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    The Chess Players

    129'

    1977-10-02

    7.1

    Satyajit Ray's First Hindi feature Film

    Drama

    Overview:

    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.

    DirectingSatyajit RayWritingMunshi Premchand

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    Cast

    1

    Mirza Sajjad Ali

    Sanjeev Kumar

    1

    Mir Roshan Ali

    Saeed Jaffrey

    2

    Wajid Ali Shah

    Amjad Khan

    2

    Khurshid

    Shabana Azmi

    2

    Nafisa

    Farida Jalal

    1

    Queen Mother

    Veena

    1

    Munshi

    David Abraham Cheulkar

    1

    Prime Minister

    Victor Banerjee

    2

    Aqueel

    Farooq Shaikh

    1

    Capt. Weston

    Tom Alter

    1

    Hirya

    Leela Mishra

    1

    Barry John

    3

    General Outram

    Richard Attenborough

    1

    Kallu

    Samarth Narain

    1

    Abbajani

    Bhudo Advani

    1

    Kamu Mukherjee

    1

    Uttamram Nagar

    1

    Khairatilal Lahori

    1

    Pradip Shankar

    1

    Ashfaq Mirza

    1

    Amrit Bhushan Gujral

    1

    Ramesh Khosla

    1

    Shaik Farid

    1

    Madan Sudan

    1

    Dancer (uncredited)

    Saswati Sen

    2

    Narrator (voice)

    Amitabh Bachchan

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. India
    • List of languages:
      1. Hindi
      2. Urdu
    • List of companies:
      1. Devki Chitra
    • Vote Count: 59
    • Popularity: 0.6515
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:शतरंज के खिलाड़ी

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