Pardes (1997) 6.7
Pardes, is about Kishorilal who lives in America but has not forgotten his motherland India. His attachment with the country is deep and he hopes to find a daughter-in-law for his ... See full summary » Director:Subhash Ghai |
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Arjun Saagar
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Kishorilal
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Mahima Chaudhry | ... |
Kusum Ganga
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Apoorva Agnihotri | ... |
Rajiv
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Alok Nath | ... |
Suraj Dev (Ganga's father)
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Himani Shivpuri | ... |
Kulwanti
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Padmavati Rao | ... |
Narmada
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Neeta
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Dina Pathak | ... |
Dadi Maa
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Benu Kalsi | ... |
Krishna Maa
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Padma (Paddy)
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Pavan Malhotra | ... |
Sharafat Ali
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Paul
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Pardes, is about Kishorilal who lives in America but has not forgotten his motherland India. His attachment with the country is deep and he hopes to find a daughter-in-law for his westernized, American son, Rajiv. He is especially taken by Ganga, the daughter of his friend Suraj Dev. He offers a marriage proposal between Ganga and Rajiv and they accept. He sends his foster son, Arjun to ensure Ganga approves of Rajiv. Soon Rajiv joins them and eventually both approve of each other. The engagement is set in India with the wedding in America. Ganga leaves for America with her new family and begins to adjust to her new surroundings. Her only friend is Arjun who she begins to form a special bond with. At first everything seems OK but as time goes on she realizes that Rajiv really isn't the person Arjun described to her while she was in India. She is right when she sees Rajiv smoking, drinking and to her shock finds out that he is still seeing his former girlfriend. She confronts Arjun and... Written by gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com
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8 December 1997 (India) See more »Also Known As:
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Arjun Saagar: Me?
Kusum Ganga: Yes, you! Aren't you the one who told me Rajeev is like this, Rajeev is like that.
[reveals intimate pictures of Rajeev and Kelly]
Kusum Ganga: THIS is what Rajeev is like!
Arjun Saagar: Now, Ganaga, you'll have to learn to adjust to these small matters...
Kusum Ganga: A smalll matter? This is a small matter? A small matter? THIS is what you call small! Look, I don't want wan't to live is some palace made of ...
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Written by Anand Bakshi
Composed by Nadeem Saifi and Shravan Rathod
Performed by Hema Sardesai
Courtesy of Tips Cassettes & Records Co.
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Juhi Chawla was considered for the role of Ganga, but Subhash Ghai was so impressed with Mahima Chaudhry that he gave her the role. See more »Goofs
When Ganga is throwing the vase at Arjun the door opens and closes between shots. When Arjun is standing up the door is open but when he ducks down the door is closed and then the door goes back to open when he stands up again. See more »Quotes
Kusum Ganga: [after learning of Rajeev's ex-girlfriend] Everything that happened was wrong, everything! And you're the one responsible!Arjun Saagar: Me?
Kusum Ganga: Yes, you! Aren't you the one who told me Rajeev is like this, Rajeev is like that.
[reveals intimate pictures of Rajeev and Kelly]
Kusum Ganga: THIS is what Rajeev is like!
Arjun Saagar: Now, Ganaga, you'll have to learn to adjust to these small matters...
Kusum Ganga: A smalll matter? This is a small matter? A small matter? THIS is what you call small! Look, I don't want wan't to live is some palace made of ...
[...]
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Soundtracks
"My First Day In U.S.A."Written by Anand Bakshi
Composed by Nadeem Saifi and Shravan Rathod
Performed by Hema Sardesai
Courtesy of Tips Cassettes & Records Co.
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Subhash Ghai always shows NRIs in bad light and Indians as too good
His carricatured NRIs in PARDES, TAAL are e.g.s of those
The film is just that,
The NRIs are shown as bad, while our Indians are shown as pure Ganga type
The film is typical, there are some good situations but the story isn't different nor is the treatment In fact surprisingly SRK played the role of getting a girl for someone else a lot in 1997, be it KOYLA, PARDES
Direction by Subhash Ghai is ordinary Music is good
In this film SRK is a pleasure, here he doesn't ham thankfully as he always does Here he is well directed and gives a restrained performance Mahima is decent, she looks gorgeous but sadly her career didn't' go ahead Apoorva is too awkward Amongst rest Amrish Puri excels as usual Alok Nath is stereotypical rest are okay