Film
Pardesi
1957Directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Vasily Pronin
Where to watch
Stream
- Eros Now Select Apple TV channel
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
About Pardesi
- Adventure
- History
Synopsis
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.
- Directors
- Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
- Vasily Pronin
- Writers
- Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
- Mariya Smirnova
- Prem Dhawan
- Asad Bhopali
- Afanasy Nikitin
- Grigoriy Mariamov
- Original title
- परदेसी
