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.
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 |