Pardesi (1957 film)
| Pardesi | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Vasili Pronin |
| Written by | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Mariya Smirnova |
| Produced by | Naya Sansar Mosfilm Studio |
| Starring | Oleg Strizhenov Nargis Dutt Padmini |
| Music by | Anil Biswas Boris Chaikovsky Lyrics: Ali Sardar Jafri Prem Dhawan |
Release date | 1957 |
Running time | 110 min. |
| Countries | India Soviet Union |
| Language | Hindi/Russian |
Journey Beyond Three Seas ([Pardesi] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help); [Хождение за три моря (Khozhdenie za tri morya)] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a 1957 Indian-Soviet popular film, jointly directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Vasili Pronin.[1] 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.[2]
Synopsis
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).
Cast
- Oleg Strizhenov - Afanasi
- Nargis Dutt - Champa
- Prithviraj Kapoor
- Balraj Sahni
- Bharat Bhushan
- Manmohan Krishna
- David[3]
- P. Jairaj
- Achala Sachdev
- Padmini
- Iya Arepina
- Vitali Belyakov
- Stepan Kayukov
Awards
- 1958 Cannes Film Festival - Golden Palm - Nomination[4]
- 1958 Filmfare Best Art Direction Award - M.R. Acharekar[5]
References
- ^ Pardesi fourth Ind-Soviet co-production The Kaleidoscope of Indian Cinema, by Hameeduddin Mahmood, Affiliated East-West Press, 1974. page 17, 84.
- ^ Na dir dim on YouTube
- ^ Pardesi (1957 film) www.searchamovie.com.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Journey Beyond Three Seas". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
- ^ -Awards Internet Movie Database.
