Pardes

Pardes (English: Foreign Land) is a 1997 Bollywood movie directed by Subhash Ghai. Shahrukh Khan, Amrish Puri, Alok Nath, and newcomers Mahima Chaudhry and Apurva Agnihotri play in the title roles. The movie has music made by Nadeem-Shravan and lyrics written by Anand Bakshi. It was released on 8 August 1997.

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

Sypnopsis

Emotionally attached to his motherland, a U.S. immigrant sends his son (Apoorva Agnihotri) back to India to seek a bride.

Cast

• 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)

Soundtrack

The music of the movie went on to become a huge success. It was also the second most-sold music album of 1997.^[1]

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

Reception

The movie was hit at the box office.^[2]