Alif Laila (1993)

Directed by

Ramanand Sagar

Genre

fantasy television series

Country

India

How it feels

This Indian series adapts the Arabian Nights stories. It begins with Shahrzad telling tales to King Shahryar to save her own life. The show presents both famous and obscure stories from the collection across many episodes.

fantasticalstorybooknostalgicwhimsicalepisodicatmosphericsprawlingmelodramaticold-world

What happens

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 Pictures Entertainment. It was made in two seasons. The series was telecast from 1993 to 1997 on DD National and from 2001 to 2002 on SAB TV, totalling 303 episodes. The plotline of the series starts from the very beginning when Shahrzad starts telling stories to Shahryar and includes both the well-known and the lesser-known stories from the One Thousand and One Nights. The title Alif Laila is a short form of the original Arabic title of the One Thousand and One Nights - Alif Layla wa-Layla (Arabic: ألف ليلة وليلة). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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