Journey Beyond Three Seas

Journey Beyond Three Seas (Hindi: Pardesi; Russian: Хождение за три моря (Khozhdenie za tri morya)) is a 1957 film jointly directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Vasili Pronin.[1][2] 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, which is now considered a Russian literary monument.

Pardesi
Indian poster
Directed byKhwaja Ahmad Abbas
Vasili Pronin
Produced byNaya Sansar
Mosfilm Studio
Written byKhwaja Ahmad Abbas
Mariya Smirnova
StarringOleg Strizhenov
Nargis Dutt
Padmini
Prithviraj Kapoor
Balraj Sahni
Bharat Bhushan
Manmohan Krishna
Music byAnil Biswas
Boris Chaikovsky
Lyrics:
Ali Sardar Jafri
Prem Dhawan
Release date
1957
Running time
110 min.
CountryIndia
Soviet Union
LanguageHindi/Russian

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 Meena Kapoor, Na Dir Dim, by Lata Mangeshkar and was danced to by Padmini.[3] 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 (Oleg Strizhenov), a 15th-century, Russian trader who travelled to India (1466–1472), and falls in love with an Indian girl, Champa (Nargis Dutt).

Cast
  • Oleg Strizhenov as Afanasi Nikitn
  • Nargis as Champa
  • Padmini as Lakshmi
  • Prithviraj as Mahmud Gawan
  • Balraj Sahni as Sakharam
  • Jairaj as Hasan Beg Khurasani
  • David as Asad Khan
  • Achla as Champa's Mother
  • Manmohan Krishna as Champa's Father
  • Rashid Khan as Scribe
  • V.P.Belyakov as Zamkov
  • V.A.Obukhova as Afanasi's Mother
  • B.A.Tretyakov as Afanasi's Father
  • L.S.Borovikova as Afanasi's Sister
  • L.Polyakova as Afanasi's Sister
  • L.A.Arepina as Dunyasha
  • L.G.Topchiev as Czar Iran
  • V.S.Yakoot as Miguel
  • Jagdish Kanwal
  • Bhisham Khanna
  • Nazir Kashmiri
  • B.Tandon
  • C.I.Kayukov
  • I.S.Zhivago
  • V.F.Balandin
  • N.G.Kalafidin
  • V.G.Tyagooshev

Music
  1. "Rasiyaa Re Man Basiyaa Re" – Meena Kapoor
  2. "Na Dir Dhin Tana Dere Na, Na Ja Na Ja Balam" – Lata Mangeshkar
  3. "Phir Milenge Jane Wale Yar Dusvidaniya" – Manna Dey
  4. "So Ja Re Lalna So Ja Re Lalna" – Meena Kapoor
  5. "Rim Jhim Rim Jhim Barse Pani Re" – Meena Kapoor, Manna Dey
  6. "Jai Jai Ramkrishna Hari, Tujh Me Ram Mujh Me Ram" – Manna Dey
  7. "Arre Zara Suno Lagakar Dhyan" (2) – Manna Dey
  8. "Arre Zara Suno Lagakar Dhyan, Yaha Jan Me Log Mahan" – Manna Dey

Awards

References
  1. Mahmood, Hameeduddin (1974). "Pardesi fourth Ind-Soviet co-production". The Kaleidoscope of Indian Cinema. Affiliated East-West Press. pp. 17, 84.
  2. Thompson, Howard (11 April 1960). "Screen: Adventure Story:' Journey Beyond Three Seas' at the Cameo". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. Na dir dim on YouTube
  4. "Festival de Cannes: Journey Beyond Three Seas". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  5. -Awards Internet Movie Database.
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