The Chess Players

The Chess Players

★ 7.5 4,452 votes 1977 129 min Original title: Shatranj Ke Khilari
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Cast & Crew

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Sanjeev Kumar
Mirza Sajjad Ali
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Saeed Jaffrey
Mir Roshan Ali
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Shabana Azmi
Khurshid, Mirza's wife
F
Farida Jalal
Nafisa, Mir's wife
V
Veena
Queen Mother
D
David Abraham
Munshi
V
Victor Banerjee
Prime Minister
F
Farooq Shaikh
Aqueel
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Tom Alter
Capt. Weston (Outram's aide de camp)
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Leela Mishra
Hirya, Khurshid's maid
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Satyajit Ray
director / writer / composer
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Munshi Premchand
writer
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Shama Zaidi
writer
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Javed Siddiqui
writer
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Suresh Jindal
producer
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Dulal Dutta
editor