Adventure History
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.
Directed by
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Vasily Pronin
Written by
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Mariya Smirnova
Nargis
Champa
David Abraham Cheulkar
Asad Khan
Padmini
Court Dancer Lakshmi
Prithviraj Kapoor
Grand Vizier Mahmud Gavan
Ivan Zhevago
Tver merchant
Oleg Strizhenov
Afanasiy Nikitin
Achala Sachdev
Champa's Mother
Manmohan Krishna
Champa's Father
Balraj Sahni
Sakaram
Iya Arepina
Dunyasha
Nikifor Kolofidin
Vasily Panin
Vsevolod Yakut
Miguel
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
merchant
Amandurdy Khojakuliev
P. Jairaj
Ambassador Hassan Bek Shirvan

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