
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.
Top Billed Cast

Nargis
Champa

Oleg Strizhenov
Afanasiy Nikitin

Padmini
Court Dancer Lakshmi

Prithviraj Kapoor
Grand Vizier Mahmud Gavan

Manmohan Krishna
Champa's Father
Featured Crew

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Writer

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Director
Mariya Smirnova
Writer
Vasily Pronin
Director

Boris Chaikovsky
Original Music Composer

Lata Mangeshkar
Playback Singer
S. Ramachandra
Director of Photography
Anil Biswas
Original Music Composer
Meena Kapoor
Playback Singer
Prem Dhawan
Lyricist
Vladimir Nikolayev
Director of Photography

Gennady Myasnikov
Art Direction