Shatranj Ke Khiladi

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  Opinion: Rahul Gandhi's 'Shatranj' Move In Raebareli - Masterstroke Or Blunder?

  Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh has described Rahul Gandhi as a 'shatir' (expert) 'shatranj ke khiladi' (chess player) while announcing the party's decision to field him from Raebareli.

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  Tom Alter, From Mussoorie To Mumbai Via Jagadhri

  Tom Alter had been diagnosed with stage four of a skin cancer - called a squamous cell carcinoma - that he had been treated for last year and which had relapsed

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  Wazir Trailer: Big B, Farhan Are Shatranj Ke Very Deadly Khiladi

  Amitabh Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar play a dangerous and complex game of chess in the shadowy presence of an unknown and unseen 'Wazir'. But there are more players in this game. Enter John Abraham and Neil Nitin Mukesh, who have their own and more sinister agenda to pursue

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  Saeed Jaffrey, Film Star and Shakespearewallah. A Passage From India

  Saeed Jaffrey's introduction to showbiz was on the stage. As a young actor in Delhi, he ran a theatre company named Unity Theatre. He was the first Indian actor to tour America with his theatre company, performing Shakespeare. At home, Mr Jaffrey struck a balance between critically acclaimed films and mainstream Bollywood

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  Saeed Jaffrey, Star of Shatranj Ke Khiladi, Dies at 86

  Mr Jaffrey starred in acclaimed films like Satyajit Ray's Shatranj ke Khiladi and Sai Paranjpye's Chashme Baddoor. He appeared in several international movies including Gandhi and A Passage To India as well as on the TV shows Tandoori Nights, The Far Pavilions and The Jewel In The Crown

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  Amitabh Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar, Shatranj Ke Khiladi in Purana Quila

  It was a return of the native of sorts for superstar Amitabh Bachchan, who was filming his next film Do - co-starring Farhan Akhtar - in New Delhi till yesterday

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  Actor Farooq Sheikh laid to rest; fans, family pay last respects

  Actor Farooq Sheikh, who died after a massive heart attack in Dubai on Friday (December 27, 2013), was buried on Monday (December 30, 2013) evening in Mumbai. He was 65.

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  Farooq Sheikh's body brought to Mumbai for last rites

  Actor Farooq Sheikh's body was brought to Mumbai this evening from Dubai, where he died on Friday after a massive heart attack. He was 65.

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  Tom Alter wants to play Jawaharlal Nehru, Muhammad Ali Jinnah on stage

  After slipping into the roles of Urdu poet-lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi and Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad respectively on stage, thespian actor Tom Alter now aspires to enact the roles of two stalwarts of Partition, Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

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  Satyajit Ray treated us like family, says cinematographer of 21 Ray films

  Summing up his four-decade-long association with Satyajit Ray, who took Indian cinema to international audiences, as "fruitful" and "friendly", veteran cinematographer Soumendu Roy describes the legendary filmmaker as "meticulous" and "troubleshooter".

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  Good script will help David Dhawan remake Chashme Buddoor

  Remaking old classics is a risky business, but comedy king David Dhawan is going ahead in any case.

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  Satyajit Ray's words still inspire me: Tom Alter

  Actor and theatre personality Tom Alter had words of advice from legendary director Satyajit Ray while working with Satyajit Ray in Shatranj Ke Khiladi, which still inspire him.

• I avoid seeing my movies: Victor Banerjee

  Veteran actor Victor Banerjee says he hasn't seen any of his movies except Ghare Baire and Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures.

• Satyajit Ray's 91st birth anniversary today

  Satyajit Ray, director, writer, music composer and illustrator, would have been 91 today.

• Satyajit Ray was a ruthless director, says son Sandip

  Two decades after the legendary Satyajit Ray's death, his son says the skill of being a "ruthless director" that he has inherited from his father.