Pardesi
1957144 minHindi
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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.
Produced byM. Sabir, G. Kharlamov
Directed byKhwaja Ahmad Abbas, Vasily Pronin
Written byMariya Smirnova, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
CinematographersYevgeni Andrikanis, S. Ramachandra, Vladimir Nikolayev
Music directorsBoris Chaikovsky, Anil Biswas
Playback singersMeena Kapoor, Manna Dey, Lata Mangeshkar
Naya Sansar
CAST
Nargis
Oleg Strizhenov
Padmini
Prithviraj Kapoor
Manmohan Krishna
P. Jairaj
Achala Sachdev
David Abraham Cheulkar
Balraj Sahni
Iya Arepina
Nikifor Kolofidin
Vsevolod Yakut