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Sabu (Sabu Dastagir) was an Indian actor. He was born in 1924 at Mysore and died in 1963 of a heart attack. He was 'discovered' by director Robert Flaherty while working in the elephant stables of the Maharajah of Mysore, India and cast in the 1937 film 'Elephant Boy'. After that he acted in other movies about the British Raj in India. His most famoust role was the title role in the 1940 film 'The Thief of Baghdad'. As he grew up his popularity began to wane. His most unusual role as an adult was a small part in the 1947 'Black Narcissus' as an Indian general in the Himalayas. He holds the unique honour of being the first Indian to make it to the Hollywood screen.
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Black Narcissus is a drama starring Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar and Flora Robson in a story about five nuns who establish a school and a hospital in a disused harem high in the Himalayan mountains. Black Narcissus was directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger in 1946.
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The Drum is an adventure starring Sabu, Raymond Massey, Valerie Hobson, Roger Livesey and Desmond Tester in a story about an Indian prince starting a new life at a British Army garrison after his father is overthrown and murdered by an evil uncle. The Drum was directed by Zoltan Korda in 1938.
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The Thief Of Bagdad is a fantasy adventure starring Conrad Veidt, Sabu, and June Duprez in a story about the good prince of Bagdad thrown into prison by his evil adviser, from where he befriends a thief and the two of them plan their escape. The Thief Of Bagdad was directed by Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, Zoltan Korda, William Cameron Menzies and Alexander Korda in 1940.
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Sabu is a language spoken in Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
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Sabu is British slang for an Indian person.
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