Dabaru
| Dabaru | |
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| Directed by | Pathikrit Basu |
| Written by | Arpan Gupta (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Aritra Banerjee |
| Produced by | Nandita Roy Shiboprosad Mukherjee Sanjay Agarwal |
| Edited by | Md. Kalam |
| Music by | Bonnie Chakraborty Prasen |
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Running time | 131 minutes |
| Language | Bengali |
Dabaru (The chess master) is a 2024 biographical sports drama film based on the life of the youngest grandmaster of India, Surya Sekhar Ganguly directed by Pathikrit Basu. The film unfolds a motivational tale about a young chess player, Surja, who rose from the alleys of North Kolkata during 1988-1998 to finally become a grandmaster in 2001.
The film became a huge box-office success receiving positive reviews from critics.
Cast[edit]
- Rituparna Sengupta as Karuna Devi
- Chiranjit Chakraborty as Rathindra Nath Chakraborty
- Dipankar De as Nabin Sarkar, Souro's maternal grandfather
- Kaushik Sen as Samiran, a ruthless coach
- Shankar Chakraborty as Souro's father
- Kharaj Mukherjee as moneylender
- Biswanath Basu as neighbour
- Sanghasree Sinha Mitra
- Arghya Basu Roy as teenage Souro, who became the grandmaster
- Abhijit Guha (director) as Sports Minister Subir Banerjee
- Samadarshi Sarkar as young Souro
- Tirtha Mistry
Credits[edit]
- Presented by Nandita Roy and Sanjay Agarwal
- Produced by Windows
- Creative Producer – Shiboprosad Mukherjee
- Creative Advisor – Zinia Sen
- Directed by Pathikrit Basu
- DOP - Madhura Palit
- Editor - Md. Kalam
- Screenplay – Aritra Banerjee
- Dialogues – Arpan Gupta
- Art Director – Ananda Adhya
- Costume Design – Sulagna Choudhury
- Music – Bonnie Chakraborty, Prosen
- Background Score - Bonnie Chakraborty
- Programming and Arrangement - Tamal Kanti Haldar and Sudipto Paul
- Sound Design and Mix – Tirthankar Majumdar
- Graphics – Rajatsubhra Majumdar
References[edit]
- I first heard about Dabaru a day before my daughter was born [1]
- ‘Dabaru’: A Captivating Journey of India’s Youngest Grandmaster Comes Alive on the Big Screen [2]
- Dabaru title track is all about energy, emotion, and inspiration [3]
