Movie
1977 History-based drama-comedy
2h 9min
| Original title | Shatranj Ke Khilari |
| Original lang. | Urdu, English, Hindi |
| Country | India |
Set in 1856, this satirical film traces the fate of Awadh, a kingdom ruled by Wajid Ali Shah and his team of disinterested governors. Two noblemen go a step further and devote themselves to endless rounds of chess, while their kingdom gets annexed.
| Directed by | Satyajit Ray |
| Written by | Satyajit Ray |
Starring
Richard Attenborough
Amitabh Bachchan
Sanjeev Kumar
Saeed Jaffrey
Shabana Azmi
Farida Jalal
Veena
David Abraham
Victor Banerjee
Farooq Shaikh
Tom Alter
Leela Mishra
Barry John
Samarth Narain
Bhudo Advani
Kamu Mukherjee
Uttamram Nagar
Khairatilal Lahori
Pradip Shankar
Ashfaq Mirza
Amrit Bhushan Gujral
Ramesh Khosla
Shaik Farid
Madan Sudan
Amjad Khan
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