The Chess Players
1977-10-02
Cast26
Sanjeev Kumar
Mirza Sajjad Ali
Saeed Jaffrey
Mir Roshan Ali
Amjad Khan
Wajid Ali Shah
Shabana Azmi
Khurshid
Farida Jalal
Nafisa
Veena
Queen Mother
David Abraham Cheulkar
Munshi
Victor Banerjee
Prime Minister
Farooq Shaikh
Aqueel
Tom Alter
Capt. Weston
Leela Mishra
Hirya
Barry John
Richard Attenborough
General Outram
Samarth Narain
Kallu
Bhudo Advani
Abbajani
Kamu Mukherjee
Uttamram Nagar
Khairatilal Lahori
Pradip Shankar
Ashfaq Mirza
Amrit Bhushan Gujral
Ramesh Khosla
Shaik Farid
Madan Sudan
Saswati Sen
Dancer (uncredited)
Amitabh Bachchan
Narrator (voice)
Art5
Bansi Chandragupta
Art Direction
Ashoke Bose
Assistant Art Director
Kabi Dasgupta
Background Designer
Zehra Tyabji
Graphic Designer
Joseph St. Anne
Graphic Designer
Camera8
Purnendu Bose
Assistant Camera
Anil Ghosh
Assistant Camera
Dilip Bannerji
Assistant Camera
Nemai Ghosh
Still Photographer
Sandip Ray
Still Photographer
Sumantra Ghoshal
Still Photographer
Pablo Bartholomew
Still Photographer
Soumendu Roy
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up7
Shama Zaidi
Costume Design
Rabab Jaffri
Assistant Costume Designer
Sitara Jaffri
Assistant Costume Designer
Saba Zaidi
Assistant Costume Designer
Ananta Das
Makeup Artist
Pradip Bag
Assistant Makeup Artist
Haru Das
Wardrobe Master
Crew2
Jagdish Shetty
Administrative Assistant
Birju Maharaj
Choreographer
Directing5
Satyajit Ray
Director
Ramesh Sen
Assistant Director
Santi Chatterjee
Assistant Director
Sandip Ray
Assistant Director
Javed Siddiqui
Assistant Director
Editing2
Dulal Dutta
Editor
Kashinath Bose
Assistant Editor
Production9
Suresh Jindal
Producer
Anil Choudhury
Production Executive
Bhanu Ghosh
Production Manager
J.N. Srivastava
Location Manager
Bolai Addy
Production Assistant
Trailokya Das
Production Assistant
Uma Da Cunha
Publicist
N.B. Sukhwani
Administration
Ana Maria De Souza
Administration
Sound8
Narinder Singh
Sound
Arun Chakravarty
Sound Assistant
Dulal Das
Sound Assistant
Reba Muhuri
Songs
Birju Maharaj
Songs
Mangesh Desai
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Samir Majumdar
Sound Recordist
Satyajit Ray
Original Music Composer
Visual Effects1
Ram Mohan
Animation
Writing6
Munshi Premchand
Short Story
Satyajit Ray
Screenplay
Munshi Premchand
Writer
Satyajit Ray
Dialogue
Shama Zaidi
Dialogue
Javed Siddiqui
Dialogue