

Pardesi
6.29 votes on TMDB1957Movie2h 24m
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
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
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