Bajaja (1951)

Poor half-orphan Bayaya is attracted by a call one day. He is called by his deceased mother who is experiencing her purgatory transformed into a white horse. She convinces Baya to go on a journey with her. Next steps lead them to a kingdom where three princesses are waiting to be sacrificed to dragons. Bayaya defeats all three dragons and chooses his future wife among the princesses. But at his mother's request, he must not reveal that he is the hero who saved the princesses. However, after a series of further disappointments, he gets a well-deserved happy ending.