Chess (2006 film)

Chess is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language revenge action thriller crime 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]

Chess
DVD cover
Directed by	Raj Babu
Written by	Udayakrishna Siby K. Thomas
Starring	Dileep Bhavana Ashish Vidyarthi
Cinematography	Sanjeev Shankar
Edited by	P.C. Mohanan
Music by	Berny Ignatius C.Rajamani
Distributed by	Kalasangham Films
Release date	7 July 2006 (2006-07-07)
Running time	160 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Plot

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, murders 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 discredited him from his wealth, Vijayakrishnan pretends to be blind and deceives them, one by one. The ensuing incidents shape the rest of the film.

Cast

• Dileep as Vijayakrishnan
• Bhavana as Dr. Radhika
• Ashish Vidyarthi as Crime Branch SP Swaminathan IPS
• Jagathy Sreekumar as Constable Narayanan
• Salim Kumar as Unnikannan
• Harisree Ashokan as Kallan Bhaskaran
• Mohan Jose as Vasu, Vijay's right hand
• Kalasala Babu as Doctor Marar
• Vijayaraghavan as City Police Commissioner Devarajan IPS
• Bheeman Raghu as DYSP Koshy
• Baburaj as CI Sarath
• Suresh Krishna as Adv. Raj Mohan
• Sai Kumar as Retired DGP Krishnadas IPS, Vijayakrishnan's father
• Janardhanan as Easwara Varma, Radhika's grandfather
• Jagannatha Varma as DIG Bharathan Kurup IPS
• Madhupal as Adv. Mathew Varghese
• Rajalakshmi as Rajalakshmi, Vijayakrishnan's mother
• Kunchan as Eye Specialist
• Baby Nayanthara as Achu, Swaminathan's daughter
• Rani Larius as Swaminathan's wife
• Dimple Rose as Radhika's friend

Soundtrack

Chess
Soundtrack album by Berny–Ignatius
Released	July 2006[3]
Recorded	2006
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	19:20
Language	Malayalam
Label	Satyam Audio
Official audio
Chess- Full Album on YouTube

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

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	""Chantham Kalindi"(F)"	Vayalar Sarathchandra Varma	Berny Ignatius	K. J. Yesudas
2.	""Chantham Kalindi"(D)"	Vayalar Sarathchandra Varma	Berny Ignatius	K. S. Chithra, K. J. Yesudas
3.	""Chess""	Vayalar Sarathchandra Varma	Berny Ignatius	George Peter
4.	""Chantham Kalindi"(M)"	Vayalar Sarathchandra Varma	Berny Ignatius	K. S. Chithra
Total length:					19.20

Reception

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]