Journey Beyond Three Seas (1957)

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.

Cast

Champa
Nargis
Afanasiy Nikitin
Oleg Strizhenov
Vasily Panin
Nikifor Kolofidin
Miguel
Vsevolod Yakut
Tver merchant
Ivan Zhevago
merchant
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Court Dancer Lakshmi
Padmini
Grand Vizier Mahmud Gavan
Prithviraj Kapoor
Champa's Father
Manmohan Krishna
Ambassador Hassan Bek Shirvan
P P. Jairaj
Champa's Mother
Achala Sachdev
Asad Khan
David Abraham Cheulkar
Sakaram
Balraj Sahni
Dunyasha
Iya Arepina

Crew

Director
V Vasily Pronin
Director
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Writer
M Mariya Smirnova
Writer
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Playback Singer
Manna Dey
Playback Singer
M Meena Kapoor
Original Music Composer
Boris Chaikovsky
Original Music Composer
A Anil Biswas
Playback Singer
Lata Mangeshkar
Director of Photography
S S. Ramachandra
Director of Photography
Yevgeni Andrikanis
Director of Photography
V Vladimir Nikolayev
Costume Design
Olga Kruchinina
Art Direction
M M.R. Achrekar
Art Direction
Mikhail Bogdanov
Art Direction
Gennady Myasnikov
Sound
V Valeri Popov
Lyricist
A Asad Bhopali
Lyricist
P Prem Dhawan
Novel
Afanasy Nikitin