Film TitleShatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players, Shatranj Ke Khiladi), 1977, India, English, Hindi, Urdu
Scene DescriptionThe still is from the song Kanha Main Tose Haari sung by Pt. Birju Maharaj. Nawab Wajib Ali Shah, the last king of Awadh, who was known as a great aficionado of music and one of the greatest patrons of fine arts in the Indian tradition, ascended the throne of Awadh when it was in decline with the East India Company annexing much of the kingdom's treasury in a treaty signed in 1801. Regular mehfils (gatherings) were held at the Nawab's palace during the period of time; this scene depicting one of them. (6/35)
ProducerSuresh JindalDirectorSatyajit RayBannerDevki Chitra
Art DirectorBansi Chandragupta
CastDavid Abraham, Shabana Azmi, Victor Banerjee, Saeed Jaffrey, Farida Jalal, Sanjeev Kumar, Veena, Tom Alter, Richard Attenborough, Shaik Farid, Amrit-Bhushan Gujral, Barry John, Amjad Khan, Ramesh Khosla, Ashfaz Mirza, Leela Mishra, Kamu Mukherjee, Uttamram Nagar, Samarth Narayan, Farooque Shaikh, Pradip Shankar, Madan Sudan, Budhavani Budhavani, Khairatilal Khairatilal, Farooq Shaikh
EditingDulal Dutta
Music DirectorBirju Maharaj, Reba Muhuri, Satyajit Ray, Calcutta youth
