Pardesi (1957)

Name: Pardesi
Genre: Adventure, History
Released: 1957
Duration: 2 h 24 min
Cast: Nargis, Oleg Strizhenov, Padmini, Prithviraj Kapoor, Manmohan Krishna

Hindi movie · Adventure, History · 144 min · TMDB 6.2/10

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.

Cast: Nargis (Champa), Oleg Strizhenov (Afanasiy Nikitin), Padmini (Court Dancer Lakshmi), Prithviraj Kapoor (Grand Vizier Mahmud Gavan), Manmohan Krishna (Champa's Father), P. Jairaj (Ambassador Hassan Bek Shirvan).

Directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Vasily Pronin.

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