Dabaru
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Pathikrit Basu
Written by	Arpan Gupta (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Aritra Banerjee
Produced by	Nandita Roy Shiboprosad Mukherjee Sanjay Agarwal
Starring	Arghya Basu Roy Samadarshi Sarkar Deepankar De Rituparna Sengupta Chiranjeet Chakraborty Kaushik Sen
Cinematography	Madhura Palit
Edited by	Md. Kalam
Music by	Bonnie Chakraborty Prasen
Production company	Windows Production
Release date	10 May 2024 (2024-05-10)
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 India.

• 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

1. I first heard about Dabaru a day before my daughter was born [1]
2. ‘Dabaru’: A Captivating Journey of India's Youngest Grandmaster Comes Alive on the Big Screen [2]
3. Dabaru title track is all about energy, emotion, and inspiration [3]

• Dabaru at IMDb