Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum (translated as Alladin's magical lamp) is a 1979 Malayalam film directed by I. V. Sasi

I. V. Sasi

Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran, better known as I. V. Sasi, is a Malayali Indian film director who is known for his films of the 1970s, 80s and early 90s. He has directed about 150 films in various South Indian languages and Hindi. He is known as the "veteran" or the "guru" filmmaker in Malayalam...

. It stars Kamal Hassan as Allauddin and Rajinikanth as Kamaruddin. The film is based on Alladin's story from the Arabian Nights. It was simultaneously made in Tamil as Allaudinaum Arputha Vilakkum

Allaudinaum Arputha Vilakkum

Allaudinaum Arputha Vilakkum is a 1979 Tamil/Malayalam bilingual film directed by I. V. Sasi. It has Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan in the lead roles, with Sripriya and Jayabharathi playing their love interests. The film was dubbed into Telugu as Allauddin Adbutha Deepam and into Hindi as Aladdin and...

and released on June 8, 1979. It was the debut film of Rajinikanth in Malayalam.