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Vasily Prokhorovich Pronin (Russian: Васи́лий Про́хорович Про́нин; 25 December 1905 – 12 October 1993) was a Soviet statesman and chairman of the executive committee of the Moscow City Council of Laborers' Deputies (today's equivalent of mayor) between 14 April 1939 and 7 December 1944.
The first Soviet-Indian co-production was Pardesi/Khozdenie za tri morya (1957), directed by K A Abbas and Vasili Pronin respectively. Featuring some of the biggest names in Indian and Soviet cinema such as Nargis and Oleg Strizhenov, the film was based on the story of a 15th century Russian’s merchant’s travels in India.
Made in 1957, it was jointly directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Vasili Pronin. The film, based on the travelogues of Russian traveller Afanasy Nikitin, was dubbed in both Hindi and Russian. It also starred the South Indian film actress, Padmini.
Vasili Pronin was born on 24 July 1905 in Kobelevo, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Kazaki (1961), Pardesi (1957) and Son of the Regiment (1946). He died on 23 November 1966.
A 1956 film jointly directed by Khwaja Ahmed Abbas and Vasili Pronin, titled Pardesi in Hindi, showed Nikitin (played by Oleg Strizhenov) falling in love with an Indian woman named Champa...
Soviet film adapted from Tolstoy’s novel of Cossack life in the Caucasus in the mid 19th century.
The Cossacks (Russian: Казаки, romanized: Kazaki) is a 1961 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Vasili Pronin. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on the novel of the same name.
