{ "id": "eppya9qc8z", "slug": "chotushkone", "title": "Chotushkone", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.indian-cinema", "label": "Indian films (individual works)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.indian-cinema" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.indian-cinema.bengali-films-of-the-2010s-and-2020s", "label": "Bengali films of the 2010s and 2020s", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.indian-cinema.bengali-films-of-the-2010s-and-2020s" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.indian-cinema", "label": "India · 2001 to 2020: Indian films (individual works)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.indian-cinema", "path": [ { "id": "geo.ind", "label": "India", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2001", "label": "India · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2001.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2001.culture" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.indian-cinema", "label": "Indian films (individual works)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.indian-cinema" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Chotushkone (চতুষ্কোণ) is a 2014 Bengali thriller directed by Srijit Mukherji, starring Aparna Sen, Chiranjeet, Goutam Ghose, and Parambrata as four directors making short films on death.", "snippet": "Chotushkone (চতুষ্কোণ) is a 2014 Bengali thriller directed by Srijit Mukherji, starring Aparna Sen, Chiranjeet, Goutam Ghose, and Parambrata as four directors making short films on death.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.indian-cinema.bengali-films-of-the-2010s-and-2020s", "markdown": "# Chotushkone\n\n**Chotushkone** (চতুষ্কোণ, \"quadrilateral\") is a 2014 Bengali-language Indian thriller directed, written, and scripted by [Srijit Mukherji](https://www.edgepedia.org/srijit-mukherji), in which four real-life film directors play fictional directors commissioned to make short films on the theme of death.[1](https://www.moviebuff.com/chotushkone) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4115752) It was released in Indian cinemas on 26 September 2014 and was produced by [Reliance Entertainment](https://www.edgepedia.org/reliance-entertainment) and DAG Creative Media.[1](https://www.moviebuff.com/chotushkone) • [3](https://hoichoi.tv/films/title/chotushkone)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Release | 26 September 2014, wide theatrical release in India[1](https://www.moviebuff.com/chotushkone) |\n| Director and writer | Srijit Mukherji (story, screenplay, dialogue)[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4115752/fullcredits/) |\n| Lead cast | Aparna Sen, Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Goutam Ghose, and Parambrata Chattopadhyay as the four directors; Kaushik Ganguly as the producer[3](https://hoichoi.tv/films/title/chotushkone) • [5](https://bengalimoviereviews.com/movie/chotushkone-2014/) |\n| Premise | Four old friends, all directors, are commissioned by an unknown producer to each make a short film on death[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4115752) |\n| Key crew | Music Anupam Roy; cinematography Sudeep Chatterjee; editing Rabi Ranjan Moitra[5](https://bengalimoviereviews.com/movie/chotushkone-2014/) |\n| Reception | IMDb 8.2/10 from about 4,500 votes; Times of India critic rating 4.0/5[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4115752) • [6](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/Chotushkone/movie-review/43792735.cms) |\n| Certification | U/A (India)[1](https://www.moviebuff.com/chotushkone) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise\n\nFour famous directors and old friends are reunited by an unknown producer to make a film consisting of four short stories with one common theme: death.[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4115752) The producer, whom the directors have never heard of, sets two conditions: they must personally visit him at his bungalow on the outskirts of Kolkata, and their films must deal with death in any way they see fit.[7](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/chotuskhone-a-new-angle-bengali-a-new-angle/) As the four travel together, secrets from their shared past unravel and reality begins to mirror the fiction they are creating.[3](https://hoichoi.tv/films/title/chotushkone)\n\nThe four actors playing the directors are themselves directors in real life, and their characters draw on their real lives.[1](https://www.moviebuff.com/chotushkone) [Aparna Sen](https://www.edgepedia.org/aparna-sen) plays Trina and Madhura, Chiranjeet Chakraborty plays Diptya, Goutam Ghose plays Shakyo, and Parambrata Chattopadhyay plays Joybrata.