Chann Pardesi (1981)
2h 27m
Running Time
July 10, 1981Release Date
Chann Pardesi (1981)
2h 27m
Running Time
July 10, 1981Release Date
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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.
Raj Babbar
Laali Singh
Rama Vij
Kammo
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Nek
Amrish Puri
Jagirdaar Joginder Singh
Om Puri
Tulsi
Chitraarth
Director
Chitraarth
Director
Sushma Seth
Jassi (Joginder Singh's wife)
Sunita Dheer
Channi
Baldev Gill
Writer
Rajni Sharma
Nimmo
Ravinder Peepat
Writer
Surinder Kohli
Music
Chitrartha Singh
Director
Mrs Swarn Sedha
Producer
J. S. Cheema
Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 10, 1981
Original Nameचन परदेसी
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 27m
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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.