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Pardes
Directed by Subhash Ghai
Produced by Subhash Ghai
Written by Subhash Ghai
Neeraj Pathak
Javed Siddiqui
Starring Shahrukh Khan
Amrish Puri
Mahima Chaudhry
Apoorva Agnihotri
Alok Nath
Himani Shivpuri
Aditya Narayan
Music by Nadeem-Shravan
Cinematography Kabir Lal
Editing by Renu Saluja
Distributed by Mukta Arts
Release date(s) 8 August 1997
Running time 191 mins
Country India
Language Hindi
English

Pardes is a popular Bollywood movie from 1997. Its name means "Foreign Land" in English. Subhash Ghai directed this film. Famous actors like Shahrukh Khan and Amrish Puri starred in it. Newcomers Mahima Chaudhry and Apurva Agnihotri also played important parts. The movie's music, created by Nadeem-Shravan, was very popular. Anand Bakshi wrote the song lyrics.

Meet the Cast

This movie featured many talented actors. Here are some of the main characters and the stars who played them:

  • Shahrukh Khan as Arjun Sagar
  • Amrish Puri as Kishorilal
  • Mahima Chaudhry as Kusum Ganga a.k.a. Ganga
  • Apurva Agnihotri as Rajiv
  • Alok Nath as Suraj Dev
  • Padmavati Rao as Narmada, wife of Suraj Dev
  • Dina Pathak as Suraj's mother
  • Himani Shivpuri as Kulwanti
  • Madhuri Bhatia as Neeta
  • Smita Jaykar as Paddy
  • Richa Pallod
  • Prachi Save as Daksha
  • Aditya Narayan as Potla (Ganga's little brother)
  • Rakesh Thareja as Paul (Rajiv's friend)

Popular Music

The songs from Pardes were a huge hit! The movie's music album was one of the best-selling albums in India in 1997. Many people loved the songs and listened to them often.

Song List

Here is a list of the songs from the movie and the singers who performed them:

Track # Title Singer(s)
1 "Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain" Kumar Sanu
2 "Meri Mehbooba" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
3 "Yeh Dil Deewana" Sonu Nigam, Hema Sardesai, Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan
4 "I Love My India" Hariharan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shankar Mahadevan, Aditya Narayan
5 "My First Day in USA" Hema Sardesai
6 "Nahin Hona Tha" Alka Yagnik, Hema Sardesai, Udit Narayan, Sabri Bros.(Jaipuri)
7 "Jahan Piya Wahan Main" Shankar Mahadevan, K. S. Chitra
8 "I Love My India (Part 2)" Kavita Krishnamurthy
9 "Title Music" Sapna Awasthi, Shankar Mahadevan
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