Kothanodi

(The River of Fables)

1hr 58min  |  Assamese  |  Fantasy, Supernatural, Magic Realism

Four dark folktales from Assam re-imagined as a multi-narrative film about four mothers, each facing demons of her own.
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Synopsis

Once upon a time, Senehi (Zerifa Wahid), a woman who loathes her stepdaughter Tejimola (Kasvi Sharma), plots her murder when her husband is called away on a distant trip on business.

Her husband - Devinath (Adil Hussain) - encounters a woman called Keteki (Urmila Mahanta) who has given birth to an outenga (elephant apple), which rolls around after her. Devinath resolves to unearth the mystery of the outenga.

Meanwhile, in another village - a rich woman named Dhoneshwari (Seema Biswas) is getting her daughter Bonlotika (Monisha Bhuyan) married to a python - a wedding that has dire consequences for the girl.

As these three stories unfold, another mother - Malati (Asha Bordoloi) - resolves to save her newest born from the clutches of her husband Poonai (Kopil Bora) and his uncle, who have sacrificed all three of her previous babies. In doing so, she unearths a shocking truth.

Credits

director: Bhaskar Hazarika

writer: Bhaskar Hazarika, Arupa Patangia-Kalita

producer: Anurupa Hazarika, Utpala Mukherjee

cast: Seema Biswas, Adil Hussain, Zerifa Wahid, Urmila Mahanta, Kopil Bora, Asha Bordoloi

Executive Producers: Kn Hazarika, Indira Rajkhewa, Shyam Bora

Director of Photography: Vijay Kutty

Production Designer: Gulok Saha

Costume Designer: Rani Dutta-Baruah

Editor: Suresh Pai

Music: Amaranth Hazarika