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Potli Baba Ki

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How it feels

A children's puppet show that tells two classic fairy tales. The stories are Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Aladdin and the Magic Lamp. Each tale carries a clear moral lesson for young viewers.

whimsicalgentleeducationalnostalgicsimpleupliftingcozystorybook-like

What happens

Potli Baba Ki (literally Baba's Bag, can be inferred as Baba's Tales) (1991) is an Indian children's puppet television series aired in India in 1991 on Doordarshan. It featured various fairy tales in simple language and used to give good moral messages to children. The title song "Aaya Re Baba" was sung by Vinod Sehgal and composed by Hindustani the poet and lyricist Gulzar, who was also the co-producer, director and writer of the show. The series has two parts: "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" (ten episodes) and "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" (ten episodes). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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