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The Chess Players

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Calorie Rating: 181
Released: 1977-10-02
Running Time: 129 Minutes
Studios: Devki Chitra,


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.

Director / Directors

Sandip Ray
Assistant Director
Javed Siddiqui
Assistant Director

Santi Chatterjee
Assistant Director
Ramesh Sen
Assistant Director


Cast

Sanjeev Kumar
Character: Mirza Sajjad Ali
Saeed Jaffrey
Character: Mir Roshan Ali
Amjad Khan
Character: Wajid Ali Shah

Shabana Azmi
Character: Khurshid
Farida Jalal
Character: Nafisa
Veena
Character: Queen Mother

David Abraham Cheulkar
Character: Munshi
Victor Banerjee
Character: Prime Minister
Farooq Shaikh
Character: Aqueel

Tom Alter
Character: Capt. Weston
Leela Mishra
Character: Hirya

Richard Attenborough
Character: General Outram
Samarth Narain
Character: Kallu
Bhudo Advani
Character: Abbajani




Saswati Sen
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Amitabh Bachchan
Character: Narrator (voice)


Production and Crew

Satyajit Ray
Screenplay

Sitara Jaffri
Assistant Costume Designer
Dilip Bannerji
Assistant Camera

Dulal Das
Sound Assistant
Zehra Tyabji
Graphic Designer
Samir Majumdar
Sound Recordist

Ashoke Bose
Assistant Art Director
Jagdish Shetty
Administrative Assistant
Sumantra Ghoshal
Still Photographer

Anil Ghosh
Assistant Camera
Arun Chakravarty
Sound Assistant

Purnendu Bose
Assistant Camera
Kabi Dasgupta
Background Designer
Saba Zaidi
Assistant Costume Designer

Sandip Ray
Still Photographer
Pablo Bartholomew
Still Photographer
Rabab Jaffri
Assistant Costume Designer

Joseph St. Anne
Graphic Designer

Ana Maria De Souza
Administration
Bansi Chandragupta
Art Direction
Uma Da Cunha
Publicist

Bolai Addy
Production Assistant
Shama Zaidi
Costume Design
Trailokya Das
Production Assistant

Shama Zaidi
Dialogue

Anil Choudhury
Production Executive
Nemai Ghosh
Still Photographer
Ananta Das
Makeup Artist

Haru Das
Wardrobe Master
Ram Mohan
Animation
N.B. Sukhwani
Administration

Mangesh Desai
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kashinath Bose
Assistant Editor
Pradip Bag
Assistant Makeup Artist

Bhanu Ghosh
Production Manager
J.N. Srivastava
Location Manager

Birju Maharaj
Choreographer
Satyajit Ray
Original Music Composer
Soumendu Roy
Director of Photography