Dabaru Explained

Dabaru
Director:	Pathikrit Basu
Screenplay:	Aritra Banerjee
Cinematography:	Madhura Palit
Editing:	Md. Kalam
Music:	Bonnie Chakraborty Prasen
Producer:	Nandita Roy Shiboprosad Mukherjee Sanjay Agarwal
Starring:	Arghya Basu Roy Samadarshi Sarkar Deepankar De Rituparna Sengupta Chiranjeet Chakraborty Kaushik Sen
Studio:	Windows Production
Runtime:	131 minutes
Language:	Bengali

Dabaru is a 2024 Bengali 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, Surya, who rose from the alleys of North Kolkata during 1988–1998 to finally become a grandmaster from India.

Cast

• Rituparna Sengupta as Karuna Devi
• Chiranjit Chakraborty as Rathindra Nath Chakraborty
• Dipankar De as Nabin Sarkar, Surya's maternal grandfather
• Kaushik Sen as Samiran, a ruthless coach
• Shankar Chakraborty as Surya's father
• Kharaj Mukherjee as moneylender
• Biswanath Basu as neighbour
• Sanghasree Sinha Mitra
• Arghya Basu Roy as teenage Surya, who became the grandmaster
• Abhijit Guha (director) as Sports Minister Subir Banerjee
• Samadarshi Sarkar as young Surya
• Tirtha Mistry
• Sayanjit Roy as one of the players in exhibition match

References

1. I first heard about Dabaru a day before my daughter was born https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/i-first-heard-about-dabaru-a-day-before-my-daughter-was-born-surya-sekhar-ganguly/articleshow/109777370.cms
2. ‘Dabaru’: A Captivating Journey of India's Youngest Grandmaster Comes Alive on the Big Screen https://urbanasian.com/entertainment/2024/05/dabaru-a-captivating-journey-of-indias-youngest-grandmaster-comes-alive-on-the-big-screen/
3. Dabaru title track is all about energy, emotion, and inspiration https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/dabaru-title-track-is-all-about-energy-emotion-and-inspiration/articleshow/109524224.cms