Title & Author:

Shatranj ke khiladi / [produced by Suresh Jindal ; written and directed by Satyajit Ray].

Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [©199-?]

Description:

1 videocassette (117 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Restrictions:

Home use - no classroom rights.

Notes:
Title from container.
Based on the short story The chess-players, by Premachanda.
Original released as a motion picture in 1977.
Cinematography, Soumendu Roy ; film editing, Dulal Dutta ; original music, Satyajit Ray.
Sanjeev Kumar, Shabana Azmi, Saeed Jaffrey, Amjad K̲h̲ān̲, Richard Attenborough, Farida Jalal, Victor Bannerjee.
VHS.
In Urdu and English with English subtitles.

Summary:

Set in 1856 at the court of Wajid ʻAli Shah in Lucknow, the capital of Oudh. Features two parallel narratives: the first shows the interminable games of chess played by two hookah-smoking zamindars; the other dramatises the conflict between Wajid ʻAli Shah and General Charles Outram who represents Lord Dalhousie's annexation policies. depicts Wajid ʻAli Shah as a politically weak figure who surrenders to the British without a fight.

Subject:

Wajid ʻAli Shah, King of Oudh, 1822-1887 Drama.
Wajid ʻAli Shah, King of Oudh, 1822-1887.
Feature films.
Oudh (India) Drama.
India Oudh.

Form/genre:

Videocassettes.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
VHS (TM)
Videotapes.
Feature films.
Drama.
Features.

Added entries:

Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992.
Jindal, Suresh.
Kumar, Sanjeev.
Azmi, Shabana, 1950-
Jaffrey, Saeed, 1929-2015.
K̲h̲ān̲, Amjad ʻAlī.
Attenborough, Richard.
Jalal, Farida.
Banerjee, Victor.
Premacanda, 1881-1936. Chess-players.

Chess players

Holdings:

Location: Library main av 222914
Call No.: PN1997 .S4 P8 1990
Status: Available