Title of film : Koni
Director Name : Saroj Dey
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Producer : Government of West Bengal
Editor : Ramesh Joshi
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Synopsis : Koni is an inspirational story of a coach and his trainee Koni who fight all odds to achieve their aims. Khidda (Soumitra Chatterjee) is a swimming coach who teaches swimming to underprivileged kids. He picks Kony (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.
Director Bio : Birth: - 1921 Death: - 26 November, 1997 He made his directorial debut in 1955. With the collective group “Agragami”, their film Daak Harkara (1958) took part in Venice Film Festival, and also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali. His other notable film with Agragami was Nisithe (1963), which also won a National Award. Notable Films (with Agragami):- Sagarika(1956), Shilpi (1956), Headmaster (1958), Kanna (1962), Sankha Bela(1966), Bilambita Lay (1970) and Swati (1977) Awards & Honours: - • Saroj Dey has directed Kony under his own name, which was released in 1986 and earned the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at the 32nd National Film Awards.
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