Pardesi
(1957)
★ 6.1 IMDb · 8 votes
Year: 1957
Runtime: 143 мин
Country: Soviet Union, India
Director: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Василий Пронин
Cast: Наргис, Олег Стриженов, Padmini, Prithviraj Kapoor, Manmohan Krishna, P. Jairaj, Achala Sachdev, David Abraham Cheulkar, Balraj Sahni, Ия Арепина
Plot
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.