Shatranj

<p>Sharda has been married to Thakur for several years, and both have a daughter: Meena. Sharda and Meena suddenly decide to leave India and settle down in a country, without letting Thakur know. Concerned about them, Thakur hires Jai, a spy, to locate them, and bring them back if possible. Jai agrees and soon arrives in that country, which is ruled by a military general who has not shown his face to anyone. Jai assumes the identity of Shinraaz, goes around trying to locate the two women, and finds Meena, who works as a dancer in a hotel. Jai eventually learns what brought Meena and her mother to this country, and why they both are not willing to return to India. was the final film directed by . He co-produced the film with N. N. Sippy under . ‘s character was modelled after the fictional character . The film was colourised using . The music was composed by the duo . , , and Kiran Kalyani were the lyricists. was an ” movie”, and theatres screening the film in were burnt down by . It was later forcibly removed from exhibition by the . In , tried to blow up the theatre where the film was being screened, but the police successfully removed the bomb before it could do any damage. In a review dated 29 March 1969, the magazine wrote, “Watching a game of , one needs some intelligence and common sense to follow the opponents’ moves and countermoves. Watching , the film, one has to suspend both intellect and [judgement].” The film was commercially successful but, according to Vasan’s son , “not to the extent expected by the maker”. This article about a Hindi film of the 1960s is a . You can help Wikipedia by .</p>