The Chess Players (1977)
2h 9m
Running Time
October 2, 1977Release Date
The Chess Players (1977)
2h 9m
Running Time
October 2, 1977Release Date
Plot.
In the year 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the King of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British intend to control this rich land and send General Outram to clear way for an annexation. Pressure is mounting amidst intrigue and political maneuvers, but the Nawab whiles away his time in pursuit of pleasure and religious practice. The court is of no help either — noblemen Mir and Mirza ignore all duties and spend their days playing endless games of chess. Based on Munshi Premchand's short story of the same name. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2010.
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Cast & Crew.
Sanjeev Kumar
Mirza Sajjad Ali
Saeed Jaffrey
Mir Roshan Ali
Amjad Khan
Wajid Ali Shah
Shabana Azmi
Khurshid
Farida Jalal
Nafisa
Veena
Queen Mother
David Abraham Cheulkar
Munshi
Victor Banerjee
Prime Minister
Farooq Shaikh
Aqueel
Tom Alter
Capt. Weston
Leela Mishra
Hirya
Richard Attenborough
General Outram
Samarth Narain
Kallu
Bhudo Advani
Abbajani
Saswati Sen
Dancer (uncredited)
Amitabh Bachchan
Narrator (voice)
Satyajit Ray
Director / Screenplay / Dialogue / Original Music Composer
Munshi Premchand
Short Story / Writer
Suresh Jindal
Producer
Dilip Bannerji
Assistant Camera
Purnendu Bose
Assistant Camera
Bansi Chandragupta
Art Direction
Saba Zaidi
Assistant Costume Designer
Kabi Dasgupta
Background Designer
Ana Maria De Souza
Administration
Sumantra Ghoshal
Still Photographer
Shama Zaidi
Costume Design / Dialogue
Trailokya Das
Production Assistant
Bolai Addy
Production Assistant
Javed Siddiqui
Dialogue / Assistant Director
Narinder Singh
Sound
Birju Maharaj
Choreographer / Songs
Kashinath Bose
Assistant Editor
Sandip Ray
Still Photographer / Assistant Director
Santi Chatterjee
Assistant Director
Anil Choudhury
Production Executive
Uma Da Cunha
Publicist
Pablo Bartholomew
Still Photographer
Rabab Jaffri
Assistant Costume Designer
Zehra Tyabji
Graphic Designer
Anil Ghosh
Assistant Camera
Nemai Ghosh
Still Photographer
N.B. Sukhwani
Administration
Jagdish Shetty
Administrative Assistant
Samir Majumdar
Sound Recordist
Ramesh Sen
Assistant Director
Ram Mohan
Animation
Joseph St. Anne
Graphic Designer
Bhanu Ghosh
Production Manager
Ashoke Bose
Assistant Art Director
Sitara Jaffri
Assistant Costume Designer
Dulal Dutta
Editor
Pradip Bag
Assistant Makeup Artist
Haru Das
Wardrobe Master
J.N. Srivastava
Location Manager
Reba Muhuri
Songs
Mangesh Desai
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Arun Chakravarty
Sound Assistant
Dulal Das
Sound Assistant
Ananta Das
Makeup Artist
Soumendu Roy
Director of Photography
Shaik Farid
Ramesh Khosla
Amrit Bhushan Gujral
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 2, 1977
Original Nameशतरंज के खिलाड़ी
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 9m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
chess
based on short story
colonial india
19th century
preserved film
Wiki.
Shatranj Ke Khilari, also subtitled and later internationally released with the translated title The Chess Players, is a 1977 Indian film written and directed by Satyajit Ray, based on Munshi Premchand's short story of the same name.
Amjad Khan plays the role of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, Nawab of Awadh, and Richard Attenborough enacts the role of General James Outram. The main cast includes actors Sanjeev Kumar and Saeed Jaffrey as the chess players. It also has Shabana Azmi, Farooque Shaikh, Farida Jalal, David Abraham, and Tom Alter. It has Amitabh Bachchan as the narrator.
It was India's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards, but did not receive a nomination.
This is the only full-length Hindi feature film of filmmaker Satyajit Ray. He later made a short Hindi film for TV named Sadgati, another adaptation of Munshi Premchand's short story.
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