The Chess Players

The Chess Players (1977)

Satyajit Ray's First Hindi feature Film

Drama

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.

star 7 7.5 91%
  • Release Date: 1977-10-02
  • Runtime: 2h 9min
  • Director: Satyajit Ray

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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

  • Barry John

  • Richard Attenborough

    General Outram

  • Samarth Narain

    Kallu

  • Bhudo Advani

    Abbajani

  • Kamu Mukherjee

  • Uttamram Nagar

  • Khairatilal Lahori

  • Pradip Shankar

  • Ashfaq Mirza

  • Amrit Bhushan Gujral

  • Ramesh Khosla

  • Shaik Farid

  • Madan Sudan

  • Saswati Sen

    Dancer (uncredited)

  • Amitabh Bachchan

    Narrator (voice)

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