[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4115752/fullcredits/) The supporting cast includes Paayel Sarkar as Nilanjana, Rahul Arunoday Banerjee as Amitava, Indrasish Roy as Ritwik, and Koneenica Banerjee as Mimi.[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4115752/fullcredits/) • [5](https://bengalimoviereviews.com/movie/chotushkone-2014/)\n\n## Production\n\nThe film was shot by cinematographer Sudeep Chatterjee, with music composed by [Anupam Roy](https://www.edgepedia.org/anupam-roy) and editing by Rabi Ranjan Moitra.[5](https://bengalimoviereviews.com/movie/chotushkone-2014/) • [1](https://www.moviebuff.com/chotushkone) Reviewers singled out the visual design: each of the four short stories is presented in its own color scheme, black-and-white, red, blue, and sepia, signaling the emotion of each storyteller.[8](https://thecinemawala.com/2014/09/29/chotushkone-a-review/) Songs noted by reviewers include \"Boba Tunnel\" and \"Bawshanto aeshe geche\".[8](https://thecinemawala.com/2014/09/29/chotushkone-a-review/)\n\nReported runtimes differ across platforms: Apple TV and Rotten Tomatoes list 2h 27m and 2h 28m respectively, while the streaming service hoichoi lists 1h 55m.[9](https://tv.apple.com/in/movie/chotushkone/umc.cmc.6ohr4n30of5cyseoghjg5386h) • [10](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chotushkone) • [3](https://hoichoi.tv/films/title/chotushkone)\n\n## Reception\n\n**Critical response.** The Times of India critic Upam Buzarbaruah gave the film 4.0 out of 5, writing that it takes \"time, effort and amazing clarity to create a film like Chotuskone\" and describing it as an audiovisual treatment of life as an inescapable cycle of deeds, misdeeds, regrets, and retribution.[6](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/Chotushkone/movie-review/43792735.cms) [The Indian Express](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-indian-express) review by Shoma A. Chatterji called it Srijit's most mature film to that date, while noting confusing endings and red herrings such as the female director's married life.[7](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/chotuskhone-a-new-angle-bengali-a-new-angle/) The review site Bengali Movie Reviews aggregates four scored reviews at 4.1 out of 5, with critics praising the storytelling, staging, and cast and complaining of an over-greedy ending.[5](https://bengalimoviereviews.com/movie/chotushkone-2014/)\n\n**Audience ratings.** The film holds 8.2 out of 10 on IMDb from about 4,500 votes.[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4115752) Rotten Tomatoes lists no Tomatometer reviews and fewer than 50 audience ratings.[10](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chotushkone)\n\n## Place in Mukherji's work\n\nHoichoi's Bengali-language listing describes the film as Srijit Mukherji's National Award-winning suspense thriller.[11](https://hoichoi.tv/bn/films/title/chotushkone) A 2025 academic study of Mukherji's crime thrillers places *Chotushkone* alongside *Baishe Srabon* (2011), *Vinci Da* (2019), and *Dwitiyo Purush* (2020) as films that adapt the noir ethos, with its preoccupation with death, moral ambiguity, and fragmented narrative, into a Bengali urban and cultural setting.[12](https://www.ijoes.in/papers/v7i5/49.%20IJOES-%20%20Syamantak%20Bhattacharyya%20%28394-409%29.pdf) The film remains available on streaming platforms including hoichoi and Prime Video.[3](https://hoichoi.tv/films/title/chotushkone) • [10](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chotushkone)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Chotushkone (2014), Moviebuff](https://www.moviebuff.com/chotushkone)\n2. [Chotushkone (2014), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4115752)\n3. [Watch Chotushkone (চতুষ্কোণ), hoichoi](https://hoichoi.tv/films/title/chotushkone)\n4. [Chotushkone (2014) Full cast & crew, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4115752/fullcredits/)\n5. [Chotushkone (2014) Movie Review, Bengali Movie Reviews](https://bengalimoviereviews.com/movie/chotushkone-2014/)\n6. [Chotushkone Movie Review {4/5}, The Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/Chotushkone/movie-review/43792735.cms)\n7. [Chotuskhone – A New Angle (Bengali), The Indian Express, 17 October 2014](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/chotuskhone-a-new-angle-bengali-a-new-angle/)\n8. [Srijit Mukherjee's 'Chotushkone' – A Review, The Cinemawala, 29 September 2014](https://thecinemawala.com/2014/09/29/chotushkone-a-review/)\n9. [Chotushkone, Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/in/movie/chotushkone/umc.cmc.6ohr4n30of5cyseoghjg5386h)\n10. [Chotushkone, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chotushkone)\n11. [চতুষ্কোণ, hoichoi (Bengali)](https://hoichoi.tv/bn/films/title/chotushkone)\n12. 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