The Chess Players

The Chess Players (1977)

Satyajit Ray's First Hindi feature Film

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1977-10-02
  • User Rating: 7.1/10 from 43 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 9min
  • Language: हिन्दी
  • Production Company: Devki Chitra
  • Production Country: India
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Summary

It is the year 1856. Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the king of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British colonialists, intent on controlling this rich land, have sent general Outram on a secret mission to clear the way for an annexation. Pressure is mounting amidst intrigue and political manoeuvres, but the Nawab whiles away his time in pursuit of pleasure and religious practice. The court is of no help either—Court nobles Mir and Mirza, ignoring the situation of their country and all their duties towards their families, spend their days playing endless games of chess. The film is based on Munshi Premchand's short story of the same name.

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Production Uma Da Cunha Publicist
Writing Satyajit Ray Screenplay
Directing Satyajit Ray Director
Sound Satyajit Ray Original Music Composer
Writing Satyajit Ray Dialogue
Editing Dulal Dutta Editor
Art Bansi Chandragupta Art Direction
Writing Javed Siddiqui Dialogue
Directing Javed Siddiqui Assistant Director
Production Suresh Jindal Producer
Camera Sandip Ray Still Photographer
Directing Sandip Ray Assistant Director
Camera Soumendu Roy Director of Photography
Art Ashoke Bose Assistant Art Director
Costume & Make-Up Shama Zaidi Costume Design
Writing Shama Zaidi Dialogue
Costume & Make-Up Ananta Das Makeup Artist
Writing Munshi Premchand Writer
Writing Munshi Premchand Short Story
Sound Mangesh Desai Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Production Anil Choudhury Production Executive
Directing Santi Chatterjee Assistant Director
Production Bhanu Ghosh Production Manager
Directing Ramesh Sen Assistant Director
Crew Birju Maharaj Choreographer
Sound Birju Maharaj Songs
Camera Purnendu Bose Assistant Camera
Camera Anil Ghosh Assistant Camera
Camera Dilip Bannerji Assistant Camera
Costume & Make-Up Rabab Jaffri Assistant Costume Designer
Costume & Make-Up Sitara Jaffri Assistant Costume Designer
Costume & Make-Up Saba Zaidi Assistant Costume Designer
Sound Narinder Singh Sound
Sound Arun Chakravarty Sound Assistant
Sound Dulal Das Sound Assistant
Editing Kashinath Bose Assistant Editor
Costume & Make-Up Pradip Bag Assistant Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Haru Das Wardrobe Master
Art Kabi Dasgupta Background Designer
Production J.N. Srivastava Location Manager
Production Bolai Addy Production Assistant
Production Trailokya Das Production Assistant
Visual Effects Ram Mohan Animation
Art Zehra Tyabji Graphic Designer
Art Joseph St. Anne Graphic Designer
Production N.B. Sukhwani Administration
Production Ana Maria De Souza Administration
Crew Jagdish Shetty Administrative Assistant
Camera Nemai Ghosh Still Photographer
Camera Sumantra Ghoshal Still Photographer
Camera Pablo Bartholomew Still Photographer
Sound Reba Muhuri Songs
Sound Samir Majumdar Sound Recordist