A very well written story,solid direction by srijit with a visually tempting execution..with stupendous performances by the lead and supporting casts. Nice composition, Rare Suspense, Good Climax, Remarkable mix up between reel and real.Great story , superb performance by actors.. Mesmerising plot, unexpected twists and turns and melodious songs.. makes it worth watching.A great movie by Sreejit Mukherjee. Unexpected thriller. No doubt amazing acts. Songs are superb. Every thing is perfect. Many many thanks to Sreejit Mukherjee for giving us this types of wonderful movies. All the best.Overall a fantastic movie which will satisfy everyone and its worth your money.
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debanjanmk16 October 2014
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amarufa-923903 August 2020Undoubtedly one of the best works of Srijit...a film that featured quite a few short stories .... some are fictional from the point of view of the film and some are related to the real story...a wheel of events that contained past love,love that connot said to the beloved one owinh to the situation,revenge and coincidents,psychological illness,responsibility! A must watch movie for all!
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purnenduvianworld18 April 2015A married woman's hand writing, apparently, her last letter; an exhausted man returning home after a day's work, rather languidly, only to find his wife hanging from the ceiling of his house with his son looking at the lifeless frame ( all shot in the sepia tone ); two actors of the past era trying to come to terms with their differences and mouthing lines from Tagore's Ghare Baire only to widen the chasm between them all the more; the actors requesting a director to become producer and suggesting their friend as the director; the start of the shooting ( all shot in black and white ) - the film kicks off with moments ( scenes ) like these, which, along the warp and woof of the creative piece by Srijit, are strewn about as are dried-up and shrivelled-up leaves on an avenue to give the way its realism and magic realism. A viewer would find it hard to relate these scenes with the main plot along the progression of the movie till the unknotting.
The film tells, or rather, seems to tell the story of four film- makers who have been assigned the task of directing four short films for a single anthology of a film with the common theme of death. This venture brings together Trina ( Aparna Sen ), Shakyo ( Goutam Ghosh ), Dipta ( Chiranjeet ), Jayabrata ( Parambrata ). They all go out to the Henry's Island to discuss at length about the film where the idiosyncrasies of the characters ( directors themselves ) are brought to the fore. Their past lives catch up with them - their successes, their failures, their deeds, misdeeds, regrets and all that have made them what they are. The pinch of dark humour can be felt at times, in fact, with increasing frequency, near the end of the movie.
The overriding themes of love, betrayal, retribution, regret, repercussion and their interplay with inklings of several other undercurrents of themes of 'smoking and the sensor board', 'smoking and health injury', 'life likened to the game of cards', 'creator and the created', 'life and afterlife', 'reel and real' and so on appear at proper places to hammer sensibility into the minds of the audience and the people of the society thereof.
Use of colour has been a significant contribution to the film. Starting from sepia to black-white to colour with green, red, blue and the former two in between create a strange embroidery of insights relating directly or indirectly to the main plot of the film.
Astute cinematography by Sudeep Chatterjee captures a vengeful Jayabrata inching towards his goal, the reel-life characters unwittingly revealing, with their characteristic behaviour and style, their real-life dilemmas and situations. Anupam's lyrics at just places give rise to the progression towards the dénouement.
An erudite Srijit never misses a chance to allude to Ghare Baire, Mr and Mrs Iyer, Troyee, the Pandora's Box, Shakespeare, King-Queen- Jack-and-Joker, etc. to accentuate the effect at various moments in the film. Every moment, every incident seem to be connected to the main plot. When Shakyo and Dipta sit in a room and discuss about films, they both have the cards King-Queen-Jack without each of them knowing it. This indicates a rift of friendship between them despite their overtly good bonding. It also indicates that the unknown angle ('kone' or the Joker) would appear before them to complete the quadrangle or the fourth cards of the quartet. The Joker or Jayabrata leaves no stone unturned to let not a minute pinch of suspicion lay waste his platter-full plan of liquidating the three directors in a bungalow till the very fag end. The sudden realization of the whole story of four short films being a pretext makes the three captive directors nonchalant as a lull before the storm; and they do realize that a stormy death is what they each deserve for a family was laid waste long back only because of them. The Pandora's Box is opened very slowly and silently along the progression of the film, but Hope reigns at last when Dipta and Trina, together, take responsibility of the mad film producer essayed by Kaushik Ganguly and he does it beyond comparison.
