---
title: 'The Chess Players (1977)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Satyajit Ray'
released: '1977-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-chess-players-1977'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076696/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Chess Players (1977)

1977 · 113 min · Drama, Comedy, History · India

Original title: शतरंज के खिलाड़ी

## Synopsis

Shatranj Ke Khilari, also subtitled and later internationally released with the translated title The Chess Players, is a 1977 Indian film written and directed by Satyajit Ray, based on Munshi Premchand's short story of the same name.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Satyajit Ray](https://cinepixo.com/people/satyajit-ray)
- **Screenplay:** [Satyajit Ray](https://cinepixo.com/people/satyajit-ray), [Javed Siddiqui](https://cinepixo.com/people/javed-siddiqui), [Shama Zaidi](https://cinepixo.com/people/shama-zaidi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Satyajit Ray](https://cinepixo.com/people/satyajit-ray)
- **Director of Photography:** [Soumendu Roy](https://cinepixo.com/people/soumendu-roy)
- **Editor:** [Dulal Dutta](https://cinepixo.com/people/dulal-dutta)

## Cast

- [Farida Jalal](https://cinepixo.com/people/farida-jalal)
- [Farooq Sheikh](https://cinepixo.com/people/farooq-sheikh)
- [Leela Mishra](https://cinepixo.com/people/leela-mishra)
- [Shabana Azmi](https://cinepixo.com/people/shabana-azmi)
- [Richard Attenborough](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-attenborough) as Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet
- [David Abraham Cheulkar](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-abraham-cheulkar)
- [Saswati Sen](https://cinepixo.com/people/saswati-sen)
- [Tom Alter](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-alter)
- [Bhudo Advani](https://cinepixo.com/people/bhudo-advani)
- [Amjad Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/amjad-khan) as Wajid Ali Shah
- [Victor Banerjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-banerjee)
- [Kamu Mukherjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/kamu-mukherjee)
- [Veena](https://cinepixo.com/people/veena)
- [Barry John](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-john)
- [Saeed Jaffrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/saeed-jaffrey)

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