This first co-production of the Soviet and Indian cinematographers is dedicated to the Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin who in 1466-1472 blazed the trade way from Europe to India. The film is based on Nikitin’s travel notes. Starring in the film are popular Russian actor Oleg Strizhenov and India’s 1950s movie star Nargis.
Cast
Nargis
Champa
Oleg Strizhenov
Afanasiy Nikitin
Padmini
Court Dancer Lakshmi
Prithviraj Kapoor
Grand Vizier Mahmud Gavan
Manmohan Krishna
Champa's Father
P. Jairaj
Ambassador Hassan Bek Shirvan
Achala Sachdev
Champa's Mother
David Abraham Cheulkar
Asad Khan
Balraj Sahni
Sakaram
Iya Arepina
Dunyasha
Nikifor Kolofidin
Vasily Panin
Vsevolod Yakut
Miguel
Ivan Zhevago
Tver merchant
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
merchant
Amandurdy Khojakuliev
Unknown
Stepan Kayukov
Unknown
Varvara Obukhova
Unknown
Boris Terentyev
Athanasius Nikitin's father
Leonid Topchiyev
Ivan III
Crew
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Director, Writer
Vasily Pronin
Director
Mariya Smirnova
Writer
Afanasy Nikitin
Novel
S. Ramachandra
Director of Photography
Vladimir Nikolayev
Director of Photography
Yevgeni Andrikanis
Director of Photography
Olga Kruchinina
Costume Design
Valeri Popov
Sound
Boris Chaikovsky
Original Music Composer
Anil Biswas
Original Music Composer
Prem Dhawan
Lyricist
Asad Bhopali
Lyricist
Lata Mangeshkar
Playback Singer
Meena Kapoor
Playback Singer
Manna Dey
Playback Singer
Gennady Myasnikov
Art Direction
M.R. Achrekar
Art Direction
Mikhail Bogdanov
Art Direction
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