Film TitleShatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players, Shatranj Ke Khiladi), 1977, India, English, Hindi, Urdu
Scene DescriptionMir Roshan Ali finds Aqueel and his wife together in the room, where they inform him that the soldiers of the Nawab's army are recruting young men and nobles to fight the war against the British army that has reached Kanpur. Then can attack Lucknow any time. Influenced by Aqueel's pretence and excuse for his presence in the room, Mir goes out to inform the same to Mirza, where the duo plan to evade the war and run away to continue their game of chess, while their province falls into the clutches of the East India Company. (14/35)
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
