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The Chess Players (1977) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Satyajit Ray

Writing Credits  

Munshi Premchand ... (story) (as Premchand)
 
Satyajit Ray ... (dialogue) &
Shama Zaidi ... (dialogue) &
Javed Siddiqui ... (dialogue) (as Javed Siddiqi)
 
Satyajit Ray ... (screenplay)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification  

Sanjeev Kumar ... Mirza Sajjad Ali
Saeed Jaffrey ... Mir Roshan Ali
Shabana Azmi ... Khurshid, Mirza's wife
Farida Jalal ... Nafisa, Mir's wife
Veena ... Queen Mother
David Abraham ... Munshi
Victor Banerjee ... Prime Minister (as Victor Bannerji)
Farooq Shaikh ... Aqueel (as Farooque Shaikh)
Tom Alter ... Capt. Weston (Outram's aide de camp)
Leela Mishra ... Hirya, Khurshid's maid
Barry John Barry John
Samarth Narain Samarth Narain ... Kallu
Bhudo Advani Bhudo Advani ... Abbajani (as Budho Advani)
Kamu Mukherjee Kamu Mukherjee ... (as Kamu Mukherji)
Uttamram Nagar Uttamram Nagar
Khairatilal Lahori Khairatilal Lahori
Pradip Shankar Pradip Shankar
Ashfaq Mirza Ashfaq Mirza
Amrit Bhushan Gujral Amrit Bhushan Gujral
Ramesh Khosla Ramesh Khosla
Shaik Farid Shaik Farid
Madan Sudan Madan Sudan
Amjad Khan ... Wajid Ali Shah
Richard Attenborough ... General Outram
Amitabh Bachchan ... Narration (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Agha ... Chuttan Miyan (uncredited)
Saswati Sen Saswati Sen ... Dancer (uncredited)

Produced by 

Suresh Jindal ... producer

Music by 

Satyajit Ray

Editing by 

Dulal Dutta

Art Direction by 

Bansi Chandragupta

Makeup Department 

Pradip Bag ... assistant makeup artist
Ananta Das ... makeup artist

Production Management 

Bhanu Ghosh ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Santi Chatterjee ... assistant director (as Santi Kumar Chatterji)
Sandip Ray ... assistant director
Ramesh Sen ... assistant director
Javed Siddiqui ... special assistant (as Javed Siddiqi)

Art Department 

Ashoke Bose ... associate art director
Kabi Dasgupta ... backdrops

Sound Department 

Arun Chakraborty ... sound assistant (as Arun Chakravarty)
Dulal Das ... sound assistant
Mangesh Desai ... re-recording
Narinder Singh ... sound

Special Effects by 

Joseph St. Anne ... associate graphics
Zehra Tyabji ... graphics

Camera and Electrical Department 

Dilip Bannerjee ... assistant camera (as Dilip Bannerji)
Pablo Bartholomew ... stills
Purnendu Bose ... assistant camera
Sumantra Ghosal ... stills (as Sumantra Ghoshal)
Anil Ghosh ... assistant camera
Nemai Ghosh ... still photographer (as Nimai Ghosh)
Sandip Ray ... stills
Soumendu Roy ... camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Haru Das ... wardrobe
Rabab Jaffri ... associate costumer
Sitara Jaffri ... associate costumer
Saba Zaidi ... associate costumer
Shama Zaidi ... costumer

Editorial Department 

Kashinath Bose ... assistant editor

Location Management 

J.N. Srivastava ... location management

Music Department 

Birju Maharaj ... songs
Samir Majumdar ... music recording
Reba Muhuri ... songs

Additional Crew 

Bolai Addy ... production assistant
Anil Choudhury ... production executive (as Anil Chowdhury)
Uma Da Cunha ... liaison / publicist
Trailokya Das ... production assistant
Ana Maria de Souza ... office management (as Ana Maria De Souza)
Gitanjali ... dances
Birju Maharaj ... dances composed and choreographed by
Saswati Sen ... dances
Jagdeesh Shetty ... assistant office management (as Jagdish Shetty)
N.B. Sukhwani ... office management
Gitanjali ... choreographer (uncredited)
Saswati Sen ... choreographer (uncredited)

Thanks 

H.C. Agarwal ... acknowledgement (as H C Agarwal)
Ranjan Bannerji ... acknowledgement
Kartik Basu ... acknowledgement (as Kartik Bose)
Maharajar of Burdwan ... acknowledgement
Niren Chakravarty ... acknowledgement
Bimal Chatterjee ... acknowledgement (as Birmal Chatterji)
Sudipta Chatterji ... acknowledgement
Vasant Choudhury ... acknowledgement (as Vasanta Chowdhuri)
Srila Chowdhuri ... acknowledgement
Pamela Cullen ... acknowledgement (as Pamela Cullen) (as London)
Gerson Da Cunha ... acknowledgement
Lakshminarayan De ... acknowledgement
Rachana Dutt ... acknowledgement
Yusuf Ferozi ... acknowledgement (as M D Yusuf Ferozi)
Ajit K. Ghosh ... acknowledgement (as Ajit K Ghosh)
Manmathanath Ghosh ... acknowledgement (as Mamathanath Ghosh)
Ramen Ghosh ... acknowledgement
Gopa Ghoshal ... acknowledgement
Gen Jacob ... acknowledgement (as Lt Gen Jacob)
G.C. Jain ... acknowledgement (as Mr G C Jain)
Mrs. Kejriwal ... acknowledgement (as Mrs Kejriwal)
Nawal Kishore Kejriwal ... acknowledgement (as Mr N K Kejriwal)
Ain Rasheed Khan ... acknowledgement (as Ain Rashid Khan)
Mrs. Jahanara Begum Khan ... acknowledgement (as Mrs Jahanara Begum Khan)
Nawab Khan ... acknowledgement (as Nawabu Khan)
Mirza Mandi ... acknowledgement
A.K. Mitra ... acknowledgement (as A K Mitra)
Kiran Kumar Mitter ... acknowledgement
Ranu Mukherjee ... acknowledgment (as Lady Ranu Mukerji)
Bal Mundkur ... acknowledgement
Amritlal Nagar ... acknowledgement
Kunwar Narain ... acknowledgement
Mr. Panwar ... acknowledgement (as Mr Panwar)
Mrs. Panwar ... acknowledgement (as Mrs Panwar)
T.T. Peerkhan ... acknowledgement (as Mr T T Peerkhan)
P.G. Ramachandran ... acknowledgement (as P G Ramachandran)
Bharat Shashere Rana ... acknowledgement
Bijoya Ray ... acknowledgement
Marie Seton ... acknowledgement
Shrilal Shukla ... acknowledgement
Jagadish Ch. Sinha ... acknowledgement
Subho Tagore ... acknowledgement
Siddheswari Tewari ... acknowledgement (as Siddheswar Tewari)
Virendra D. Vyas ... acknowledgement

See also

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