Dabaru 2024 
Synopsis
Dabaru
Dabaru (Bengali pronunciation: transl. The Chess Master) is a 2024 Indian Bengali-language biographical sports drama film directed by Pathikrit Basu. Produced by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee under the banner of Windows Production, the film is based on the life of the Indian chess Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly.
- Director
- Pathikrit Basu
- Studio
- —
- Run time
- 131 min
- Language
- Bengali
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Technical specs
- Run time
- 131 min
- Language
- Bengali
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Pathikrit Basu
Trivia
- Dabaru is the first Indian film depicted on the subject of chess.
- Principal photography commenced in July 2023, with portions filmed in Kolkata, Chennai, and Germany.
- Samriddha Ghosh, a coach with the Indian women's chess team, trained the cast for the chess sequences.
- The climactic Commonwealth Championship scene featured 16 real chess players from Kolkata clubs.
- The song 'Jhogra Kori Chol' by Mainak and Surangana topped Bengali charts for 3 weeks.
- The motion poster launch in September 2023 was attended by Grandmasters Viswanathan Anand and Dibyendu Barua.
