoka aka Sidharth Nigam to play the lead in 'Aladdin, Naam Toh Suna Hoga' – Times of India". The Times of India.
  8. ^ "Harsh Vasishtha to enter Aladdin: Naam Toh Suna Hoga; says 'getting a chance to explore comedy again'". Times of India. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Baalveer & Aladdin join forces to fight evil | 27th to 31st Jan | 8pm & 9pm" – via www.youtube.com.
  10. ^ "Behind The Scenes | Maha Episode of Aladdin and Baalveer | Aladdin – Naam Toh Suna Hoga | BaalVeer" – via www.youtube.com.
  11. ^ "ITA Awards 2018: Surbhi Chandna, Divyanka Tripathi, Harshad Chopda win big". India Today.
  12. ^ "ITA Awards 2018 Winners List". Indian Express. 12 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Gold Awards 2019". zee5.com.

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