Shatranj Ke Khilari
It is the year 1856. Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the king of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British colonialists, intent on controlling this rich land, have sent general Outram on a secret mission to clear the way for an annexation. Pressure is mounting amidst intrigue and political manoeuvres, but the Nawab whiles away his time in pursuit of pleasure and religious practice. The court is of no help either—Court nobles Mir and Mirza, ignoring the situation of their country and all their duties towards their families, spend their days playing endless games of chess. The film is based on Munshi Premchand's short story of the same name.
Genre: Drama
Actor: Chandana Banerjee , Nripati Chatterjee , Anil Chatterjee , Khagen Pathak , Kali Bannerjee , Kanika Majumdar , Kumar Roy , Gobinda Chakravarti , Soumitra Chatterjee , Aparna Sen , Sita Mukherjee , Gita Dey , Sanjeev Kumar , Saeed Jaffrey , Shabana Azmi , Farida Jalal , Veena , David Abraham Cheulkar , Victor Banerjee , Farooq Shaikh , Tom Alter , Leela Mishra , Barry John , Samarth Narain , Bhudo Advani , Kamu Mukherjee , Uttamram Nagar , Khairatilal Lahori , Pradip Shankar , Ashfaq Mirza , Amrit Bhushan Gujral , Ramesh Khosla , Shaik Farid , Madan Sudan , Amjad Khan , Richard Attenborough , Saswati Sen
Director: Satyajit Ray
Writer: Satyajit Ray , Rabindranath Tagore , Javed Siddiqui , Shama Zaidi , Munshi Premchand
Country: India
Release: 1977-10-02
Duration: 129 Min
Quality: HD
Rating: 0
7.3
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