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.

Chann Pardesee (1981)

★ 8.7/10 July 10, 1981 147 min

Drama

Director: Chitrartha Singh  ·  Writer: Ravinder Peepat

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.

Director

Chitrartha Singh

Cast

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