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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name          = Chess
| name          = Chess
| image          = Chess (2006 film).jpg
| image          = Chess (2006 film).jpg
| caption        = Dvd Poster
| caption        = DVD cover
| native_name     =  
| native_name   =  
| director      = Raj Babu
| director      = Raj Babu
| writer        = [[Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas|Udayakrishna<br/>Siby K. Thomas]]
| writer        = [[Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas|Udayakrishna<br/>Siby K. Thomas]]
| starring      = [[Dileep (Malayalam actor)|Dileep]]<br />[[Bhavana (actress)|Bhavana]]
| starring      = [[Dileep (Malayalam actor)|Dileep]]<br />[[Bhavana (actress)|Bhavana]]<br />[[Ashish Vidyarthi]]
| music          = [[Berny Ignatius]]
| music          = [[Berny Ignatius]]<br> C.Rajamani
| cinematography = Sanjeev Shankar
| editing        = P.C. Mohanan
| distributor    = [[Kalasangham Films]]
| distributor    = [[Kalasangham Films]]
| released      = {{Film date|df=yes|2006|7|7}}
| released      = {{Film date|df=yes|2006|7|7}}
| country        = [[India]]
| country        = India
| language      = [[Malayalam]]
| language      = Malayalam
| runtime        = 160 minutes  
| runtime        = 160 minutes
| budget        =  
| budget        =  
| gross          =  
| gross          =  
}}
}}


'''''Chess''''' is a 2006 Indian [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]]-language [[action thriller]] film directed by Raj Babu. [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]] plays the male protagonist and [[Bhavana (actress)|Bhavana]] is his heroine. The film also stars [[Ashish Vidyarthi]], [[Jagathy Sreekumar]], [[Harisree Ashokan]] and [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] and Rajyalakshmi.
'''''Chess''''' is a 2006 Indian [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]]-language [[action thriller film]] directed by Raj Babu. [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]] plays the male protagonist and [[Bhavana (actress)|Bhavana]] is his heroine. The film also stars [[Ashish Vidyarthi]], [[Jagathy Sreekumar]], [[Harisree Ashokan]], [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] and Rajyalakshmi.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/mind-game/article3195685.ece|title = Mind game|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 6 July 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/game-of-life/article3218165.ece|title = Game of life|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 19 May 2006}}</ref>
 
The movie was dubbed into Hindi as Aag Ka Dariya. This is one of the very few movies which has a linearly dubbed version.<ref>{{Citation|last=Ultra Movie Parlour|title=Aag Ka Dariya - The Sea of Fire {{!}} Full Movie {{!}}Chess {{!}} Dilip {{!}} Bhavana {{!}} Hindi Dubbed Movie|date=2014-12-12|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEk3i-9C22g|accessdate=2016-03-15}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
Vijayakrishnan ([[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]]) takes his father's wealth [[documents]] and rush to his house to prove that he is also the heir of his father's wealth. The Brother in law of his father who is a police commissioner who killed his father to steal his wealth threatens kill his mother, Frustrated he gives the documents to them burn his documents along with his mother and leave a wounded Vijayakrishnan badly. Vijay acts as a blind man in order to finish the criminals that killed his parents. The incident happened after that formed the rest of the film.
Vijayakrishnan is an ordinary man who longs for his father's love. After his father's premeditated death, as the only heir to all his father's property, he is betrayed by his trusted lawyer who confirms his documents as fake. The people who are after Vijayakrishnan's father's wealth, murder his mother in front of him by dousing her with [[gasoline]] and burning her. Vijayakrishnan is then beaten unconscious by them. To get his revenge on the criminals who killed his parents and cheated him out of his wealth, Vijayakrishnan pretends to be blind and deceives them, one by one. The ensuing incidents shape the rest of the film.


