| Description |
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; full screen presentation, aspect ratio 1.33:1. |
| Note |
Based on the story by [Munshi] Premchand. |
| Cast |
Sanjeev Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Shabana Azmi, Farida Jalal, Veena, David Abraham, Victor Bannerji, Farooque Shaikh, Tom Alter, Leela Mishra, Barry John, Samarth Narain, Budho Advani, Kamu Mukherji, Uttamram Nagar, Khairatilal Lahori, Pradip Shankar, Ashfaq Mirza, Amrit Bhushan Gujral, Ramesh Khosla, Shaik Farid, Madan Sudan, Amjad Khan, Richard Attenborough; narration, Amitabh Bachchan. |
| Credits |
Camera, Soumendu Roy ; art direction, Bansi Chandragupta ; editor, Dulal Dutta ; original music, Satyajit Ray ; costumes, Shama Zaidi ; dances composed and choreographed by Birju Maharaj ; dances, Saswati Sen, Gitanjali and Kathak Kalakendra Ballet Troupe ; songs, Reba Muhuri, Birju Maharaj, Calcutta Youth Choir ; animation, Ram Mohan. |
| Note |
Originally produced as an Indian motion picture in 1977. |
| Summary |
The kingdom of Oudh has a gently decadent Nawab (king), who is busy being a poet, composer, singer, dancer, and choreographer, but not a ruler. Mirza and Mir are old friends, living in the capital city off ancestral wealth and taxes on their lands. As the king is obsessed with his artistic endeavors, the friends are obsessed with shatranj (chess). In 1856, the East India Company sends General Outram, the British Resident of Lucknow, to take over the kingdom, under the charge of misrule. The king dithers, the friends play chess. British troops march into the city; the king surrenders without a fight, and the friends remove to a distant village so they can play in peace. |
| Contents |
Leisure -- Treaty -- King's poem -- Rumors -- Neglected wife -- New treaty -- Missing pieces -- King -- Idle lords -- Check -- Checkmate -- Trouble at Meer's -- Mother -- Picnic -- Crown -- No blood -- British -- Day wasted. |
| Note |
Special features: Satyajit Ray: selected filmography [text feature]; Original British poster art; Production note [DVD version]. |
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GMD: videorecording Chess players. |
| Local Note |
WNPLFFDVD |
| Language |
In Urdu with optional subtitles in English. |
| Subject |
Premacanda, 1881-1936 -- Film adaptations.
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Wajid ʻAli Shah, King of Oudh, 1821-1896 -- Drama.
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Outram, James, 1803-1863 -- Drama.
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East India Company.
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East India Company -- Drama.
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Chess -- Drama.
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Landowners -- India -- Drama.
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Chess players -- India -- Drama.
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Lucknow (India) -- Drama.
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Oudh (India) -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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Historical films.
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| Subject |
Motion pictures, Urdu.
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| Genre/Form |
Comedy films.
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| Added Author |
Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992. Author of dialog. Screenwriter. Composer. Director.
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Zaidi, Shama, 1938- Author of dialog.
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Siddique, Javed. Author of dialog.
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Jindal, Suresh, 1942-2022. Producer.
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Kumar, Sanjeev, 1938-1985. Actor.
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Jaffrey, Saeed, 1929-2015. Actor.
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Azmi, Shabana, 1950- Actor.
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Jalal, Farida. Actor.
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Khan, Amjad. Actor.
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Banerjee, Victor. Actor.
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Attenborough, Richard. Actor.
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Alter, Tom, 1950-2017. Actor.
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Bachchan, Amitabh, 1942- Narrator.
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Premacanda, 1881-1936.
Śatarañja ke khilāṛī.
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Devki Chitra Productions.
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Kino International Corporation.
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| Added Title |
Chess players |
| Standard No. |
738329040826 |
| Music No. |
K408 Kino on Video |
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K408DVD Kino on Video |
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