Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Vasily ProninDirector
- Khwaja Ahmad AbbasDirector
- Mariya SmirnovaWriter
- Khwaja Ahmad AbbasWriter
- Boris ChaikovskyOriginal Music Composer
- Anil BiswasOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- NargisChampa
- Oleg StrizhenovAfanasiy Nikitin
- PadminiCourt Dancer Lakshmi
- Prithviraj KapoorGrand Vizier Mahmud Gavan
- Manmohan KrishnaChampa's Father
- P. JairajAmbassador Hassan Bek Shirvan
- Achala SachdevChampa's Mother
- David Abraham CheulkarAsad Khan
- Balraj SahniSakaram
- Iya ArepinaDunyasha
- Nikifor KolofidinVasily Panin
- Vsevolod YakutMiguel