Pardesi (1957 film)

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{{Infobox film
| name = Pardesi
| image = Journey Beyond Three Seas Indian poster.jpg
| caption = Indian poster
| director = [[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]] Vasili Pronin
| producer = Naya Sansar [[Mosfilm]] Studio
| writer = [[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]] ''Mariya Smirnova''
| starring = [[Oleg Strizhenov]] [[Nargis Dutt]] [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]] [[Prithviraj Kapoor]] [[Balraj Sahni]] [[Bharat Bhushan]] [[Manmohan Krishna]]
| music = [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]] [[Boris Chaikovsky]] Lyrics: [[Ali Sardar Jafri]] [[Prem Dhawan]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = 1957
| runtime = 110 min.
| country = India Soviet Union
| language = Hindi/Russian
}}

'''''Pardesi''''' ({{lang-hi|Pardesi|italic=yes}}; {{lang-ru|Хождение за три моря (Khozhdenie za tri morya)|italic=yes}}, 'Journey Beyond Three Seas') is a [[Bollywood films of 1957|1957]] film jointly directed by [[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]] and Vasili Pronin.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KP0vAAAAMAAJ |chapter=Pardesi fourth Ind-Soviet co-production |title=The Kaleidoscope of Indian Cinema |first=Hameeduddin |last=Mahmood |publisher=Affiliated East-West Press |year=1974 |pages=17, 84}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Thompson|first=Howard|date=1960-04-11|title=Screen: Adventure Story:' Journey Beyond Three Seas' at the Cameo|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/04/11/archives/screen-adventure-story-journey-beyond-three-seas-at-the-cameo.html|access-date=2020-08-08|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> 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.

Made during the high time of Indo-Russian amity, ''Pardesi'' is an Indo-Soviet [[Co-production (media)|co-production]] between the state-owned "Mosfilm Studio" and Khwaja Ahmad Abbas's, "Naya Sansar International" production house.

The film has music by [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]], and it had some memorable hits such as ''Rasiya Re Man Basiya Re'', by [[Meena Kapoor]], ''Na Dir Dim'', by [[Lata Mangeshkar]] and was danced to by [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]].<ref>{{YouTube|pN-izZCJ_fA|''Na dir dim''}}</ref> 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.

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

==Cast==
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* [[Oleg Strizhenov]] as Afanasi Nikitn
* [[Nargis]] as Champa
* [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]] as Lakshmi
* [[Prithviraj Kapoor|Prithviraj]] as Mahmud Gawan
* [[Balraj Sahni]] as Sakharam
* [[Paidi Jairaj|Jairaj]] as Hasan Beg Khurasani
* [[David Abraham Cheulkar|David]] as Asad Khan
* [[Achala Sachdev|Achla]] as Champa's Mother
* [[Manmohan Krishna]] as Champa's Father
* [[Rashid Khan (actor)|Rashid Khan]] as Scribe
* [[Stepan Kayukov]] as Yevsey Ivanovich
* [[Nazir Kashmiri]] as episode

{{div col end}}

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

==Awards==
* [[1958 Cannes Film Festival]] – [[Golden Palm]] – Nomination<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3489/year/1958.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Journey Beyond Three Seas |accessdate=2009-02-13|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>
* 1958 [[Filmfare Best Art Direction Award]] – [[M.R. Acharekar]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050820/awards -Awards] ''[[Internet Movie Database]]''.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0050820|Pardesi (1957)}}
* {{Amg movie|172493|Pardesi}}
* [https://archive.today/20130128041443/http://www.lovefilm.com/product/80813-Pardesi.html Pardesi remembered 50 years on]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061017195252/http://www.aksharamala.com/hindi/isb/search/?f=Pardesi Rasiya Re Man Basiya Re (Meena Kapoor)-Pardesi Song]

{{K. A. Abbas}}

[[Category:1957 films]]
[[Category:1950s historical drama films]]
[[Category:Films set in the 1460s]]
[[Category:Films set in the 1470s]]
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian multilingual films]]
[[Category:Soviet multilingual films]]
[[Category:Indian historical drama films]]
[[Category:Soviet historical drama films]]
[[Category:Russian-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. A. Abbas]]
[[Category:Films scored by Anil Biswas]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]]
[[Category:1950s multilingual films]]

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Pardesi (1957 film)