Hatim Tai (1956)

The film is about Hatim Tai (Hatim of Tayy), a merchant and poet who was known for his charity and kindness. In this Arabian Nights style fantasy Hatim Tai, referred to as Shehzada (Prince) from Yemen, undertakes a perilous journey in order to save a young fairy turned to stone. He can do this by answering seven questions posed to him on the way.

Date of release
1956-01-01
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 22m
Genres
Adventure, Fantasy
Director
Homi Wadia

Casting

Interesting facts

Hatim Tai is a 1956 Indian Hindustani language fantasy film directed by Homi Wadia for Basant Pictures. The story, script and scenario were by JBH Wadia, with dialogues by Hakim Latta and Chand Pandit. The film had several past favorites of Wadia Brothers credited in the film title role, such as Sardar Mansoor, Mithoo Miyan and Dalpat as actors and Boman Shroff as production manager. The cast included Shakila, P. Jairaj, Meenaxi, Naina, Krishna Kumari, S. N. Tripathi, B.M. Vyas and Sheikh.

Production

The film has been remade several times since 1929, but Homi Wadia's Hatim Tai in Gevacolour is cited to be the "most popular version". The film, though produced at Basant Studios, was credited as a Wadia Brothers production. The special effects for this rare A-Grade film from Basant were by Babubhai Mistry and were regarded as the main draw for the large audiences.

The film was dubbed into Tamil with the title Maya Mohini and released in 1956. Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass wrote the dialogues and lyrics for the Tamil version. T. Chalapathi Rao composed the music for the Tamil songs.

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