Pardes (1997)

Pardes: Directed by Subhash Ghai. With Shah Rukh Khan, Mahima Chaudhry, Amrish Puri, Apoorva Agnihotri. Kishorilal wants an Indian bride for his westernised son. He gets him engaged to Ganga, his friend’s daughter, and brings her to USA. But she shares a deeper bond with Arjun, Kishorilal’s foster son.

“Two people a real son and a foster son to a wealthy businessman are separated by their values as heaven and hell. One smokeu0026#39;s has had a lot of girlfriends and has every other bad habit. The other one stands as an ideal for every activity assigned to him. Both are NRIu0026#39;s and this is how stereotypical differences arise.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e The movie tries to glorify the local (Indian) culture. This is where it gets entertaining for locals.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere are other loopholes as well. There is an incidence where female lead along with her fiancé spots a cobra. What happens then is utter foolishness. If Rajiv smokes there are tons of Indians have habit like eating Gutka.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTone, Script u0026amp; Story: The story is how a successful business NRI gets his son engaged to an Indian girl. How she gets to know about his (fiancéu0026#39;s) true nature. How the story changes and movie ends. The movie is definitely entertaining especially for people living in India.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDirection, Screenplay, Cinematography: Despite the loopholes and stereotype shown the filming locations and screenplay great. Music: I would say it to be u0026#39;very goodu0026#39;. u0026#39;Yeh dil deewanau0026#39; is my favorite track. Acting: Every actor associated has done justice to their role. What a treat!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFinal Verdict: I enjoyed the movie and if you respect our culture you will love it too, despite of the drawbacks.”