Kony (1984)
কোনি
A swimming coach who teaches swimming to underprivileged kids picks Kony 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 emerge as distinct roadblocks in their path.
Casting
- Soumitra Chatterjee — Khitish Sinha (Khid-da)
- Sriparna Banerjee — Kony
- Snigdha Banerjee
- Swarup Dutta — Pranabendu Biswas
- Mousami Roy
- Arijit Guha — Haricharan
Interesting facts
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
Koni is a national award-winning Bengali movie released in 1984 directed by Saroj Dey, starring Soumitra Chatterjee and Sriparna Banerjee. This film is an adaptation of a Bengali novel by the same name written by Moti Nandi. The film's lead Sriparna Banerjee was also a professional swimmer herself in the 1970s and at the time of casting a student of Jadavpur University.
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