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In the year 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the King of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British intend to control this rich land and send General Outram to clear way for an annexation. Pressure is mounting amidst intrigue and political maneuvers, but the Nawab whiles away his time in pursuit of pleasure and religious practice. The court is of no help either — noblemen Mir and Mirza ignore all duties and spend their days playing endless games of chess. Based on Munshi Premchand's short story of the same name. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2010.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1977-10-02
- video_camera_front Companies Devki Chitra
- timer Runtime: 129 Mins
- star Rating: 7.1 / 10
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- info IMDB ID tt0076696
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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)
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Satyajit Ray
Director
Munshi Premchand
Short Story
Satyajit Ray
Screenplay
Suresh Jindal
Producer
Munshi Premchand
Writer
Purnendu Bose
Assistant Camera
Anil Ghosh
Assistant Camera
Dilip Bannerji
Assistant Camera
Bansi Chandragupta
Art Direction
Ashoke Bose
Assistant Art Director
Shama Zaidi
Costume Design
Rabab Jaffri
Assistant Costume Designer
Sitara Jaffri
Assistant Costume Designer
Saba Zaidi
Assistant Costume Designer
Narinder Singh
Sound
Arun Chakravarty
Sound Assistant
Dulal Das
Sound Assistant
Dulal Dutta
Editor
Kashinath Bose
Assistant Editor
Ananta Das
Makeup Artist
Pradip Bag
Assistant Makeup Artist
Haru Das
Wardrobe Master
Kabi Dasgupta
Background Designer
Ramesh Sen
Assistant Director
Santi Chatterjee
Assistant Director
Sandip Ray
Assistant Director
Javed Siddiqui
Assistant Director
Anil Choudhury
Production Executive
Bhanu Ghosh
Production Manager
J.N. Srivastava
Location Manager
Bolai Addy
Production Assistant
Trailokya Das
Production Assistant
Ram Mohan
Animation
Zehra Tyabji
Graphic Designer
Joseph St. Anne
Graphic Designer
Uma Da Cunha
Publicist
N.B. Sukhwani
Administration
Ana Maria De Souza
Administration
Jagdish Shetty
Administrative Assistant
Nemai Ghosh
Still Photographer
Sandip Ray
Still Photographer
Sumantra Ghoshal
Still Photographer
Pablo Bartholomew
Still Photographer
Reba Muhuri
Songs
Birju Maharaj
Songs
Birju Maharaj
Choreographer
Mangesh Desai
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Samir Majumdar
Sound Recordist
Satyajit Ray
Dialogue
Shama Zaidi
Dialogue
Javed Siddiqui
Dialogue
Soumendu Roy
Director of Photography
Satyajit Ray
Original Music Composer
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