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Pardes (परदेस) (1997 film)

Pardes (परदेस), 1997 Hindi musical romantic drama directed and produced by Subhash Ghai, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Mahima Chaudhry, and Amrish Puri; an NRI love triangle released 8 August 1997 with the song "I Love My India".

Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil (परदेस में है मेरा दिल)

Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil (परदेस में है मेरा दिल) was a 2016-17 Star Plus romantic drama by Balaji Telefilms starring Drashti Dhami and Arjun Bijlani; 170 episodes, inspired by the 1997 film Pardes, popular in the UK but a ratings failure in India.

Pardis Saremi

Pardis Saremi is an American actress of Iranian descent, born 1991, known as Leila Collier in Death and Other Details (2024) and Demi in Hell of a Summer (2023), plus roles in Chapel, FBI, and Literally, Right Before Aaron.

Parental Guidance (film)

Parental Guidance is a 2012 American family comedy directed by Andy Fickman, starring Billy Crystal and Bette Midler as grandparents babysitting tech-savvy grandkids; released December 25, 2012, grossed $77.3M.

Parenthood (2010 TV series)

Parenthood (2010 TV series): NBC family comedy-drama created by Jason Katims, loosely based on the 1989 film; six seasons, 103 episodes, 2010-2015, Braverman family of Berkeley, California.

Parenthood (film)

Parenthood is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard, starring Steve Martin as Gil Buckman, and following four adult Buckman siblings raising children.

Paresh Rawal (परेश रावल)

Paresh Rawal (परेश रावल), Indian actor, comedian, producer, former BJP MP from Ahmedabad East, and National School of Drama chairperson; known for Hera Pheri's Baburao, the Sardar Patel biopic, National Film and Filmfare awards, and Padma Shri.

Pari (2018 Indian film)

Pari (परी; Pari: Not a Fairytale) is a 2018 Hindi supernatural horror film directed by Prosit Roy, starring Anushka Sharma as Rukhsana, daughter of an ifrit spirit. Released 2 March 2018; distinct from the unrelated 2018 Pakistani film of the same name.

Pariah

Pariah (2011) is Dee Rees's debut feature drama about Alike, a 17-year-old Black lesbian teenager in Brooklyn, developed from her 2007 short, released by Focus Features, and added to the Criterion Collection.

Parichay (परिचय)

Parichay (परिचय) is a 1972 Hindi family musical directed by Gulzar, starring Jeetendra, Jaya Bhaduri, and Pran, with R.D. Burman music; based on Rangeen Uttarain and inspired by The Sound of Music.

Parijatham (பாரிஜாதம்) (2025 TV series)

Parijatham (பாரிஜாதம்) is a 2025 Tamil romantic melodrama serial on Zee Tamil, streaming on ZEE5, starring Alya Manasa as the deaf heroine Isai, Akshay Kamal (replacing Rakshit) as singer Vishal, and Swathi as Subadra, about a manipulated horoscope forcing a marriage.

Parikshit Sahni

Parikshit Sahni (परीक्षित साहनी, born 1944, Murree) is an Indian actor, writer, and producer, son of actor Balraj Sahni; known for Gul Gulshan Gulfaam, 3 Idiots, PK, and his 2019 memoir The Non-Conformist.

Parimala and Co

Parimala and Co (பரிமளா & கோ) is a 2026 Tamil comedy crime thriller by Pandiraaj starring Jayaram and Urvashi as a family suspected in a gangster's murder; released 5 June 2026, streaming on ZEE5 from 10 July 2026.

Parinayam (പരിണയം)

Parinayam (പരിണയം) is a 1994 Malayalam drama directed by T. Hariharan, written by M.T. Vasudevan Nair, starring Mohini and Vineeth; it depicts a Namboodiri widow's Smarthavicharam trial and won four National Film Awards.

Parinda (परिंदा)

Parinda (परिंदा) is Vidhu Vinod Chopra's 1989 Hindi crime drama starring Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, and Nana Patekar; a gritty Mumbai underworld film that won five Filmfare and two National Film Awards and was remade as Broken Horses.

Parineeta (2005 film)

Parineeta (পরিণীতা), 2005 Hindi romantic musical drama directed by Pradeep Sarkar, produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, adapting Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1914 novel; Vidya Balan's debut with Saif Ali Khan and Sanjay Dutt, set in 1962 Kolkata.

