Pardesi

Overview

This first co-production of the Soviet and Indian cinematographers is dedicated to the Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin who in 1466-1472 blazed the trade way from Europe to India. The film is based on Nikitin’s travel notes. Starring in the film are popular Russian actor Oleg Strizhenov and India’s 1950s movie star Nargis.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 13, 1957

Original language

Hindi

Spoken languages

German, Russian, Hindi

Countries

Soviet Union, India

Production

Mosfilm,Naya Sansar

Cast

Nargis,Oleg Strizhenov,Padmini,Prithviraj Kapoor,Manmohan Krishna,P. Jairaj,Achala Sachdev,David Abraham Cheulkar,Balraj Sahni,Iya Arepinaand 9 more

Director

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas,Vasily Pronin

Writer

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas,Mariya Smirnova,Asad Bhopali,Prem Dhawan,Afanasy Nikitin,Grigoriy Mariamov

Producer

G. Kharlamov,M. Sabir

Cinematography

S. Ramachandra,Yevgeni Andrikanis,Vladimir Nikolayev

Music

Boris Chaikovsky,Anil Biswas

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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