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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.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1957-12-13
- video_camera_front Companies Naya Sansar, Mosfilm
- timer Runtime: 144 Mins
- star Rating: 5.7 / 10
- favorite Likes: 7 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0050820
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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
groups Crew

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Writer

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Director

Mariya Smirnova
Writer

Vasily Pronin
Director

Boris Chaikovsky
Original Music Composer

Lata Mangeshkar
Playback Singer

S. Ramachandra
Director of Photography

Anil Biswas
Original Music Composer

Meena Kapoor
Playback Singer

Prem Dhawan
Lyricist

Vladimir Nikolayev
Director of Photography

Gennady Myasnikov
Art Direction

Olga Kruchinina
Costume Design

Valeri Popov
Sound

Asad Bhopali
Lyricist

M.R. Achrekar
Art Direction

Yevgeni Andrikanis
Director of Photography

Mikhail Bogdanov
Art Direction

Afanasy Nikitin
Novel

Manna Dey
Playback Singer
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