Pardes – 14/16 – Shahrukh Khan & Mahima Choudhary

Pardes – 1997 – Bollywood movie directed by Subhash Ghai. The film stars Shahrukh Khan, Amrish Puri, Alok Nath and newcomers Mahima Choudhary and Apurva Agnihotri. Pardes was a hit in India and overseas. During the 1990s, there was a trend of NRI men looking for young Indian girls to marry, and this film brought to light the culture shock and difficulties that may be involved in such cases. Mahima Choudhary won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for her performance. Synopsis: Pardes, meaning foreign land, is a story that revolves around Ganga – Mahima Chaudhary. She is a young Indian girl living in a rural village, and is brought up by her conservative Indian family.Kishorilal – Amrish Puri is a wealthy and successful businessman who lives in Los Angeles, America but is still deeply attached to his motherland India and adores the values and culture of India. On a visit to India, he meets his old friend Suraj Dev – Alok Nath and stays at their house.He hopes to find an Indian girl for his westernized, American son, Rajiv – Apurva Agnihotri and feels that Ganga is just right.He offers a marriage proposal between Ganga and Rajiv.He sends his foster son, Arjun – Shahrukh Khan – Little Master to to make the place suitable for Rajiv.Arjun spends many days trying to get Ganga and Rajiv to like each other and in the process becomes a close friend of Ganga. Eventually Rajiv and Ganga both agree to the wedding. The engagement is set in India with the wedding in America. Ganga leaves for …