To sum up, it can be said that the director makes the film socially acceptable by meting out justice when Jayabrata receives the shot meant for Trina and his song 'Chiro shokha hey...' stops abruptly. 'An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind' rings in everyone's ears long after the film has ended. -
ankanbiswasthedarkknight28 October 2014Srijit Mukherjee has taken Bengali cinema to new heights with movies like 'Autograph', 'Hemlock Society', 'Baishe Srabon' & 'Jaatishwar'. He surpasses himself with 'Chotushkone'. The plot is complex and gripping with a mind-blowing twist at the end. Aparna Sen, Chiranjit Chakraborty, Gautam Ghosh and Kaushik Ganguly give commendable performances. But among all these veterans it is Parambrata Chattapadhay who steals the show with his phenomenal performance. Cinematography is very good. Two great tracks further enhance the movie- 'Boba Tunnel' is a trademark Anupam Roy song and 'Bawshto ese geche' is melodious sung beautifully by Lagnajita Chakraborty. All in all, an excellent movie. Highly recommended.
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ambarish99925 October 2014THIS WAS A THRILLER!!!! A film, which actually thrilled, enthralled and literally gave goosebumps at many points. The main strength of the movie is its excellent cinematography and surrealistic depiction of stories within a story. When the three veteran directors are telling their stories in the film, they themselves acted as the protagonist as well as the Narrator of the stories. :) It was truly amazing! Srijit Mukherji again proved his creative brilliance with this. We all knew Chiranjeet as an actor of cheap commercial films. But after watching this film, we understand how underrated he has been always. Srijit has drawn out the awesome acting quality from him. Brilliant portray of character by each actor in the film. And added to that, Anupam's excellent music direction and songs. The film showing the long past of film industry as well as the present, has been ornamented with two songs from two genres. The twist in the story is completely unprecedented and the acting of Kaushik Ganguly before the last scene can't be praised by any word known to me...it's beyond extra-ordinary..superb, mind-blowing, and any such adjective one can use... In a nutshell, from every aspect of film...ranging from Direction to Photography, Cinematography to background score, music/songs to acting.. I have neither found a single flaw nor a point of weakness. The movie is overall dumb-founding! P.S. : Joyobroto(Parambrata Chatterjee) getting shot accidentally while singing "Chirosokha he...chhero na" (a famous Rabindra Sangeet meaning "O my Friend forever..Don't leave me") was heart-wrenching and I had to leave the theaters in tears! I hardly remember a thriller to be such a complete movie.. Unforgettable!!!!
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scribblings-9299728 January 2018It is an amazing movie with a very simple start where four people start pitching their stories one by one and has an unexpected end. A must see!
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neutronjoy13 August 2019Story - 9/10 Acting - 9.5/10 (Specially Parambrata) Direction - 10/10 (Srijit makes it as one of the best thrillers made in Tollywood industry) BGM - 9/10
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Shovon_Zaman5 October 2018This Movie is about four directors and their stories. Although the Jatissor directed by Shreejit Mukherjee did not look good, this movie is remarkable in one word. First of all, it's a suicide story and gradually I like the story of storytelling. Suspense is there, but you can not understand when it comes from somewhere. Along with this, the rituals of the 1970s were quite wide. The two stories of parallel plot can be estimated in many ways, the director has not shown anything incomplete, three stories of three director characters are different. And Kaushik Ganguly, at the end of the final few beautiful scenes. The songs are very good Those who did not see, saw them. You can not imagine what the end is waiting for you. See good movie Be good
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'Chotushkone' if translated into English, would probably mean 'Four Corners'.
