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The Chess Players
| Actor(s): Richard Attenborough, Amjad Khan, Sanjeev Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Shabana Azmi Director(s): Satyajit Ray |
Movie Details
| Content Advisory: Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1977 DVD Release: 04/18/2006 Format: DVD - Color Audio Tracks: Urdu Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 55 mins Studio: Kino Members Wishing: 5 Genres: Drama, Political Drama See Also: Shatranj Ke Khilari |
DVD Synopsis
Based on a story by Munshi Premchand, and much influenced by Vsevolod Pudovkin's 1925 film Chess Fever, this satirical film by noted Indian director Satyajit Ray is set in colonial India in 1856. The British Resident of the East India Company (Richard Attenborough) has observed that the monarch of Lucknow, which is in his trading region, seems to be completely uninterested in government. He tries to arrange things so that he can annex the province. Embroiled in a long-running chess rivalry, two local noblemen (played by Sanjeev Kumar and Saeed Jaffrey) cannot be bothered with such minor issues as who is governing whom. Meanwhile, conditions in the kingdom go from bad to worse. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
Actors
Richard Attenborough - Gen. Outram
Amjad Khan - Nawab Wazed Ali Shah
Sanjeev Kumar - Mirza Saljad Ali
Saeed Jaffrey - Mir Roshan Ali
Shabana Azmi - Mirza's Wife
Amjad Khan - Nawab Wazed Ali Shah
Sanjeev Kumar - Mirza Saljad Ali
Saeed Jaffrey - Mir Roshan Ali
Shabana Azmi - Mirza's Wife
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