India, Jan. 5 -- The Lucknow Residency was in the spotlight as film historian, documentary filmmaker, and walk curator Eshan Sharma conducted a film walk in the state capital on a chilly Sunday morning.

He guided film and heritage enthusiasts through locations from the perspective of Satyajit Ray's classic film Shatranj Ke Khiladi (1977), which was partly shot in Lucknow and set in the 1856-57 period.

The event was organised as part of a two-day curtain raiser for the upcoming five-day Sanatkada Festival. The festival will be held from January 30 to February 3 on the theme 'Raabta Lucknow Calcutta Ka' at Safed Baradari, Kaiserbagh.

"This was Ray's first and last full-length film that he made in Hindi-Urdu. We discussed the qissey aroun...