Aladdin – Naam Toh Suna Hoga

Aladdin – Naam Toh Suna Hoga
Genre	Fantasy, Action, Romance, Comedy, Adventure
Created by	Man Singh Manku Kushal Awasthi
Based on	Aladdin and the Magic Lamp from One Thousand and One Nights
Written by	Shakti Sagar Chopra Lakshmi Jayakumar
Screenplay by	Aanchal Aggarwal Vasani
Directed by	Maan Singh Manku Aseem Srivastava Khalid Anwar
Creative directors	Pooja Hingorani Sreejesh Krishnan
Starring	Siddharth Nigam Avneet Kaur Amir Dalvi Raashul Tandon Smita Bansal Gireesh Sahedev Praneet Bhat
Theme music composer	Souvyk Chakraborty
Opening theme	"Aladdin" By Souvyk Chakraborty
Composer	Souvyk Chakraborty
Country of origin	India
Original languages	Hindi (SAB TV-India & Philippines), Sinhala (Swarnavahini-Sri Lanka)
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	309
Production
Executive producer	Vikas Seth
Producers	Nissar Parvez Alind Srivastava Hitesh Thakkar
Production location	Mumbai
Cinematography	Nidhin Valanday Vignesh Kamble
Editors	Ganga Kacharla Ankush A. Ambre
Camera setup	Multiple camera
Running time	23 minutes
Production company	Peninsula Pictures Private Limited
Original release
Network	Sony SAB
Release	21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) – present

Aladdin - Naam Toh Suna Hoga is an Indian fantasy television series that airs on Sony SAB. It premiered on 21 August 2018 and stars Siddharth Nigam and Avneet Kaur in the lead roles of Aladdin and Princess Yasmine respectively.

Plot

Season 1

Mallika, a powerful and evil enchantress, plans to take over the world. Her servant Hassan, tricks her but then turns into a Genie and gets trapped in a lamp.

500 years later, a boy named Aladdin is born in Baghdad. He is a kind-hearted lad. He is tasked by the evil Grand Vizier of Bagdad, Zafar, to find the lamp in exchange for 10,000 gold coins, but gets trapped in a cave. He rubs the lamp and becomes the master of the Genie of The Lamp. He names the Genie as Ginu. Zafar tries to steal the lamp from Aladdin but fails.

Aladdin loves Princess Yasmine of Baghdad. He meets her many times but doesn't know that she is a princess. He gradually develops a friendship with her and later the two fall in love.

Zafar finds the Genie Of The Ring and with his help, he finds Ginu and turns him evil. He makes Aladdin fall into his trap by framing him to have killed the Sultan i.e. Yasmine's father. This breaks Yasmine's heart. Zafar betrays Genie Of The Ring. Aladdin is buried alive by Yasmine.

Season 2

A year later, Aladdin is shown to still be alive. He finds Genie Of The Ring and discovers what Zafar did to him. He decides to get revenge. It is revealed that his father Omar saved him before being killed. He takes up the name Ali and he and his genie go to find a treasure.

Yasmine has become cold-hearted and declares that she will rule Baghdad. Zafar, who doesn't want that to happen, turns her into a parrot with the help of Ginu.

Ali finds two genies - Jinee Minee and Chand Changezi along with the treasure using his wit. He returns to Baghdad. Zafar tests him to find out if he is Aladdin. Once it Chand Changezi helps Ali to prove that he is not Aladdin, Zafar befriends him. Ali cures Yasmine but she orders him to leave.

Zafar invites Ali back to Baghdad due to his greed. Yasmine is enraged but befriends Ali as part of her plan. Ali meets his uncle and reveals his truth. Meanwhile, Jinee Minee falls in love with Ginu.

Ali learns of Zafar's plans to take over the world through dark magic and sacrifice Yasmine. He begins to haunt Zafar as Aladdin's ghost. Yasmine meets Aladdin's ghost and he declares that he will prove his innocence in five days. Aladdin's ghost records Zafar accepting his crimes in a magical ring.

