

13/12/1957
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.

Nargis
as Champa

Oleg Strizhenov
as Afanasiy Nikitin

Padmini
as Court Dancer Lakshmi

Prithviraj Kapoor
as Grand Vizier Mahmud Gavan

Manmohan Krishna
as Champa's Father

P. Jairaj
as Ambassador Hassan Bek Shirvan

Achala Sachdev
as Champa's Mother

David Abraham Cheulkar
as Asad Khan

Balraj Sahni
as Sakaram

Iya Arepina
as Dunyasha

Nikifor Kolofidin
as Vasily Panin

Vsevolod Yakut
as Miguel

Ivan Zhevago
as Tver merchant

Aleksandr Kuznetsov
as merchant

Amandurdy Khojakuliev
as

Stepan Kayukov
as

Varvara Obukhova
as

Boris Terentyev
as Athanasius Nikitin's father

Leonid Topchiyev
as Ivan III
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