The historical period drama Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players), is Satyajit Ray's only full-length Hindi-language feature film, based on Munshi Premchand's short story of the same name. The film is situated at a watershed moment of history, just before the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny after which the British crown would overthrow the dandy Nawab of Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah who is criticized for his decadence. Starring stalwarts like Saeed Jaffrey, Amjad Khan, Sanjeev Kumar, and Shabana Azmi, the film was shot on location in Jaipur and Lucknow.