Pardesi (1957)
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.
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Nargis as Champa |
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Oleg Strizhenov as Afanasiy Nikitin |
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Padmini as Court Dancer Lakshmi |
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Prithviraj Kapoor as Grand Vizier Mahmud Gavan |
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Manmohan Krishna as Champa's Father |
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P. Jairaj as Ambassador Hassan Bek Shirvan |
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Achala Sachdev as Champa's Mother |
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David Abraham Cheulkar as Asad Khan |
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Balraj Sahni as Sakaram |
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Iya Arepina as Dunyasha |
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Nikifor Kolofidin as Vasily Panin |
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Vsevolod Yakut as Miguel |
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Ivan Zhevago as Tver merchant |
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Aleksandr Kuznetsov as merchant |
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Amandurdy Khojakuliev as |
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Stepan Kayukov as |
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Varvara Obukhova as |
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Boris Terentyev as Athanasius Nikitin's father |
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Leonid Topchiyev as Ivan III |
| Writing | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | Writer |
| Directing | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | Director |
| Writing | Mariya Smirnova | Writer |
| Directing | Vasily Pronin | Director |
| Sound | Boris Chaikovsky | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Lata Mangeshkar | Playback Singer |
| Camera | S. Ramachandra | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Anil Biswas | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Meena Kapoor | Playback Singer |
| Writing | Prem Dhawan | Lyricist |
| Camera | Vladimir Nikolayev | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olga Kruchinina | Costume Design |
| Sound | Valeri Popov | Sound |
| Writing | Asad Bhopali | Lyricist |
| Camera | Yevgeni Andrikanis | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Afanasy Nikitin | Novel |
| Sound | Manna Dey | Playback Singer |
| Sound | Behram Bharucha | Sound |
| Camera | Amina Akhmetova | Camera Operator |
| Camera | German Shatrov | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Sergey Shemakhov | Camera Operator |
| Art | Mikhail Bogdanov | Production Design |
| Art | Gennady Myasnikov | Production Design |
| Art | M.R. Achrekar | Production Design |
| Directing | Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh | Assistant Director |
| Directing | B. Garga | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hasan | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | V. Fetisov | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | P. Djukar | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Orest Alikin | Set Decoration |
| Art | D. Gopal | Set Decoration |
| Visual Effects | Aleksandr Renkov | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Zoya Moryakova | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Fedor Krasniy | VFX Artist |
| Crew | B. Rybakov | Scientific Consultant |
| Editing | Vsevolod Massino | Editor |
| Writing | Grigoriy Mariamov | Script Editor |
| Directing | Aleksandr Zhutaev | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Anwar Mirza | First Assistant Director |
| Production | G. Kharlamov | Executive Producer |
| Production | M. Sabir | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Arnold Roytman | Conductor |
