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Set in the kingdom of Oudh during the
last days of the Moghul Empire, THE
CHESS PLAYERS marked the first time
that the legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray
worked outside of his native Bengal.
The story follows two Indian noblemen
(Saeed Jaffrey and Sanjeev Kumar)
whose obsession with the game ren-
ders them oblivious to the treacherous
and historic events happening around
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In one of his finest performances, Richard Attenborough stars as general Outram, the British
officer who covertly manoeuvres on behalf of the East India Company to seize control of the
region and depose its King. One of Ray’s most ambitious and expensive productions, THE
CHESS PLAYERS is a masterful and visually stunning historical drama. |
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