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]] as Vijayakrishnan
{{Cast listing|
*[[Bhavana (actress)|Bhavana]] as Dr. Radhika
*[[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]] as Vijayakrishnan  
*[[Ashish Vidyarthi]] as SP Swaminathan
*[[Bhavana (actress)|Bhavana]] as Dr. Radhika Varma
*[[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Narayanan
*[[Ashish Vidyarthi]] as [[Crime Branch]] [[Director general of police|SP]] Swaminathan [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
*[[Salim Kumar]] as Unnikkannan
*[[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as [[Constable]] Narayanan
*[[Salim Kumar]] as Unnikannan
*[[Harisree Ashokan]] as Kallan Bhaskaran
*[[Harisree Ashokan]] as Kallan Bhaskaran
*[[Mohan Jose]] as Vasu
*[[Mohan Jose]] as Vasu, Vijay's right hand
*[[Kalasala Babu]] as Doctor
*[[Kalasala Babu]] as Doctor Marar
*[[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] as Commissioner Devarajan
*[[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] as [[Deputy inspector general of police|City Police Commissioner]] Devarajan [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
*[[Bheeman Raghu]] as DYSP Koshy
*[[Bheeman Raghu]] as [[Deputy superintendent of police|DYSP]] Koshy
*[[Baburaj (actor)|Baburaj]] as CI Sarath
*[[Baburaj (actor)|Baburaj]] as [[Circle Inspector|CI]] Sarath
*[[Suresh Krishna (actor)|Suresh Krishna]] as Adv. Raj Mohan
*[[Suresh Krishna (actor)|Suresh Krishna]] as Adv. Raj Mohan
*[[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]] as Krishnadas I.P.S
*[[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]] as Retired [[Director general of police|DGP]] Krishnadas [[Indian Police Service|IPS]], Vijayakrishnan's father
*[[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]] as Easwara Varma
*[[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]] as Easwara Varma, Radhika's grandfather
*[[Jagannatha Varma]] as D.I.G. of Police
*[[Jagannatha Varma]] as [[Deputy inspector general of police|DIG]] Bharathan Kurup [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
*[[Madhupal]] as Adv. Mathew Varghese  
*[[Madhupal]] as Adv. Mathew Varghese  
*[[Rajalakshmi (actress)|Rajalakshmi]] as Vijayakrishnan's mother
*[[Rajalakshmi (actress)|Rajalakshmi]] as Rajalakshmi, Vijayakrishnan's mother
*[[Kunchan (actor)|Kunchan]] as Eye Specialist  
*[[Kunchan (actor)|Kunchan]] as Eye Specialist
*[[Nayanthara Chakravarthy|Baby Nayanthara]] as Achu, Swaminathan's Daughter
*[[Nayanthara Chakravarthy|Baby Nayanthara]] as Achu, Swaminathan's daughter
*Dimple Rose as Radhika's Friend
*Rani Larius as Swaminathan's wife
*Dimple Rose as Radhika's friend
}}


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==


The movie features a soundtrack composed by [[Berny Ignatius]] and lyrics written by [[Sarath Vayalar]].
{{Infobox album
| name        = Chess
| type        = Soundtrack
| artist      = [[Berny–Ignatius]]
| cover        =
| alt          =
| released    = July 2006<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.saavn.com/s/song/malayalam/Chess/Chess/QABcfzxdBXQ|title=Chess– Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |date=2 July 2019 |publisher=Jiosaavn}}</ref>
| recorded    = 2006
| venue        =
| studio      =
| genre        = [[Feature film soundtrack]]
| length      = 19:20
| language    = Malayalam
| label        = Satyam Audio
| producer    =
| misc        = {{external music video| header  = Official audio
|{{YouTube|h7MRfyOBSSc|Chess- Full Album}}
}}}}
 
The movie features a soundtrack composed by [[Berny Ignatius]] and lyrics written by Vayalar Sarathchandra Varma.
 
{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 19.20
| title1 =  "Chantham Kalindi"(F)
| length1 =
| music1 = [[Berny Ignatius]]
| extra1 = [[K. J. Yesudas]]
| lyrics1 = Vayalar Sarathchandra Varma
| title2 = "Chantham Kalindi"(D)
| length2 =
| extra2 = [[K. S. Chithra]], K. J. Yesudas
| lyrics2 = Vayalar Sarathchandra Varma
| music2 =[[Berny Ignatius]]
| title3 = "Chess"
| extra3 = George Peter
| music3 = [[Berny Ignatius]]
| length3 =
| lyrics3 = Vayalar Sarathchandra Varma
| title4 =  "Chantham Kalindi"(M)
| extra4 = [[K. S. Chithra]]
| length4 =
| lyrics4 = Vayalar Sarathchandra Varma
| music4 = [[Berny Ignatius]]
}}


