The Chess Players— Full Cast

Sanjeev Kumar

as Mirza Sajjad Ali

Saeed Jaffrey

as Mir Roshan Ali

Amjad Khan

as Wajid Ali Shah

Shabana Azmi

as Khurshid

Farida Jalal

as Nafisa

Veena

as Queen Mother

David Abraham Cheulkar

as Munshi

Victor Banerjee

as Prime Minister

Farooq Shaikh

as Aqueel

Tom Alter

as Capt. Weston

Leela Mishra

as Hirya

Barry John

as Unknown

Richard Attenborough

as General Outram

Samarth Narain

as Kallu

Bhudo Advani

as Abbajani