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Chann Pardesee (1981)

2h 27m

Running Time

Chann Pardesee (1981)

Name: Chann Pardesee
Released: 1981-07-10

2h 27m

Running Time

Plot.

Harnek Singh alias Nek (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) is an honest farm worker who works hard for his employer, landlord Jagirdar Joginder Singh (Amrish Puri). Nek is in love with village belle Kammo (Rama Vij) and hopes to marry her after he accumulates enough wealth and some land. But one day Jagirdar, unable to conceive a child with his wife Jassi (Sushma Seth), sets a plot into motion. While Nek is away on a work assignment, he will pursue Kammo. After the landlord rapes Kammo, secrets, trauma, and the twists of love and fate reverberate through multiple generations.

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Cast & Crew.

Rama Vij

Kammo

Raj Babbar

Laali

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Harnek/Nek

Amrish Puri

Jangirdar Joginder Singh

Om Puri

Tulsi

Sushma Seth

Jassi (Joginder Singh's wife)

Sunita Dheer

Channi

Rajni Sharma

Nimmo

Baldev Gill

Producer

Sunita Dhir

Channi - Joginder's daughter

J. S. Cheema

Producer

Mrs Swarn Sedha

Producer

Mehar Mittal

Pappu (Nimmo's brother)

Uttam Singh

Music

Chitraarth

Director

Chitrartha Singh

Director

Ravinder Peepat

Writer

Surinder Kohli

Music

Manmohan Singh

Cinematographer

Subhash Sehgal

Editor

Media.

Details.

Release Date
July 10, 1981

Original Name
ਚੰਨ ਪ੍ਰਦੇਸੀ

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 27m

Last updated: 2025-02-10

Wiki.

Chann Pardesi is a Punjabi language film released in 1981. It was directed by Chitrarth Singh and starred Raj Babbar, Rama Vij, Amrish Puri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Om Puri. Chann Pardesi was a seminal film that debuted many future Bollywood legends both in front of and behind the camera, and was Raj Babbar's first ever Punjabi film. Chann Pardesi won India's National Film Award in 1980 and went on to become a big commercial success when it eventually found distribution in 1981.