Ghosh, Nemai (Still Photographer), Shatranj Ke Khilari, 1977 | Working Still

Ghosh, Nemai (Still Photographer), Shatranj Ke Khilari, 1977 | Working Still | CinemaEducation | 00663656

Still Photographer

Document TypeWorking Still

Film Title

Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players, Shatranj Ke Khiladi), 1977, India, English, Hindi, Urdu

Scene Description Satyajit Ray directing the cock-fight scene in the film. A common sport during that era, cock-fights were extremely popular in the Awadh province and Johan Zoffany, a German artist painted the cock-fight organised by Colonel Mordaunt in 1786, of which Satyajit Ray took inspiration and added the scene in his film. (30/35)

Producer

Suresh Jindal

Director

Satyajit Ray

Banner

Devki Chitra

Art Director

Bansi Chandragupta

Cinematographer

Soumendu Roy

Cast

David 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

Editing Dulal Dutta Music Director Birju Maharaj, Reba Muhuri, Satyajit Ray, Calcutta youth

Ghosh, Nemai (Still Photographer), Shatranj Ke Khilari, 1977 | Working Still