The Chess Players
Satyajit Ray's First Hindi feature Film
19772h 9mNo ratings yet
- 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.
Keywords
- 19th century
- based on short story
- chess
- colonial india
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 2, 1977
- Original language
- Hindi
- Spoken languages
- Hindi, Urdu
- Countries
- India
- Production
- Devki Chitra
- Cast
- Shabana Azmi,Farida Jalal,Bhudo Advani,Richard Attenborough,Tom Alter,Samarth Narain,Pradip Shankar,Farooq Shaikh,Amitabh Bachchan,Ashfaq Mirzaand 16 more
- Director
- Satyajit Ray
- Producer
- Suresh Jindal
- Cinematography
- Soumendu Roy
- Music
- Satyajit Ray
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0076696