Chhichhore(2019)

2h 23m

Release Date: Sep 6, 2019 | Limited

A tragic incident forces Anirudh, a middle-aged man, to take a trip down memory lane and reminisce his college days along with his friends, who were labelled as losers.

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Original Release | Sep 6, 2019

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Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$614,335
Total US & Canada:
$2,004,400
Total International
$1,306,991
Total Worldwide:
$3,311,391

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Director & Top Cast

Nitesh Tiwari
Director

Tahir Raj Bhasin
Derek

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: India

Language: Hindi

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Plot Summary

Aniruddh "Anni" Pathak (Sushant Singh Rajput) has a water fight with his friends at the hostel H4. Anni also drenches Raggie (Prateik Babbar), his rival from the H3 hostel. Years later, Anni is divorced and has a son, Raghav (Mohammad Samad). His ex-wife and Raghav's mother is Maya (Shraddha Kapoor), whom Anni had met in college and fell in love with. Raghav is under pressure, awaiting his engineering exam results.Raghav's failure to get admission to a top engineering college results in him attempting to commit suicide by jumping off his friend's balcony. He suffers from a brain hemorrhage which the doctor tells his parents it could damage his brain and other body parts. Anni chides the unconscious Raghav and tells him that he was also a loser in his hostel days. The doctor comes in and tells him that the swelling is increasing slowly, and that they have to get a surgery done for their son to remove the swelling. Then Anni realizes his old friends in the hostel, his hostel life. He decides to tell his son about the story of his friends. Maya thinks that it is a stupid way to bring Raghav back.The story starts with the first loser, Sexa (Varun Sharma) known as a playboy and a hard-on in H4. He used to rag new students, auctioned successfully for porn books and other weird stuff. The first time Anni came to the hostel, he was told that he has to live in hostel H4. The person doing names for the hostel admission then tells Anni that he can change the hostel if he wants to because H4 is the place for losers who are good for nothing as everyone in the college says. Terrified, Anni decides to switch hostels, but to no vain, he couldn't go back.The second loser was Acid (Naveen Polishetty), who would abuse over small things. The reason why he is called Acid is because he used to be a good student and school topper. But after reaching Engineering college, his life took a turn. He failed in every subject, his professors used to tell him that he was good for nothing and that he will not get good marks. This enraged him more and more to an extent that whenever he sees his professors, he gets angry and starts using abusive bad words. The third loser was Mummy (Tushar Pandey), a Momma's boy. He was a simple guy, who wouldn't know about anything about real life, and would have his mother decide and do things for him. His father went to the hostel and asked Acid and Sexa to rag his son and make him a better man. After making him a better man, Mummy's father thanks his friends for doing so.The fourth loser was Derek (Tahir Raj Bhasin), who was a champion athlete and the unofficial "Daddy" of the H4 Hostel, but could never attain glory due to the poor performances of his teammates. He used to bring out the best in everybody, but he always failed against H3 in the Sport General Championships (GC). They've always finished last in the GC every year.This time Anni brings the whole group together. The fifth loser, Bevda (Saharsh Kumar Shukla) used to drink every day. He had a place for his stash of alcoholic drinks. He used to train the group in drinking. In the train scene, Bevda was coming from his summer holidays, drinking vodka. He had mixed vodka in his water bottle and was enjoying the journey. Then a married couple asked water from him for their son as he was thirsty. He refused to give water to the boy because he couldn't tell them that it was vodka. After that, the couple was verbally abusing him and the whole group laughed. The sixth loser was Anni himself. He had joined the group of losers and participated in GC. Anni had a crush on this girl, Maya who he used to meet and talk to her.Then the GC started. H4 were preparing for this year to get rid of the 'loser tag'. They tried various techniques: to give up their dreams, to train hard and participate in events. But they didn't pass. But Anni had an idea. He used tactics and his intelligence to beat every round. Mummy was good in carom, Bevda was a master in chess, Derek was good in running, football and weightlifting and Anni was good in basketball and cricket. Other participants were good in different sports, but Anni used some of his tactics to train his friends to win the GC. In this way, they reached the finals. Everyone won in their sports, except Anni.In the last match, Anni tries to throw the ball into the hoop, but it bounces back from the hoop and they lose the match. H3 hostel won the match. But they cheered H4 hostel for their hard work and praised them for their team spirit. The whole crowd cheered for them. In the present, Anni's son Raghav cries and asked them whether they wished to die after the moment they lost. They all replied no. Anni gave advice to him saying that losing doesn't matter. You have to try harder in order to achieve success. Winning or losing, you have to embrace it in order to be a good man. After this Raghav is taken to the operation theatre for his surgery.The operation is successful and Raghav recovers from the injuries. He takes admission to a college, finally accepting the fact that he could not get into IIT. He meets a senior just like his father's first day in hostel and smiles.

Storyline

The setup was within 1990's till present where Anni, a divorcee used his past experience in overcoming challenges of being a loser in college where he met His Wife, Maya and his Losers friends, Saxa, Mummy, Acid, Derek and Bevda. His shares past experience to his son, Raghav who struggles with being failed at getting an offer to college despite being an excellent student. — rynhalliwell Anni and Maya's son attempts suicide after failing to do well in exams and is in critical condition.While in hospital Anni tells him stories about his college friends and he starts to respond to treatment.Anni then calls his friends Sexa,Derek,Mummy,Acid and Bevda to be by his side and make his son understand how they turned winners from losers. — alex.mjacko@gmail.com