Kony (film)
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| Kony | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover of the film Koni | |
| Directed by | Saroj Dey |
| Written by | Moti Nandi |
| Story by | Moti Nandi |
| Starring |
Sriparna Banerjee Soumitra Chatterjee Snigdha Banerjee Swarup Dutta |
| Music by | Chinmay Chattopadhyay |
| Editing by | Ramesh Joshi |
Kony (Bengali: কোনি) is a national award winning Bengali movie released in 1986[1] starring Soumitra Chatterjee & Sriparna Banerjee. This film is a literary adaptation of a Bengali novel by Moti Nandi.
Synopsis
Kony is an inspiritational story of a coach and his trainee Kony who fight all odds to achieve their aims. Khidda (Soumitra Chatterjee) is a swimming coach who teaches swimming to underprivileged kids. He picks Kony (character played by Sriparna Banerjee) from a slum of Calcutta and grooms her to be part of the Bengal Swimming team to compete at the National Swimming Championship. However, politics, poverty and social stigma emerges as distinct roadblocks in their path.[2]
Awards
- National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at the 32nd National Film Awards.
Cast and Crew
Cast
- Sriparna Banerjee as Kony
- Soumitra Chatterjee as Khitish Sinha (Khid da)
- Snigdha Banerjee
- Swarup Dutta
- Bimal Deb
- Subrata Sensharma
- Sidhartha Bose
- Dipankar Banerjee
- Bhola Bose
- Ashoke Mitra
- Arijit Guha
Crew
- Direction and screenplay: Saroj Dey
- Story: Moti Nandi
- Music Director: Chinmay Chattopadhyay
- Editor: Ramesh Joshi
- Art Direction: Subhash Singharoy
- Make Up: Basir Ahmed
See also
References
- ↑ "Kony Release".
- ↑ "Lessons for the Indian Left from Kony". http://www.pragoti.in/. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
External links
Kony at the Internet Movie Database
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