Journey Beyond Three Seas
परदेसी
Release: 1957-12-13
·Runtime: 144m
·★ 5.7
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.
Production Countries
Soviet Union
India
Production Companies
Naya Sansar
Mosfilm
Cast
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
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
Amandurdy Khojakuliev
Stepan Kayukov
Varvara Obukhova
Boris Terentyev
as Athanasius Nikitin's father
Crew
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Director
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Writer
Boris Chaikovsky
Original Music Composer
Lata Mangeshkar
Playback Singer
Yevgeni Andrikanis
Director of Photography
Olga Kruchinina
Costume Design
Gennady Myasnikov
Art Direction
Mikhail Bogdanov
Art Direction
Vladimir Nikolayev
Director of Photography
Afanasy Nikitin
Novel
Manna Dey
Playback Singer