Pardes (1997)
Ein in den USA ansässiger indischer Geschäftsmann sucht in seiner Heimat für Sohn Rajiv (Apoorva Agnihotri) eine Braut. Ganga (Mahima Chaudhary) scheint die ideale Wahl, um seinem amerikanisierten Sprössling die indischen Werte wieder näher zu bringen. Neffe Arjun (Shah Rukh Khan) soll den beiden ein wenig auf die Sprünge helfen. Doch noch bevor es zur Hochzeit kommt, erlebt Ganga die rohen, westlichen Sitten ihres Verlobten: Er trinkt, raucht und flirtet gern – ein wahres Partytier. Hilfe suchend wendet sie sich an Arjun, der sie mit offenen Armen empfängt.
Der Regisseur:
Subhash Ghai
Die Autor:
Neeraj Pathak, Subhash Ghai.
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Shah Rukh Khan as Arjun Sagar |
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Amrish Puri as Kishorilal |
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Mahima Chaudhry as Kusum Ganga |
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Apurva Agnihotri as Rajiv |
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Padmavati Rao as Narmada |
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Alok Nath as Suraj Dev |
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Himani Shivpuri as Kulwanti |
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Madhuri Bhatia as Neeta |
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Smita Jaykar as Paddy |
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Prachi Save as Daksha |
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Aditya Narayan as Potla |
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Ajay Nagrath as Daboo |
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Samta Sagar as Sonali |
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Rakesh Thareja as Paul |
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Pavan Malhotra as Sharafat Ali |
| Directing | Subhash Ghai | Director |
| Writing | Subhash Ghai | Story |
| Production | Subhash Ghai | Producer |
| Editing | Renu Saluja | Editor |
| Camera | Kabir Lal | Director of Photography |
| Production | Bharat Shah | Producer |
| Production | Siraj Farooqui | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jahan Shah | Production Manager |
| Production | Kam Brar | Production Assistant |
| Writing | Neeraj Pathak | Screenplay |
| Writing | Subhash Ghai | Screenplay |
| Writing | Javed Siddiqui | Dialogue |
| Sound | Nadeem Akhtar Saifi | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Shravan Kumar Rathod | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Vanraj Bhatia | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Amin Akhtar | Music Coordinator |
| Sound | Rakesh Ranjan | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Vikram Joglekar | Location Sound Recordist |
| Art | R. Verman Shetty | Art Direction |
| Crew | Ahmed Khan | Choreographer |
| Crew | Saroj Khan | Choreographer |
| Editing | Hemanti Sarkar | Associate Editor |
| Editing | Vinod Sukumaran | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kiran R Naik | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Aditya Narayan | Playback Singer |