Pardesi (1957)

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India’s first widescreen film

Pardesi Naya Sansar [HaNR caHcap] was mentioned before Mosfilm even in the Russian version.

Pardesi Ahmad Abbas [Axmada Abbaca] was given higher billing than co-writer Mariya Smirnova. However, as co-director Vasili M. Pronim's name was placed above in the next title.

Nargis (left) in Pardesi (1957). The Hindi-Urdu version was directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, and the Russian version by Vasili Pronim

Oleg (extreme left) in Pardesi (1957). Its subtitled English version is known as ‘Journey Beyond Three Seas.’

Padmini in Pardesi (1957). The film starred Nargis, Oleg (USSR), Balraj Sahni, Prithviraj (Kapoor) and Padmini. (That is the order in which their names appear in the credits. See CinemaScope and 70mm films

Pardesi (1957) was an Indo-Soviet co-production