Film TitleShatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players, Shatranj Ke Khiladi), 1977, India, English, Hindi, Urdu
Scene DescriptionThe Prime Minister of the province, Wazir Madar-ud-Daula, who has returned after a meeting with General Outram with the message of the impending annexure of the province at the hands of the East India Company sees the Nawab enjoying the mehfil (gathering) being blissfully unaware of the impending doom of his kingdom. Madar-ud-Daula breaks down in front of the Nawab before giving him the Company's message, to which he resonds that only poetry and love can bring a man to tears, establishing his delusion to the state of the kingdom he is supposed to be reigning. (7/35)
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
