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| Directed by | Jahnu Barua |
| Produced by | Sailadhar Baruah |
| Written by | Jahnu Barua |
| Starring | Bishnu Kharghoria Moloya Goswami Dinesh Das Ronik Abinash Sharma Ashwini Bhuyan Indrani Gogoi |
| Music by | Reeta Das Baruah Y. S. Moolky |
| Cinematography | P. Ranjan |
| Editing by | Heu-En Baruah |
| Distributed by | Dolphin Films Pvt. Ltd |
| Release date(s) | 2003 |
| Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Assamese |
Konikar Ramdhenu (Assamese: কণিকাৰ ৰামধেনু) is an Assamese language film directed by Jahnu Barua. The film was released in 2003.[1][2][3][4] The film was shown in Indian Panorama section of IFFI during October 2002 in Delhi[4] and Mumbai International Festival in 2003.[1] The film is the last instalment of his trilogy, the other two being Xagoroloi Bohu Door (1995) and Pokhi (1998). This film depicts the horrors that happen in a juvenile home.[2][4]
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The story revolves around an imaginative and intelligent 11 year old boy Kukoi (played by Ronik) who runs away from his village home and starts working in a motor garage in a city. One day the owner attempts to molest Kukoi and in self defence Kokoi hits the owner with an iron rod killing him on the spot. Kukoi is produced before court and then sent to state juvenile home where he is traumatized. Biswa Boro, the warden of the home, is an understanding man. He coaxes the boy into a confession of the true circumstances of the painful event. Kukoi is brought before the magistrate who orders his release and custody to his parents or any authorised guardian.[1][2][3][4] Biswa goes to Kukoi’s village where he discovers that the boy’s mother died years ago and his stepfather has disowned him. Biswa who is now retired and does not have children decides to adopt Kukoi.[1][3][4]
Director Jahnu Barua visited 12 juvenile homes before making the film. And in his observation is found thus, out of one hundred cases, more than eighty end up in “negative situations”, much below expectations.[2][4]