Hum Pardesi Ho Gaye

Hum Pardesi Ho Gaye (transl. We became foreigner) is a Hindi language Indian television series that aired on Sony Entertainment Television, which premiered on 4 March 2001.^[1] The series was produced by Shobhana Desai, it starred Kartika Rane, Aashish Chaudhary, and Perizaad Zorabian. The series was nominated for numerous award categories at the time it was on-air, such as Prasoon Joshi was nominated for "TV Lyricist of the Year" award and Sanjay Upadhyay was nominated for "TV Director of the Year" award at the Indian Telly Awards in 2002.^[2]

Hum Pardesi Ho Gaye
Genre	Drama
Written by	Vipul Shah
Directed by	Sanjay Upadhyay
Starring	Kartika Rane Aashish Chaudhary Perizaad Zorabian
Opening theme	"Hum Pardesi Ho Gaye" by Sukriti Sen
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	52
Production
Producer	Shobhana Desai
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Shobhana Desai Productions
Original release
Network	Sony Entertainment Television
Release	2001 (2001) – 2002 (2002)

Plot

Shot extensively on locations abroad, Hum Pardesi Ho Gaye showed the story of a young, educated, Indian girl Mallika, who is hurriedly married to an NRI Rahul, within a short span of 10 days.^[3]

After marriage and moving abroad with him, she learns that he is in love with another woman (Maya). Mallika tries hard but just cannot seem to make any inroads into Rahul’s heart! Maya on the other hand is oblivious to Mallika’s existence and thinks that Rahul is all hers.^[4]

Cast

• Kartika Rane as Mallika
• Aashish Chaudhary as Rahul
• Perizaad Zorabian as Maya
• Sulbha Arya
• Rakesh Pandey
• Manoj Joshi
• Mandeep Bhander
• Amit Thakur
• Sushama Prakash