Chotushkone (2014)

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Could 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.

It 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!

Today 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!

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.