Laila Majnu (1949 film)
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Laila Majnu is a 1949 Telugu-language historical romance film, based on the Sufi legend of Laila-Majnu. It is produced and directed by P. S. Ramakrishna Rao under the Bharani Pictures banner. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Bhanumathi, with music composed by C. R. Subburaman. The film was simultaneously released in Tamil with same title. The film was successful at the box office.
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Theatrical release poster of Laila Majnu, Tamil version
Layla and Majnun
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Layla and Majnun is an old story of Arab origin, about the 7th-century Arabic poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah and his lover Layla bint Mahdi.
A miniature of Nizami's narrative poem. Layla and Majnun meet for the last time before their deaths. Both have fainted and Majnun's elderly messenger attempts to revive Layla while wild animals protect the pair from unwelcome intruders. Late 16th-century illustration.
A Mughal miniature of Amir Khusro's version; Walters Art Museum
Jabal Al-Toubad, the hill where the story of Qays and Layla is said to have been witnessed
Majnun in the wilderness