The beginning of the film throws a question on the identity of the three characters - the woman who commits suicide, the man, and the little child. They have been blurred tactfully.
The sub plot enacted by Payel, Indrashish and Rahul create an enigma regarding their connection to the main plot. Every time they appear, the quench arises - when and how will they connect with the main plot.
The sub plots have been smoothly blended, and the climax resolves all the dilemmas. The topsy and turvy nature of the climax was like a bolt from the blue. Unexpected and that's why amazing.
A few things that need special mention -
1. Chiranjit appeared in a new avatar in his acting career. Truly praiseworthy.
2. Kaushik Ganguly acted freely and brilliantly. The best I would say in the film.
3. The film has been shot in a variety of hues. Colour, Black and white and the three stories in Green, Red and Blue.
4. The name of the fictional producer's production house was 'Pandora's Box'. Liked the name. Parambrata mentions it to Aparna the moment they were about to step onto the terrace of Aparna's house. This happens toward's the beginning.
Pandora's box was from the Greek myths. They say, that in Pandora's box dwelled four elements. When the box was opened, three escaped from it and spread across the world. The box was a gift of Zeus to Pandora (first woman on Earth) to punish the earthlings. Zeus was annoyed on us as Prometheus had stolen fire from the Olympians and given it to us - mankind. The three elements which escaped from the box were DEATH, DESTRUCTION and DISEASE. When Pandora hurried to close the box, the last element got entrapped and could never come out. It was HOPE.
Death, Destruction and Disease can be the three veteran film personnel in the film and the last one Hope represented by Parambrata. His hope that he may seek vengeance against the seekers (unknowingly) of Death, Destruction and Disease to his family.
5. Liked the card playing sequence where Chiranjit and Goutam arrange the cards accordingly. Each of them had three cards. Same set for both. King, Queen and J. King - Chiranjit, Queen - Aparna - and J - Goutam. Deeply connected with their personal lives.
6. Found the walk of a drunkard funny. He looked like a fast walking zombie. Bedosruti Dey encountered this drunkard on the road. The first person whom he knocked for a cigarette.
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I would've liked to rate this movie a '6.5', but unfortunately IMDb did not let me to do that, so in the end I decided to settle for six stars. The six stars are for the fact that the film had great potential to be an excellent one that leaves a lasting impression on the minds of the audiences deserving a whooping 7.5 stars , but somehow this one quite missed the mark,though not completely, and ended up being just about above average.
Watching "Chotushkone" was deja vu in terms of my viewing experience for some of Srijit Mukherjee's other, widely acclaimed works like "Autograph" and "Jaatishwaar"- all well-executed plots with glaringly obvious loopholes that are rather hard to fathom and harder to digest, especially coming from a filmmaker of Mukherjee's caliber.
All in all, a project well executed, with all the required ingredients for greatness like commendable performances, good music, a suspenseful plot with a twist ending that moves at an adequate pace to be able to cast its spell on its viewers and leave an impression. However, specific sequences of the film, especially towards the end are boiler plate, watered down versions that leave a lot to be desired. Like they say, the devil is really in the details. -
bakshismotheredsoul2 October 2015Today I had the pleasure of watching Srijit Mukherjee's Chotuskone (the four pillars or the fourth pillar). What made the movie very interesting to me was the layers of multiple stories that made the plot very intricate in a not so subtle manner. Chotuskone is a challenge for audience who watch movies for entertainment only refusing to invest even a fraction of their IQ to comprehend a plot. I guess that is the difference between a director and an intellectual director. To understand what the movie is about we have to start from the end. Imagine an outer circle depicting the life of a star-crossed director who lost everything and everyone to the whims of a trio of an actor director couple. He almost loses his mind and hatches a diabolical plan to bring the trio after a decade, systematically reconciling their differences and instigating old flames . In the next circle, there are three love stories, two unrequited and a third reconciled after ages. Into the third circle, is a story about passion for cinema for which men and women breathe and thrive, can get extremely jealous about or in the case of this movie brink on the verge of lunacy. In the fourth circle, is again the star-crossed director whose luck betrays him when he has almost reached his revenge; thus completing the plot from which it began. A very clever plot, that leaves just as much question into the audiences mind about the futility of human endeavors over cruelty of destiny.Another interesting fact about this movie, is the cast. The stalwarts of Bengali film industry- Aparna Sen, Chiranjeet, Parambrata and Goutam Ghose who have cut a niche for their various portrays of versatility; yet somehow they diminish their grandeur without compromising their original self. I have asked myself many times. Is it the plot that builds a character or a character that paves his/her way into the story? Interestingly, the same question was posed by the director in one of the interim stories in the movie itself. Whatever may be the real answer, the movie has, beyond doubt, the rich velvety flavor of a wine aged gracefully over years. Applause!
