''Pardesi'' ( hi, Pardesi, italic=yes; russian: Хождение за три моря (Khozhdenie za tri morya), italic=yes, 'Journey Beyond Three Seas') is a 1957 film jointly directed by

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (7 June 1914 – 1 June 1987) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist in Urdu, Hindi and English. He won four National Film Awards in India. Internationally, his films won the Palme d'Or (Golden ...

and Vasili Pronin. 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 ''A Journey Beyond the Three Seas'' (russian: Хожение за три моря, ''Khozheniye za tri morya'') is a Russian literary monument in the form of travel notes, made by a merchant from Tver, Afanasiy Nikitin during his journey to Ind ...

'', which is now considered a Russian literary monument. Made during the high time of Indo-Russian amity, ''Pardesi'' is an Indo-Soviet 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, and it had some memorable hits such as ''Rasiya Re Man Basiya Re'', by

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, ''Na Dir Dim'', by

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and was danced to by Padmini. 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 (

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), a 15th-century, Russian trader who travelled to India (1466–1472) and falls in love with an Indian girl, ''Champa'' (

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Cast

as Afanasy Nikitin *

as Champa * Padmini as Laxmi * Prithviraj Kapoor as Mahmood Gawan *

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as Sakharam *

David David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

as Asad Khan *

Achala Sachdev Achala Sachdev (3 May 1920 – 30 April 2012) was an Indian actress who appeared in classic films of Hindi language film industry. She was from Peshawar and started her career as a child actor. She later became known for mother and grandmother ...

as Champa's Mother *

Manmohan Krishna Manmohan Krishna (26 February 1922 – 3 November 1990) was a popular Indian film actor and director, who worked in Hindi films for four decades, mostly as a character actor. He started his career as a professor in Physics and held master's de ...

as Champa's Father *

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as Hassan Beg Khurasani * Rashid Khan as Scribe *

Stepan Kayukov Stepan Yakovlevich Kayukov (russian: Степан Яковлевич Каюков; 1 August 1898 – 22 January 1960) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1949). Selected filmography * '' Golden Moun ...

as Yevsey Ivanovich

Music

# "Rasiyaa Re Man Basiyaa Re" –

# "Na Dir Dhin Tana Dere Na, Na Ja Na Ja Balam" –

# "Phir Milenge Jane Wale Yar Dusvidaniya" –

Manna Dey Prabodh Chandra Dey (May 1, 1919 − October 24, 2013), known by his stage name Manna Dey, was an internationally acclaimed and celebrated Indian playback singer, music director, and a musician. As a classical vocalist, he belonged to the Bhe ...

# "So Ja Re Lalna So Ja Re Lalna" –

# "Rim Jhim Rim Jhim Barse Pani Re" –

# "Jai Jai Ramkrishna Hari, Tujh Me Ram Mujh Me Ram" –

# "Arre Zara Suno Lagakar Dhyan" (2) –

# "Arre Zara Suno Lagakar Dhyan, Yaha Jan Me Log Mahan" –

Awards

1958 Cannes Film Festival The 11th Cannes Film Festival was held from 2 to 18 May 1958. The Palme d'Or went to the '' Letyat zhuravli'' by Mikhail Kalatozov. Jury The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1958 competition: Feature films *Marcel Achard (Franc ...

–

Golden Palm The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...

– Nomination * 1958

Filmfare Best Art Direction Award The Filmfare Best Art Direction Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. Although the awards started in 1954, this category was started only in 1956. Superlatives Awards See also * Fi ...

– M.R. Acharekar-Awards
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References

External links

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Pardesi remembered 50 years on

Rasiya Re Man Basiya Re (Meena Kapoor)-Pardesi Song
{{K. A. Abbas 1957 films 1950s historical drama films Films set in the 1460s Films set in the 1470s 1950s Hindi-language films Indian multilingual films Soviet multilingual films Indian historical drama films Soviet historical drama films 1950s Russian-language films Films directed by K. A. Abbas Films scored by Anil Biswas Films with screenplays by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas 1950s multilingual films