[1] Starring Madhubala, Rehman, Karan Dewan and Shakuntala, the film tells the story of Rajan, a teacher, who falls in love with a wealthy girl named Chanda but decides to go away from her to earn money.

[2] The film begins with two best friends, the rich Sajan and the orphan, poor Rajan doing some mischief during night in their college.

Hurt by the father's cruel words, leaves Sajan's house without informing him and decides to begin a new life.

[4] When Pardes was under production, Madhubala got entangled in a controversy for turning out seven journalists out of the set of Badal (1951), for which she was shooting simultaneously.

The journalists saw her this action as their insult, and subsequently made several unsuccessful attempts to ban the release of Pardes.

"[3] Upon its release, Pardes proved to be hugely popular among the audience and was successfully exhibited in the north and south India.