Pardes (1997) is a musical romantic drama starring Shah Rukh Khan, Mahima Chaudhry, Amrish Puri and Apurva Agnihotri. Pardes follows the story of Ganga, a village girl chosen by Indian-American businessman Kishorilal as a bride for his son Rajiv. In America, she discovers who Rajiv really is and grows close to Arjun, Kishorilal’s foster son, who was sent to make the match work. Pardes ran to a golden jubilee and had 12 Filmfare nominations, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress, and won Best Screenplay for Subhash Ghai, Best Female Debut for Mahima Chaudhry and Best Female Playback for Alka Yagnik. It also led the first Zee Cine Awards with 19 nominations, winning three, and took Best Music Director for Nadeem-Shravan and Best Cinematography for Kabir Lal at the Screen Awards.