Pardesi (1957 film)
| Pardesi | |
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Romanian poster
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| Directed by |
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Vasili Pronin |
| Produced by |
Naya Sansar Mosfilm Studio |
| Written by |
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Mariya Smirnova |
| Starring |
Oleg Strizhenov Nargis Dutt Prithviraj Kapoor Balraj Sahni Bharat Bhushan Manmohan Krishna |
| Music by |
Anil Biswas Boris Chaikovsky Lyrics: Ali Sardar Jafri Prem Dhawan |
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Release date
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1957 |
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Running time
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110 min. |
| Country |
India Soviet Union |
| Language | Hindi/Russian |
Journey Beyond Three Seas (Hindi: Pardesi; Russian: Хождение за три моря (Khozhdenie za tri morya)) is a 1957 Indian-Soviet popular film, jointly directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Vasili Pronin. It was made in two version, Hindi and Russian, and is based on the travelogues of Russian traveller Afanasy Nikitin, called A Journey Beyond the Three Seas, which is now considered a Russian literary monument.
Made during the high time of Indo-Russian amity, Pardesi, is an Indo-Soviet film co-production, between state-owned, 'Mosfilm Studio' and Khwaja Ahmad Abbas's, 'Naya Sansar International' production house.
Film has music by Anil Biswas, who have some memorable hits like, Rasiya Re Man Basiya Re by Meena Kapoor, Na Dir Dim by Lata Mangeshkar and danced to by Padmini.
The film tells the story of Afanasy Nikitin (Oleg Strizhenov), a 15th-century, Russian trader who travelled to India (1466-1472), and falls in love with an Indian girl Champa (Nargis Dutt).
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