Title : Pardes
Starring : Shahrukh Khan, Amrish Puri, Mahima Chaudhary, Apurva Agnihotri, Alok Nath
Director: Subhash Ghai
Genre : Drama, Romantic
Synopsis : Kishori Lal, a billionaire, left India with only ten dollars in his pocket
to make money in America. He made it big - the biggest of all - building his
own empire with a huge family around him. Although he left India, Kosher Lal
did not forget his Indian values and roots. He wants to infuse the Indian
culture into his son, Rajiv, who is born and brought up in the West.
Kishorial comes to India to find a traditional "Indian" girl for his
"American" son. He decides on Kusum Ganga, the daughter of an old friend and
sends Rajiv and his foster son Arjun to India to approve of her. Rajiv ends
up engaged to Ganga and brings her to America. When the East (Ganga) and
West (Rajiv) clash, Arjun gets the difficult job of trying to get Rajiv to
accept Indian values and Ganga to accept American ways. |