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The Chess Players DVD

NR (Not Rated) :: Kino Video :: Released: 2006-04-18

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Chess Players - Dvd Movie

Written, composed, and directed by Indian master Satyajit Ray (Pather Panchali), The Chess Players presents a stylized world in which the landed gentry lounge about, endlessly pulling on hookahs and engaging in the "king of games." Outside their gilded doors, the order that allows them this luxury--let alone their marriages--is crumbling. They couldn't be more oblivious. As the narrator notes, "Mr. Meer and Mr. Mirza are only playing at warfare. Their armies are pieces of ivory. Their battlefield: a piece of cloth." Set in 1856 Lucknow, the noblemen (Saeed Jaffrey and Sanjeev Kumar) are situated in one of the few Indian territories not ruled by Britain's East India Company. The British, meanwhile, are also playing a game of chess, and equally oblivious Oudh ruler Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (Amjad Khan) is the king they intend to capture. Forthright General Outram (Sir Richard Attenborough, Ghandi), assisted by the more culturally erudite Captain Weston (Tom Alter), is the man charged with the task. It shouldn’t be difficult: Like Meer and Mirza, Wajid would prefer to relax--to write poetry, to fly kites--rather than to rule. Along the way, Oudh will fall, but the chess will continue. Based on a story by Munshi Premchand, The Chess Players was Ray’s most elaborate production. It was also his first in Hindi (with English) and its frames are filled with music, dance, opulent pageantry, and humorous banter--even a lively animated sequence. Behind the attractive façade, however, lies a lament for lost opportunities. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Chess Players DVD Techincal Details Cast: Sanjeev Kumar, Shabana Azmi, Farida Jalal, Veena
Director: Satyajit Ray
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 129 mins
UPC: 738329040826
Binding: DVD
Studio: Kino Video
Release Date: 2006-04-18
Region Code: 1
Specs: Closed-captioned, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Hindi (Original Language), Urdu (Original Language),