Kothanodi (2015)

Original title

কথানদী

Directed by

Bhaskar Hazarika

Genre

fantasy film

Country

India

Runtime

2h

Rated

U

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film weaves together several Assamese folk tales, each involving characters facing moral dilemmas or supernatural events. The stories are told in a quiet, observant style that lets the folklore speak for itself.

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What happens

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. Kothanodi won the Asian Cinema Fund's Post Production Fund Award for 2015, and was first screened at the 20th Busan International Film Festival which was held from 1 to 10 October 2015. In April 2016, The film won the Best Feature Film in Assamese award in the 63rd National Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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