SHATRANJ KE KHILARI
Film set against the annexation of the kingdom of Avadh by the British in 1856.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Dances Performed by Saswati Sen
- Dances Performed by Gitanjali
- Dances Performed by Kathak Ballet Troupe
- narrator Amitabh Bachchan
- Mirza Sajjd Ali Sanjeev Kumar
- Meer Roshan Ali Saeed Jaffrey
- Wajid Ali Shah, Nawab of Oudh Amjad Khan
- General Outram Richard Attenborough
- Khurshid Shabana Azmi
- Nafeesa Farida Jalal
- Aule Begum, Wajid's mother Veena
- Munshi Nandlal David
- Ali Naqi Khan, Prime Minister of Oudh Victor Banerjee
- Aqil Farooque Shaikh
- Captain Weston Tom Alter
- Hiria Leela Mishra
- Dr Joseph Fayrer Barry John
- Kalloo Samarth Narain
- Imtaiz Hussain Bhudo Advani
- betting man Kamu Mukherjee
- cast member Uttamram Nagar
- cast member Khairatilal Lahori
- cast member Pradip Shankar
- cast member Ashfaq Mirza
- cast member Amrit Bhushan Gujral
- cast member Ramesh Khosla
- cast member Shaik Farid
- cast member Madan Sudan
Credits
Direction
- Director Satyajit Ray
- Assistant Director Ramesh Sen
- Assistant Director Santi Kumar Chatterji
- Assistant Director Sandip Ray
Production
- Production Company Devki Chitra Productions
- Producer Suresh Jindal
- Production Executive Anil Chowdhury
- Production Manager Bhanu Ghosh
- Location Manager J.N. Srivastava
- Production Assistant Bolai Addy
- Production Assistant Trailokya Das
- Special Assistant Javed Siddiqi
Writing
- Screenplay Satyajit Ray
- Dialogue Satyajit Ray
- Dialogue Shama Zaidi
- Dialogue Javed Siddiqi
- Based on the story by Munshi Premchand
Photography
- Director of Photography Soumendu Roy
Stills
- Stills Photography Nemai Ghosh
- Stills Photography Sandip Ray
- Stills Photography Sumantra Ghoshal
- Stills Photography Pablo Bartholomew
Special Effects
- Graphic Design Zehra Tyabji
- Associate Graphic Design Joseph St. Anne
Animation
- Animator Ram Mohan
Editing
- Editor Dulal Dutta
- Assistant Editor Kashinath Bose
Design
- Art Director Bansi Chandragupta
- Associate Art Director Asok Bose
- Backdrops Kabi Dasgupta
Costumes
- cost Shama Zaidi
- Costume Associate Rabab Jaffri
- Costume Associate Sitara Jaffri
- Costume Associate Saba Zaidi
- Wardrobe Haru Das
Make-up
- Make-up Ananta Das
- Assistant Make-up Pradip Bag
Music
- Music Satyajit Ray
- Songs Sung by Reba Muhuri
- Songs Sung by Birju Maharaj
- Songs Sung by Calcutta Youth Choir
Sound
- Music Recording Samir Majumdar
- Sound Narinder Singh
- Sound Samir Majumdar
- Sound Re-recording Mangesh Desai
Choreography
- Dance Composition/Choreography Birju Maharaj