8.4 /10 1 Votes
88% Rotten Tomatoes Story by Premchand | 7.8/10 IMDb Director Satyajit Ray | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Awards Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor Cast Sanjeev Kumar, Shabana Azmi, Saeed Jaffrey, Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Shatranj Ke Khiladi" (The Chess Players) is a 1924 Hindi short-story written by Munshi Premchand. Premchand also made the Urdu version titled "Shatranj ki bazi".
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Satyajit ray s shatranj ke khilari part 1
Synopsis
The story depicts decadent royalty of Central North India. It is set around the life of the last independently ruling Nawab(noble) Wajid Ali Shah and concludes with the British annexation of the Nawab's kingdom of Awadh in 1856. The two main characters are the aristocrats Mirza Sajjad Ali and Mir Raushan Ali who are deeply immersed into playing chess. Their desire for the game destroys the competency of the characters, and makes them irresponsible in their duties towards their families and society. They derive immense pleasure in developing chess strategies and ignore the real life invasion by the British. Their city Lucknow falls to British attackers as they are busy playing a game of chess.
Film
In 1977, Satyajit Ray made a film with the same name, based on this story, also titled Shatranj Ke Khilari, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
Songs
1Bajaye Bansuriya ShyamReba Muhuri5:31
2Chhabi Dikhla JaReba Muhuri7:56
3Hindola Jhule ShyamCalcutta Youth Choir4:47