Potli Baba Ki

Potli Baba Ki
Written by	Gulzar
Directed by	Gulzar
Opening theme	Aaya Re Baba
Original language	Hindi
No. of episodes	20
Production
Cinematography	Soumendu Roy
Original release
Network	DD National
Release	1991 (1991)

Potli Baba Ki (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 composed by Hindustani 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).

Synopsis

The series has a story-teller in the form of an old man called as 'Baba' — who in his 'Potli' has various stories. The old story-teller, Chhenu ki Jhunnu ka Baba, living in Ghungar village, collects stories and fables which his mother has left hidden under rocks. Baba's peculiarity is that is growing younger day-by-day and once he will find all the stories he will be a child.

External links

• Children's Film Society, India