Journey Beyond Three Seas

Journey Beyond Three Seas

144 mins | Adventure, History | Dec. 13, 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.

Journey Beyond Three Seas

144 mins | Adventure, History | Dec. 13, 1957

Journey Beyond Three Seas
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Mosfilm, Naya Sansar
Original title परदेसी
Directors Vasily Pronin, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Writers Asad Bhopali, Prem Dhawan, Mariya Smirnova, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

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

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