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rupak_speaking30 January 2018Could have been a masterpiece but faltered at the last hurdle, mainly due to the casting choice of the director. Parambrata has an easy going style of acting, but it is too stereotype, and it is high time somebody takes his place in the industry, as someone already has, the one very talented Ritwik Chakraborty. Another choice was Chiranjeet, though I heard Anjan Dutta was Srijit's original preference. He, however, did not do that bad, though Mr Dutta could have been a class apart. A thriller is bound to pivot around its climax and it could have been a clincher, if not for a weak performance by Param. This role was tailor-made for Ritwik. The director missed a big trick there. Ritwik could have clinched it for him in that last scene. Otherwise, the direction was masterful, Srijit himself is the real star of this movie. Use of colour, style of storytelling, cinematography, wonderful songs and their picturisations, all make it a worthy viewable experience. Would have wanted to give a 6.5, but IMDB not allowing so, sorry for being harsh here... 6/10.
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beingserious21 February 2021Massive overacting by the entire cast except Chiranjeet. Aparna Sen really needed to tone down. Kaushik Ganguly as usual does great in his brief performance. Not sure the reason for the hype over this movie.
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tanim-jubaer24 January 2021It is still the best from Srijit, better than Baishe Sharbon.
Intriguing plot, outstandingly presented through breathtaking storytelling.
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souvikdas-6565418 January 2016Chotushkone or Quadrangle is a Bengali mystery and thriller movie revolving around the life of four people associated with Bengali cinema. The central characters- Trina, played by Aparna Sen, Dipto, played by Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Shakha, played by Goutam Ghose and Joybroto, played by Parambrata Chatterjee are hired by an apparently mysterious producer to make a film by stitching four different short stories with a common theme- 'death.'
During their discussions about the project and their journey to meet this producer they open to us their emotions, attachments, regrets and secrets of their past. Here it must be said that this movie breathes a fresh air from the ossified Bengali mystery-thriller genre. It has enough elements to be liked by both the present and the past generations.
The story is interesting, actors do a good job (though I didn't understand the concept behind selection of so many other well known actors for bit roles), the music by Anupam Roy led by Bosonto Eshe Geche is good.
However the real star of the movie is director Srijit Mukherji. He does an outstanding job of storytelling previously unseen (by me at least) in Indian cinema. He story unfolded by him is of perfect pace to keep our interest aroused. I do not want to give away any spoilers, so watch the movie instead. Contrary to accusations of gimmicky camera-work in his previous movies he uses it brilliantly here and funnily his characters sometimes speaks of the camera-work they're going to use in their short stories as if the director wants to tell us that he is working on this aspect of film making. His characters accept some shortcomings of the film itself (again watch the film) which equally unique!!
All in all Chotushkone is certainly a must watch for any movie lovers. A tribute the film industry, it shows the growing presence Srijit among the best directors of modern Bengali cinema. -
thenightdriverofdeoli20 January 2021It is really a masterpiece.All the moments have been beautifully potrayed and the dialogues are very much deep. It is a must watch.