{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
==Reception==
! Track # !! Song !! Artist(s) !! Raga
Paresh C Palicha from [[Rediff.com|Rediff]] says that "Dileep. With Chess, he has brought in a seriousness to his brand of filmmaking, the only grouse being that there should [have] been a tighter script to support him. Bhavana, as the love interest, has some significance in the beginning, but it is totally lost by the end of the film. Salim Kumar and Harisree Asokan handle the comic department proficiently. Ashish Vidyarthi, Vijayraghavan, Bheeman Raghu and Babu Raj play typical villains without too much of a fuss"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/2006/jul/10chess.htm|title = Dileep alone saves Chess|date= 10 July 2006|work=Rediff.com}}</ref> Sify.com wrote that "It is an out and out Dileep film. He is there in almost all frames and makes the film work. He has been successful in shedding his comedy image and tries a serious revenge drama. So if you are game to watch a film that?s different from the usual Dileep entertainers, try out Chess. It is a deep, dark tale of revenge, with a unique ending"
|-
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/chess-review-malayalam-pclvX7gfbhiib.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617005103/http://www.sify.com/movies/chess-review-malayalam-pclvX7gfbhiib.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 June 2018|title =Chess|date= 9 July 2006|website=[[Sify]] }}</ref> A critic from ''The Hindu'' said that "Rajbabu, director, has presented a thriller with no suspense. All the moves made by the hero are predictable".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/a-tale-of-revenge/article3106931.ece|title=A tale of revenge|newspaper=The Hindu|date=19 July 2006}}</ref>
| 1
| "Chantham Kalindi"
| [[K. J. Yesudas]] || Bahumarini
|-
| 2
| "Chantham Kalindi"
| [[K. S. Chithra]], K. J. Yesudas || Bahumarini
|-
| 3
| "Chess"
| George Peter ||
|-
|}


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0842001|Chess}}
* {{IMDb title|0842001|Chess}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|chess}}


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[[Category:2000s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2006 Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Berny–Ignatius]]




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Latest revision as of 15:26, 28 March 2026

Chess
DVD cover
Directed byRaj Babu
Written byUdayakrishna
Siby K. Thomas
StarringDileep
Bhavana
Ashish Vidyarthi
Music byBerny Ignatius
C.Rajamani
CinematographySanjeev Shankar
Edited byP.C. Mohanan
Distributed byKalasangham Films
Release date
  • 7 July 2006 (2006-07-07)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Chess is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Raj Babu. Dileep plays the male protagonist and Bhavana is his heroine. The film also stars Ashish Vidyarthi, Jagathy Sreekumar, Harisree Ashokan, Vijayaraghavan and Rajyalakshmi.[1][2]

Plot[edit | edit source]

Vijayakrishnan is an ordinary man who longs for his father's love. After his father's premeditated death, as the only heir to all his father's property, he is betrayed by his trusted lawyer who confirms his documents as fake. The people who are after Vijayakrishnan's father's wealth, murder his mother in front of him by dousing her with gasoline and burning her. Vijayakrishnan is then beaten unconscious by them. To get his revenge on the criminals who killed his parents and cheated him out of his wealth, Vijayakrishnan pretends to be blind and deceives them, one by one. The ensuing incidents shape the rest of the film.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

Chess
Soundtrack album by
Berny–Ignatius
ReleasedJuly 2006[3]
Recorded2006
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length19:20
LanguageMalayalam
LabelSatyam Audio
Official audio
Chess- Full Album at YouTube

The movie features a soundtrack composed by Berny Ignatius and lyrics written by Vayalar Sarathchandra Varma.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1.""Chantham Kalindi"(F)"Vayalar Sarathchandra VarmaBerny IgnatiusK. J. Yesudas 
2.""Chantham Kalindi"(D)"Vayalar Sarathchandra VarmaBerny IgnatiusK. S. Chithra, K. J. Yesudas 
3.""Chess""Vayalar Sarathchandra VarmaBerny IgnatiusGeorge Peter 
4.""Chantham Kalindi"(M)"Vayalar Sarathchandra VarmaBerny IgnatiusK. S. Chithra 
Total length:19.20

Reception[edit | edit source]

Paresh C Palicha from Rediff says that "Dileep. With Chess, he has brought in a seriousness to his brand of filmmaking, the only grouse being that there should [have] been a tighter script to support him. Bhavana, as the love interest, has some significance in the beginning, but it is totally lost by the end of the film. Salim Kumar and Harisree Asokan handle the comic department proficiently. Ashish Vidyarthi, Vijayraghavan, Bheeman Raghu and Babu Raj play typical villains without too much of a fuss"[4] Sify.com wrote that "It is an out and out Dileep film. He is there in almost all frames and makes the film work. He has been successful in shedding his comedy image and tries a serious revenge drama. So if you are game to watch a film that?s different from the usual Dileep entertainers, try out Chess. It is a deep, dark tale of revenge, with a unique ending" [5] A critic from The Hindu said that "Rajbabu, director, has presented a thriller with no suspense. All the moves made by the hero are predictable".[6]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Mind game". The Hindu. 6 July 2006.
  2. ↑ "Game of life". The Hindu. 19 May 2006.
  3. ↑ "Chess– Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Jiosaavn. 2 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "Dileep alone saves Chess". Rediff.com. 10 July 2006.
  5. ↑ "Chess". Sify. 9 July 2006. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "A tale of revenge". The Hindu. 19 July 2006.

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