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aka The Chess Players (1977)
Absorbing drama set in 19th century India in which a general (RICHARD ATTEBOROUGH) tries to secure a wealthy Indian kingdom for the British empire. While political manoeuvring in the court of the king (AMJAD KHAN) is rife, two princes (SAEED JAFFREY, SANJEEV KUMAR) appear to be more concerned with their endless games of chess. Director: Satyajit Ray.
 
Broadcast  2:55am on Friday, 30th July 1999
Strand  -
Alternate Title  The Chess Players
Duration  129 minutes
Genre  Comedy, Drama, History
IMDb ID  tt0076696
Director  Satyajit Ray
Writer  Munshi Premchand, Satyajit Ray, Shama Zaidi, Javed Siddiqui
Cast  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, Richard Attenborough, Amitabh Bachchan
Language  Hindi, Urdu
Repeat  No

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