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mannasubhajit27 November 2020Honestly said....I even not ready for that last climax... What a story...the casting...the whole music... Everything is just perfect at this place... This should deserve a Oscar....🙏🙏
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Herok_Mahalder_Badhon8 December 2018I think it is one of the best Indian best thriller I have ever seen.All things of this film is outstanding. Music,acting,dialogues and (the best )story is fantastic.
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itsmeashishdeymi10 November 2020One of the best in Indian Cinema. A film about cinema with a twist.
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Chotushkone, I feel, aptly showcases Srijit Mukherjee's cinematic brilliance and mastery after Autograph. It's audio-visual treat and storytelling at its best. Although more than two weeks have passed since I watched Chotushkone, everything from its amazing protagonists, subtle humor, superb cinematography to haunting music still reverberates in my mind and am yet to get over this 'Chotushkonic' after effect!
Srijit, we all know that you're a fantastic filmmaker of our generation and you know how to weave a story and with Chotushkone, you haven't let us down. I can't remember when was the last time I watched such a gripping Bengali thriller and something which kept me hooked till the end. Needless to say, you have an upper hand on wit, punch lines and plot twists.
All the four stories are beautifully entwined; especially loved the one featuring Chiranjeet Chakraborty. He's such a gifted actor and his makeover is simply fascinating! With a bevy of stalwarts like Aparna Sen, Barun Chanda, Goutam Ghosh and Kaushik Ganguly, it's a brilliant quadrangle in its own right! Aparna Sen once again charms us all with her sheer class and unmatched screen presence. She's undoubtedly getting better and better with age! And of course, Parambrata Chatterjee...you acted like dream – flawless and extraordinary in your shy and fumbling avatar!
Loved the use of light and shadows which looked almost surreal at times. Everything from props to backdrops exhibit insight and finesse. Only one thing I really didn't identify with is Konineeca's character – was it really necessary? The emotional climax at the end will ring in my mind in times to come!
Srijit Mukherjee, among all veteran and prominent filmmakers present in Tollywood today, you're slowly and steadily etching your presence both on audiences' mind and box-office and silencing your critics So take a bow! Wannabe storytellers and cine lovers like us really look up to you and believe that you'll treat us with such fresh narratives in the days to come! -
biswadebforum20 January 2015A very well written story,solid direction by srijit with a visually tempting execution..with stupendous performances by the lead and supporting casts. Nice composition, Rare Suspense, Good Climax, Remarkable mix up between reel and real.Great story , superb performance by actors.. Mesmerising plot, unexpected twists and turns and melodious songs.. makes it worth watching.A great movie by Sreejit Mukherjee. Unexpected thriller. No doubt amazing acts. Songs are superb. Every thing is perfect. Many many thanks to Sreejit Mukherjee for giving us this types of wonderful movies. All the best.Overall a fantastic movie which will satisfy everyone and its worth your money. Lastly, I would tell that Parambrata has acted like a Pro Actor between others.
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dipankarnath-219408 May 2020Well & Planned Direction..... Nice Acting...... Great Casting.... Super Cinematography.... Best Screenplay......
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Quirk4720 July 2020Story , screenplay , direction , cinematography ..is excellent. Editing in some scenes could be better. Its not a regular kind of story. This story deals how film industry persons are facing problems. Screenplay in first 40 min is lagging. But then director turns the table with introduction of Shortfilms which are really good. Songs wasted. This kind of story really doesn't require songs and bgm. Locations are okay. Pre interval Scenes holds well. And Major plus point of the film is Second half which is too good. Main ot is revealed in Pre climax. Those scenes are interesting with a twist in climax. Must watch. Highly recommended
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neutronjoy13 August 2019Story - Great story with a very good climax (9.5/10) Acting - Parambrata is on a roll.Hats off man.Others also done a very good job (10/10) Direction - Once Again Srijit... (10/10) BGM - Good (9/10) Music - Good enough (8.5/10)
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I am from uttrakhand and i love to watch regional cinema so it was my 2nd bangla movie after parineeta.
Please watch this movie if you want to experience thrill cinema. Every part has a different theme and so much of tense. Especially I liked 2nd one.