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Pardesi (1957 film)

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Pardesi
Indian poster
Directed byKhwaja Ahmad Abbas
Vasili Pronin
Written byKhwaja Ahmad Abbas
Mariya Smirnova
Produced byNaya Sansar
Mosfilm Studio
StarringOleg Strizhenov
Nargis
Padmini
Prithviraj Kapoor
Balraj Sahni
CinematographyRamchandra
V. V. Nikolaev
Yevgeniy Nikolayevich Andrikanis
Music byAnil Biswas
Boris Chaikovsky
Release date
  • 1957 (1957)
Running time
110 min.
CountriesIndia
Soviet Union
LanguagesHindi
Russian

Pardesi (Hindi: Pardesi, lit. 'Foreigner'; Russian: Хождение за три моря, romanized: Khozhdenie za tri morya, lit. 'Journey Beyond the Three Seas') is a 1957 film jointly directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Vasili Pronin.[1][2][3]

It was made in two versions, 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.[2]

Made during the high time of Indo-Russian amity, Pardesi is an Indo-Soviet co-production between the state-owned Mosfilm and Khwaja Ahmad Abbas's Naya Sansar International production house.[1][2][4]

The film has music by Anil Biswas,[4][5] and had some memorable hits such as Rasiya Re Man Basiya Re, by Meena Kapoor, Na Dir Dhin Tana Dere Na, by Lata Mangeshkar and was danced to by Padmini.[4] The film was in SovColor, though no colour print of the Hindi version is known to survive in India. Only a black and white copy of the Hindi film survives.[2]

Synopsis

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The film tells the story of Afanasy Nikitin (Oleg Strizhenov), a 15th-century Russian trader from Tver who travelled to India (1466–1472) and falls in love with an Indian girl, Champa (Nargis).[2][5]

Cast

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Music

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Film's music is by Anil Biswas and film songs were written by Prem Dhawan and Ali Sardar Jafri.[5]

  1. "Rasiyaa Re Man Basiyaa Re" – Meena Kapoor[5]
  2. "Na Dir Dhin Tana Dere Na, Na Ja Na Ja Balam" – Lata Mangeshkar[5]
  3. "Phir Milenge Jane Wale Yar Dusvidaniya" – Manna Dey
  4. "So Ja Re Lalna So Ja Re Lalna" – Meena Kapoor
  5. "Rim Jhim Rim Jhim Barse Pani Re" – Meena Kapoor, Manna Dey[5]
  6. "Jai Jai Ramkrishna Hari, Tujh Me Ram Mujh Me Ram" – Manna Dey
  7. "Arre Zara Suno Lagakar Dhyan" (2) – Manna Dey
  8. "Arre Zara Suno Lagakar Dhyan, Yahan Jan Me Log Mahan" – Manna Dey[5]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Thompson, Howard (11 April 1960). "Screen: Adventure Story:' Journey Beyond Three Seas' at the Cameo (film review of Pardesi (1957 film))". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 24 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Pardesi (1957 film)". Indian Cinema Heritage Foundation (Cinemaazi.com) website. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  3. ^ Mahmood, Hameeduddin (1974). "Pardesi fourth Ind-Soviet co-production". The Kaleidoscope of Indian Cinema. Affiliated East-West Press. pp. 17, 74, 84.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Alan Goble. "Pardesi (1957) - cast and crew". Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Pardesi (1957 film) - Cast and Crew". Upperstall.com website. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Official Selection 1958 : All the Selection - Competition (film Pardesi included)". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Filmfare Awards List (scroll down to 1957 for Pardesi (1957 film)" (PDF). Googlepages.com website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
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