Overview
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
Boris Terentyev
Athanasius Nikitin's father
Leonid Topchiyev
Ivan III
The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin
Alyonka
Station Six-Sahara
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
The Old Man & the Gun
Fauve
Main Street
Love in the Time of Cholera
East of Main Street: Asians Aloud
Our Struggles
The Addiction
State and Main
Cheeky
Sauvage
Blind Chance
Love.com
The Vampire Lovers
Tigertail
Cops and Robbers
Udta Punjab