Baghdad Thirudan

Baghdad Thirudan is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language swashbuckler film produced and directed by T. P. Sundaram.

The film stars M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role, with Vyjayanthimala as his leading lady, supported by actors including M. N. Nambiar, T. S. Balaiah, T. R. Ramachandran, S. A. Ashokan, M. N. Rajam, A. Sandhya and S. N. Lakshmi.

The film is a remake of the 1924 American movie The Thief of Bagdad, itself inspired by the earlier 1951 film The Prince Who Was a Thief.

The plot follows the story of Abu, the son of murdered royal parents, who strives to reconquer his kingdom by robbing the rich to aid the poor after being hidden as a shepherd and later becoming the leader of a gang of robbers following betrayal.