Chaar
Chaar (English: Four) is an Indian Bengali anthology film, directed by Sandip Ray and produced by Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni and Nispal Singh under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films. It based on four stories by different writers- Bateswarer Abodan by Parasuram, Porikkha by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Kagtarua and Dui Bondhu (The Promise) by Satyajit Ray. The film features Saswata Chatterjee, Abir Chatterjee, Koel Mallick, Paran Bandopadhyay in the lead roles, and Sreelekha Mitra, Sudipta Chakraborty, Pijush Ganguly in the supporting roles.[1][2][3] It is available in Amazon Prime Video.
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| Directed by | Sandip Ray |
| Produced by | Shrikant Mohta Mahendra Soni Nispal Singh |
| Written by | Sandip Ray |
| Based on | Bateswarer Abodan by Parasuram Porikkha by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay Kagtarua and Dui Bondhu by Satyajit Ray |
| Starring | Saswata Chatterjee, Abir Chatterjee, Koel Mallick, Paran Bandopadhyay, Sreelekha Mitra, Sudipta Chakraborty, Pijush Ganguly |
| Music by | Sandip Ray |
| Edited by | Subrata Roy |
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Running time | 1h 21min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Plot
Bateshwarer Abodan
A famous writer Boteswar Sikhder is writing a serialized novel, "K Thake K Jai". He had decided to make this novel a tragedy and to kill off Aloka, the heroine of his novel. He is visited by many readers who object to this decision and beg him to save Aloka. They convince him to change his mind. At last Bateswar will decides to not kill Aloka. The story ends with all of the previous "visitors" coming to meet the author to together to reveal their true motivation. They are the family of a woman named Aloka who began to believe that her fate while she was sick was entwined with that of the character, and so they needed him to rethink the ending of his novel.
Synopsis
Chaar film contains four short stories by different writers: Bateswarer Abodan by Parasuram, Porikkha by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Kagtarua and Dui Bondhu (The Promise) by Satyajit Ray
Cast
Story 1: Bateshwarer Abodan (English: The Contribution of Bateshwar)
- Saswata Chatterjee as Dr. Sanjib Chatterjee
- Paran Bandopadhyay as Bateshwar Sikdar
- Subhrajit Dutta as Priyabrata
- Sreelekha Mitra as Anita / Kadambanila "Kadu" Chatterjee
Story 2: Dui Bondhu (English: The Two Friends)
- Pijush Ganguly as Mahim Chatterjee
- Rajatava Dutta as Kishorilal/ Pratul
- Sudipta Chakraborty as Mahim's Wife
Story 3: Kagtarua (English: The Scarecrow)
- Saswata Chatterjee as Mriganka Shekhar Mukherjee
- Nemai Ghosh (actor) as Abhiram
- Shoumo Banerjee as Sukamal Tarafdar (Guest Appearance)
- Swaralipi Chatterjee as Manjula Tarafdar (Guest Appearance)
Story 4: Porikkha (English: The Test)
- Abir Chatterjee as Binayak Bose
- Koel Mallick as Monica Nandi
Plot
References
- ↑ Chaar in Bhalobasa.in Archived 2 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ http://nowrunning.com/movie/15237/bengali/chaar/index.htm
- ↑ "Filmymobi". Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.