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Jasmine is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures ' 31st animated feature film Aladdin (1992). Voiced by American actress Linda Larkin – with a singing voice provided by Filipina singer Lea Salonga – Jasmine is the spirited Princess of Agrabah, who has grown weary of her life of palace confinement. Despite an age-old law stipulating that the princess must marry a prince in time for her 18th birthday, Jasmine is instead determined to marry someone she loves for who he is as opposed to what he owns. Created by directors Ron Clements and John Musker with screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio , Jasmine is based on Badroulbadour , a princess who appears in the One Thousand and One Nights folktale " Aladdin and the Magical Lamp ." Originally conceived as a spoiled, materialistic princess, the writers eventually rewrote Jasmine into a stronger and more prominent heroine following the elimination of Aladdin's mother from the script, while borr...

Aladdin is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of Walt Disney Pictures ' 31st animated feature film Aladdin (1992) based on Aladdin , a folk tale of Middle Eastern origin. He is voiced by American actor Scott Weinger , while his singing voice is provided by Brad Kane . He also stars in the two direct-to-video sequels The Return of Jafar (1994) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996), as well as the animated television series based on the film . Mena Massoud played a live-action version of the character in a live action adaptation of the 1992 film. When Aladdin is initially introduced, he is eighteen years old. He never received a formal education, and has only learned by living on the streets of Agrabah. He has to steal food in the local market in order to survive. When Aladdin was only an infant, his father, Cassim , left him and his mother in order to find a better life for his family. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_(Disney_character) ------------...

Jafar  is a  fictional   character  who appears in  Walt Disney Pictures ' 31st animated feature film  Aladdin  (1992). He is  voiced  by American actor  Jonathan Freeman , who also portrayed the character in the  Broadway musical adaptation . An inspiration to the character is the villain Jafar, played by  Conrad Veidt  in  The Thief of Bagdad , from which Aladdin borrows several character ideas and plot elements. The Jafar of Disney's Aladdin plays essentially the same part as the character from the 1940 movie, and is drawn with notable similarity to Conrad Veidt's looks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jafar_(Disney) ------------------------------ Aladdin is a 2019 American musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures . Directed by Guy Ritchie , from a script he co-wrote with John August , it is a live-action / CGI adaptation of Disney's 1992 animated film of the same name , which itself is based on the ...