在这部化外之民歌舞/爱情/动作片中,直到今天，《Pardes》（1997）依然仍牵动着遍布世界各地的印度人的心。这是一个感人的故事。Kishorilal（Amrish Puri饰），一个印裔美国亿万富豪，叫他的侄子Arjun(Shah Rukh Khan饰)回印度迎接他的儿子Rajiv (Apoorva Agnihotri饰)的印度新娘。Ganga (Mahima Chaudhary饰)，是Krishorilal的朋友的女儿，长得很漂亮，被选中成为Krishorilal的儿媳妇。然而Ganga与Rajiv在美国的时候，意识到文化差异这一鸿沟，但她依然拒绝改变自己的印度价值观。Arjun，成了催化剂，加入了她的斗争队伍，而且他帮助她回到印度。很快地，两人开始发现彼此间的命定缘分...
This film takes a serious look at the lives of Westernized Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in North America (Whereas Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was about NRIs with Indian hearts, Pardes is about Westernized NRIs.) and hence the meaning of the title - "foreign land". Kishorilal is a successful businessman settled in America but still emotionally attached to his motherland - India. So the pardesi comes to India with his "American" son Rajiv to find a suitable '"Indian" girl for him. Kishorilal hopes his soon-to-be daughter in law will instill some Indian values in his extremely westernized son. He finds his daughter in law in Kusum Ganga (a pet Subhash Ghai name just as Chandni was Yash Chopra's favorite for a long time) in the house of his childhood friend Suraj Dev. Mahima Chaudhary makes her debut as Ganga. To finalize the marriage he sends his son along with his foster son Arjun to India. Arjun plays Cupid and returns to America with Kusum and Rajiv. Arjun comes into the movie to get ...
