Chess in Bollywood Movies
Hello everyone and welcome back to Avnish's chess square, today's blog is very different from what you have been reading on this page. Today's blog is not about any game or instructive technique. I don't know about others but I get excited when I see my favourite celeb and a chess board in one frame. Watching chess scene in movies is a delight, even if that scene lasts for few seconds, it never goes unnoticed especially when you are a chess player yourself!
Here are the movies I remember having chess scenes, I have also attached the diagrams of the board positions which were clearly visible.
1. Meri Jung (1985)
Deepak Verma lives happily with his family, but things change when he is prosecuted by Thakral for murder. His son, Arun, vows to exact revenge against Thakral and prove his father's innocence. In the scene, Arun the hero of movie is seen checkmating the negative character, Thakral who saved his Queen and forgot about King's safety.
2. Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995)
The plot revolves around Raj and Simran, two young non-resident Indians, who fall in love during a vacation through Europe with their friends. In the scene, Raj helps his to be father in law in winning a game to leave a good impression of him.
3. New York (2009)
Lives of three friends studying in New York are adversely affected due to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11.
The scene's context was Sam, player with black pieces was boasting of his chess skills when tje Omar checkmates him on his very first day of college!
4. Wazir (2016)
Wazir (Queen in Indian chess) means high ranking minister.
Daanish, a cop, swears to seek revenge for his daughter's death who was killed by terrorists. He finds a confidante in Pandit, an unassuming grand master, also mourning the loss of his daughter. Danish and Pandit can be seen playing chess.
6. Chichore (2019)
Even though the involvement of the game was minimal, this one is definitely special. Here the player with White pieces talks about studying Garry Kasparov's game and sacrifices his Queen! The game was similiar to that of played by Garry Kasparov.
