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The Chess Players

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


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