Kothanodi

Kothanodi (The River of Fables)
Official poster of Kothanodi
Official poster of Kothanodi
Directed byBhaskar Hazarika
Written by
Based onTraditional indigenous Assamese Folk tales
Produced byAnurupa Hazarika, Crowdfunders
StarringSeema Biswas
Adil Hussain
Zerifa Wahid
CinematographyVijay Kutty
Edited bySuresh Pai
Music byAmarnath Hazarika
Production
company
Metanormal Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • 10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) (BIFF)
  • 16 September 2016 (2016-09-16) (Assam)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageAssamese

Kothanodi (English: The River of Fables) is an Indian Assamese language feature film written and directed by Bhaskar Hazarika and stars Seema Biswas, Adil Hussain, Zerifa Wahid, Urmila Mahanta, Kopil Bora and Asha Bordoloi. The story of the film is based on traditional indigenous folktales from Assam, India.[1]

Kothanodi won the Asian Cinema Fund's Post Production Fund Award for 2015,[2] and was first screened at the 20th Busan International Film Festival which was held from 1 to 10 October 2015.[3] In April 2016, The film won the Best Feature Film in Assamese award in the 63rd National Film Awards.[4]

  1. ^ Das, Gaurav (3 December 2013). "Four iconic fables to feature in film". Times of India. Guwahati.
  2. ^ "Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) 2015 Selection Announced".
  3. ^ "Kothanodi receives rare international honour".
  4. ^ "National Awards 2016: Here is the complete List of Winners". The Indian Express. New Delhi. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.