Chaalchitro

Chaalchitro

Kanishka Chatterjee is a driven cop who doesn't hesitate to threaten or cajole to get things done. His relationship with wife Mili is quite rocky and he is haunted by a PTSD of discovering unutterable horror in the form of a series of murders that left an indelible mark on his psyche. As a fresh murder occurs, his fellow officer Naseer, well-experienced and soft-spoken, having an autistic daughter whose days are numbered, finds drastic similarities between the new one and those from the past. As he joins forces with junior officers Ritesh, a bright student, IIT, IPS topper, still adjusting with his new team and trying to overcome the language barrier, having a sweet Bengali girlfriend and Bishwa, who prefers to speak with his hands and feet instead of his mouth, who has found love in a North Kolkata brothel, it becomes apparent that the murderer has a theme in mind. The movie opens with a young, unmarried woman named Sushmita getting killed alone in her flat. Kanishka finds out that her body was severely mutilated, dressed with a Banarasi sari and a tuberose garland, applied blood on her forehead and pinned to the wall, with a 'chaalchitro' (arch structure used behind the Durga idol during Durga Puja) structure made by the sofa frame. He was immediately reminded of a similar case twelve years ago, which completely changed him as a cop. However he completely nullified the chance of the killer starting to strike again as he was still under tough arrest.

Director

Pratim D. Gupta

Release

20 Dec 2024

Run time

124 min

Language

Bengali