“Chaturashram” (“The 4 Stages”) is an award-winning short film directed by Amritangshu Chakravarty and is told from the viewpoint of a calendar.

“Chaturashram” was made in 2017 and completed its festival journey by participating in many national and international film festivals.  The official poster of the film was published on the Facebook page of the company (Amritangshu Chakravarty Production).

According to the Vedas, the human life is divided into 4 stages (“Chaturashram”), each coming with specific duties. In a household, a grandfather narrates about the 4 stages to his grandchildren, when, oblivious to all, a calendar in the room also listens to the story and starts experiencing the 4 stages first hand.

The film explores how the calendar is brought to terms with the 4 stages, the different facets of human emotions and human relationships that come with them, and above all family values.

The film’s cast consists of Madhurima Chakraborty (Hiya), who was seen in “Bhalobashar Sohor” on Zee5 and theatre personalities like Samir Biswas, Soumitra Basu and Madhuchhanda Ghosh. The background music of the film has been composed by Megh Banerjee.

The film is eyeing for release in May.

Priyanka Dutta