pardes be a beautiful film . shahrukh khan be stun a usual . newcomer mahima choudhary be fantastic . usually female newcomer overact like aish be aur pyar ho gaya but then she prove in hddcs that she can act . apoorva agnihotri be very good a a villain . kishorilal ( amrish puri ) be come back from america to india to see his friend and suraj dev ( alok nath ) . suraj dev have a daughter call ganga ( mahima chouhary ) . he like her and he want an indian girl for his westernised son and rajiv ( apoorva agnihotri ) . kishorilal have another son who be adopt and who be not so westernised and arjun ( shahrukh khan ) . rajiv and arjun go to india . arjun and ganga be immediately friend . ganga and rajiv get on well too . rajiv say that he like her and wish for her to go to america with them and see what life will be like after marriage . ganga go with her aunt ( himani shivpuri ) . when ganga reach there she get a few surprise . this be a must see film . i like the way ganga only felt comfortable with arjun and not her fiancee . ganga could feel that she can only to talk to arjun . whenever he be not around she would get bore and lonely . the song i love india be fantastic . the film deserve a positive .