Sanjeev Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Shabana Azmi, Farida Jalal, Veena, David Abraham, Victor Bannerji, Amjad Khan, Richard Attenborough ; narration, Amitabh Bachchan. Originally released as motion picture in 1977. Based on the short story: The chess-players / by Premachanda. Special features: song and scene selection.
Summary:
This drama about colonialism and indigenous culture is set in 1856 at the court of Wajid Ali 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 Ali Shah and General James Outram who represents Lord Dalhousie's treacherously implemented annexation policies. Wajid Ali is shown as a politically weak figure who surrenders to the British without a fight.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)56546795
LCCN:
2005386121
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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