Parineeti Chopra (परिणीति चोपड़ा)

Parineeti Chopra (परिणीति चोपड़ा), born 1988 in Ambala, is a Hindi film actress and singer. YRF debut in Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl (2011), Filmfare Best Female Debut, National Award Special Mention for Ishaqzaade, acclaimed as Amarjot Kaur in Amar Singh Chamkila (2024).

Parineetii (परिणीती) (TV series)

Parineetii (परिणीती), an Indian Hindi TV drama on Colors TV (2022–2025) from Balaji Telefilms, created by Ekta Kapoor. Stars Anchal Sahu, Tanvi Dogra, and Ankur Verma in a love triangle where two best friends unknowingly marry the same man, Rajeev; a 20-year leap reset the cast in 2025.

Paris 36

Paris 36 (Faubourg 36) is a 2008 French musical drama by Christophe Barratier, his follow-up to Les Choristes, about three unemployed workers reopening the Chansonia music hall in 1936 Paris during the Popular Front era.

Paris Has Fallen

Paris Has Fallen is a 2024 eight-episode political-action thriller TV series spin-off of the Has Fallen film franchise, created by Howard Overman, premiering on Canal+ (23 September 2024) and Hulu (6 December 2024), starring Tewfik Jallab and Ritu Arya.

Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton, American media personality and great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, rose to fame via The Simple Life (2003) and a 2004 sex tape; now a DJ, CEO of 11:11 Media, and troubled-teen industry reform advocate.

Paris Is Burning (film)

Paris Is Burning (1990) is Jennie Livingston's 76-minute documentary on New York's Harlem drag-ball scene, its houses, voguing, and slang; Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, 2016 National Film Registry honoree, subject of lasting representation controversies.

Paris ni Saku Étoile (パリに咲くエトワール)

Paris ni Saku Étoile (パリに咲くエトワール), aka Samurai Ballerina, is a 2026 Japanese original theatrical anime directed by Goro Taniguchi, with character planning by Katsuya Kondo, about Fujiko and Chizuru, two Japanese girls chasing painter and ballet dreams in 1912 Paris.

Paris Paris

Paris Paris names two films: a 2026 Belgian drama by Isabelle Tollenaere about three men occupying an evacuated Paris apartment, and an unreleased Tamil remake of Queen starring Kajal Aggarwal, blocked by CBFC cut demands.

Paris Themmen

Paris Themmen (born 1959, Boston) is the American former child actor who played Mike Teevee in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), later a Broadway replacement in Mame and The Rothschilds, NYU BFA holder, Walt Disney Imagineer, and Access International founder.

París-Tombuctú

París-Tombuctú (1999) is Luis García Berlanga's final film, a Spanish comedy starring Michel Piccoli as a Parisian surgeon who flees by bicycle toward Timbuktu and strands in Calabuch, filmed in Peñíscola.

Paris, je t'aime

Paris, je t'aime (2006) is a 120-minute anthology film of 18 five-minute love stories set in Paris neighborhoods, directed by 20 international filmmakers including the Coen brothers, Gus Van Sant, and Alexander Payne, produced by Claudie Ossard and Emmanuel Benbihy from Tristan Carné's idea.

Paris, Texas (film)

Paris, Texas is Wim Wenders's 1984 Palme d'Or road movie, scripted by Sam Shepard, starring Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, and Dean Stockwell, photographed by Robby Müller with a Ry Cooder score, and restored in 4K in 2024.

Parisa Fitz-Henley

Parisa Fitz-Henley, born 1977 in Kingston, Jamaica, is a Jamaican-American actress and former model known for Reva Connors in Marvel's Jessica Jones and Luke Cage, Fiji in Midnight, Texas, and Meghan Markle in Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance.

Pariyerum Perumal (பரியேறும் பெருமாள்)

Pariyerum Perumal (பரியேறும் பெருமாள்), also called Pariyan, is a 2018 Tamil anti-caste drama, Mari Selvaraj's directorial debut produced by Pa Ranjith's Neelam Productions, starring Kathir and Anandhi, released 28 September 2018, winner of 13 awards including Filmfare Best Film.