Retro Review: Pardesi (1957)

Starring: Nargis, Prithvi Raj Kapoor, Padmini, Balraj Sahni, Oleg Strizhenov.

Directors: KA Abbas (Hindi), Vasili Pronin (Russian)

Music: Anil Biswas

Where To Watch: YouTube

Moral of the Story: Love and friendship transcend borders and time, forging bonds that outlast distance and history.

Most films depict life, some predict it. Pardesi (1957), an Indo-Soviet co-production, stands as a prophecy — it foresees 75 years of ties between Moscow and New Delhi, framing a medieval traveler's odyssey as the origin of modern romance, with all its twists and turns.

In 1957, as the world fractured into Cold War camps, two nations — one newly independent, one newly superpower — decided to make a film together. Not a propaganda piece. Not a diplomatic gesture

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