The Chess Players (1977)
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. 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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
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Original Language | hi |
Popularity | 4.685 |
Directed By
Satyajit Ray
Crew
Satyajit Ray
Munshi Premchand
Satyajit Ray
Suresh Jindal
Munshi Premchand
Sitara Jaffri
Dilip Bannerji
Dulal Das
Zehra Tyabji
Samir Majumdar
Ashoke Bose
Sandip Ray
Jagdish Shetty
Sumantra Ghoshal
Birju Maharaj
Anil Ghosh
Arun Chakravarty
Purnendu Bose
Kabi Dasgupta
Saba Zaidi
Javed Siddiqui
Sandip Ray
Pablo Bartholomew
Rabab Jaffri
Joseph St. Anne
Reba Muhuri
Narinder Singh
Ana Maria De Souza
Bansi Chandragupta
Uma Da Cunha
Bolai Addy
Shama Zaidi
Trailokya Das
Satyajit Ray
Shama Zaidi
Javed Siddiqui
Santi Chatterjee
Anil Choudhury
Nemai Ghosh
Ananta Das
Haru Das
Ramesh Sen
Ram Mohan
N.B. Sukhwani
Mangesh Desai
Kashinath Bose
Pradip Bag
Bhanu Ghosh
J.N. Srivastava
Dulal Dutta
Birju Maharaj
Satyajit Ray
Soumendu Roy
TOP CAST
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)