--- title: 'Ajooba (1991)' type: 'film' director: 'Shashi Kapoor' released: '1991-01-01' runtime_minutes: 141 genres: - 'Fantasy' countries: - 'Soviet Union' - 'India' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ajooba-1991' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101283/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Ajooba (1991) 1991 · 141 min · Fantasy · Soviet Union, India Original title: अज़ूबा ## Synopsis Ajooba (transl. 'Wonder') is a 1990 superhero film, produced and directed by Shashi Kapoor and co-directed by Soviet filmmaker Gennadi Vasilyev. An Indian-Soviet co-production, it is loosely based on Arabic folklore such as One Thousand and One Nights. The film had a Russian language version released in the Soviet Union, Черный принц Аджуба, in 1990, before its Indian release in 1991. The film starred Amitabh Bachchan as the titular superhero Ajooba, along with Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Sonam, Shammi Kapoor, Dara Singh, Amrish Puri and Saeed Jaffery in pivotal roles. Made on a budget of ₹8 crore, it was the most expensive Indian film made until then. ## Credits - **Director:** [Shashi Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/shashi-kapoor), [Gennady Vasilyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/gennady-vasilyev) - **Screenplay:** [Valentin Ezhov](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentin-ezhov) - **Original Music Composer:** [Alexey Rybnikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexey-rybnikov), [Laxmikant-Pyarelal](https://cinepixo.com/people/laxmikant-pyarelal), [Vanraj Bhatia](https://cinepixo.com/people/vanraj-bhatia) - **Producer:** [Shashi Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/shashi-kapoor) ## Cast - [Dara Singh](https://cinepixo.com/people/dara-singh) - [Sushma Seth](https://cinepixo.com/people/sushma-seth) - [Amrish Puri](https://cinepixo.com/people/amrish-puri) - [Amitabh Bachchan](https://cinepixo.com/people/amitabh-bachchan) - [Shammi Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/shammi-kapoor) - [Dalip Tahil](https://cinepixo.com/people/dalip-tahil) - [Sonam](https://cinepixo.com/people/sonam-2) - [Rishi Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/rishi-kapoor) - [Saeed Jaffrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/saeed-jaffrey) - [Dimple Kapadia](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimple-kapadia) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/ajooba-1991 Film facts: Wikidata (Q4699937); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.