His plan flops as Zafar edited all the recordings in the Ring by Ginu. Rukhsar taunts Aladdin. He is discouraged. Gulbadan saves him and decides to help after Ginu attacks him. This encourages him. Ali makes a new plan. Yasmine hears Zafar confessing his crimes in the Son Minar he constructed to open the 3 doors and become the emperor of the world.

A monster named Hiblis runs out of the Minar after the first door is opened, who has the key of the second door.

Yasmine yearns to catch and kill Zafar, and Ali also tried to tell her, his own truth of being Aladdin.

Cast

Main

• Siddharth Nigam as Aladdin/Ali and Kala chor(black thief) , a kind-hearted and smart young lad, who is now world's richest man who became the master of the Genie of the Lamp, Genie of the Bottle, Genie of the Pendant and later Genie of the Ring whom he later considers as his family.
• Avneet Kaur as Yasmine the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin's love interest and the princess of Baghdad. She sentenced Aladdin to death as punishment for "murdering" her father without knowing that Zafar framed him.Now, she has learned that Aladdin was innocent and Zafar killed her father.
• Aamir Dalvi as Zafar/Mucchad, a deceptive sorcerer, the Grand Vizier of Baghdad and a greedy man who plans to take over the world through Genie of the Lamp's powers and black magic.
• Raashul Tandon as Hassan / Ginu or Chirag ka Jinn (Genie of the Lamp), a Jinn and whom Aladdin considers a brother. He is currently Zafar's genie and has lost all memory of Aladdin.
• Praneet Bhat as Genie Of The Ring/Anghuti Chhaap or Anghuti ka jinn, Jinn of the ring guarded by the Zehraal in Misr. He is the elder brother of Ginu and later becomes Aladdin's genie after Zafar betrayed him.
• Smita Bansal as Ruksaar, Aladdin's mother.
• Gireesh Sahdev as Omar, Aladdin's father (Dead) also called 'Ustad Ji' by Aladdin. He was also framed by Zafar 20 years ago.
• Sonal Bhojwani as Sara / Jinee-Minee / Genie of the Bottle, a mermaid-like genie of the bottle and Ginu's love interest. She has the ability to freeze time for few seconds.
• Krishang Bhanushali as Chaand Changezi / Genie of the Pendant. A 1500 year-old genie but takes the form of a seven year-old child and can transform into any object.

Recurring

• Vikas Grover as Gulbadan, Aladdin's cousin, head of palace guards and an innocent man.
• Gulfam Khan as Nazneen Begum, Gulbadan's mother, Aladdin's aunt and a greedy woman. She helped Zafar in framing Aladdin.
• Badrul Islam as Mustafa, Gulbadan's father, Omar's brother, Aladdin's dimwitted uncle.
• Gyan Prakash as Badshah Shahnawaz, the Sultan of Baghdad, Yasmine's father (dead) who was killed by Zafar.
• Yashu Dhiman as Mehrunisa or Mallika Begum, the Sultana (Queen) of Baghdad, Yasmine's mother.
• Farhina Parvez as Piddhi, Yasmine's loyal handmaiden and best friend. She often comforts Yasmine whenever she is upset.
• Shrashti Maheshwari as Gulegulfam, Gulbadan's wife. She is a very demanding and cunning girl despite her father being poor.

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Reference
2018	Zee Rishtey Awards	Best New Show	Aladdin — Naam Toh Suna Hoga
	Indian Television Academy Awards	Best Actor In A Negative Role	Aamir Dalvi
2018	Indian Television Academy Awards	Best Actor	Siddharth Nigam

International broadcast

• The series aired on GMA Network in the Philippines in Hindi from July 1, 2019, as part of The Heart of Asia's 16th-anniversary celebration.
• The series aired on Swarnavahini in Sri Lanka in Sinhala from 16 September 2019.

External links

• Aladdin - Naam Toh Suna Hoga at IMDb