Pardesi
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.
Crew and Cast
Khwaja Ahmad AbbasDirectorVasily ProninDirector
NargisChampa
Oleg StrizhenovAfanasiy Nikitin
PadminiCourt Dancer Lakshmi
Prithviraj KapoorGrand Vizier Mahmud Gavan
Manmohan KrishnaChampa's FatherP. JairajAmbassador Hassan Bek Shirvan
Achala SachdevChampa's Mother
David Abraham CheulkarAsad Khan
Balraj SahniSakaram
Iya ArepinaDunyasha
Nikifor KolofidinVasily Panin
Vsevolod YakutMiguel
Ivan ZhevagoTver merchantAleksandr Kuznetsovmerchant
Amandurdy Khojakuliev
Stepan Kayukov
Varvara Obukhova
Boris TerentyevAthanasius Nikitin's fatherLeonid TopchiyevIvan III
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Info
- Original title
- परदेसी
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 13 December 1957
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- TMDB score
- 6.2 / 10 (9 votes)
Production
- Director
- Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Vasily Pronin
- Studios
- Naya Sansar, Mosfilm
- Countries
- Soviet Union, India
Languages
- Original
- Hindi
- Spoken
- German, Russian, Hindi