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{{about|the Bengali film|other uses|Kony (disambiguation)}} | {{about|the Bengali film|other uses|Kony (disambiguation)}} | ||
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{{Infobox film | {{Infobox film | ||
| name | | name = Kony | ||
| image | | image = Kony (1984) film poster.jpeg | ||
| alt | | alt = Theatrical poster | ||
| caption | | caption = DVD cover of the film Koni | ||
| director = [[Saroj Dey]] | | director = [[Saroj Dey]] | ||
| writer | | writer = [[Moti Nandi]] | ||
| based_on = {{based on|''Koni'' | | based_on = {{based on|''Koni''|[[Moti Nandi]]}} | ||
| starring = Sriparna Banerjee<br>Soumitra Chatterjee<br>Snigdha Banerjee<br>Swarup Dutta | | starring = Sriparna Banerjee<br>Soumitra Chatterjee<br>Snigdha Banerjee<br>Swarup Dutta | ||
| music | | music = Chinmay Chattopadhyay | ||
| editing | | editing = Ramesh Joshi | ||
| released = 16 | | released = {{Film date|1984|04|16|df=yes|ref1=<ref name=toi>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-details/kony/movieshow/61255941.cms|title=Kony|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=2 August 2019}}</ref>}} | ||
| country | | country = India | ||
| language = Bengali | | language = Bengali | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Koni''''' ({{ | '''''Koni''''' ({{langx|bn|কোনি}}; sometimes spells as '''''Koney''''' or '''''Kony''''')<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/tollywoods-list-of-incredible-sports-movies-to-binge-on/saheb-1981/photostory/64145871.cms|title=Tollywood's list of incredible sports movies to binge on|work=The Times of India|accessdate=2 August 2019}}</ref><ref name=toi/> is a national award-winning [[Bengali language|Bengali]] movie released in 1984 directed by [[Saroj Dey]],<ref name=pragoti>{{cite web|title=Lessons for the Indian Left from Koni|url=http://www.pragoti.in/taxonomy/term/2726|publisher=Pragoti|date=23 July 2011|accessdate=11 April 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423044407/http://www.pragoti.in/node/4469|archivedate=23 April 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Nandi, Moti|title=BOOKMINE: Koni|year=2012|publisher=Hachette India|isbn=978-93-5009-383-2|pages=6–}}</ref> | ||
In a 2012 interview, veteran actor, Soumitra Chatterjee, called Koni one of the best films of his career. He even recalled using film's catch-phrase "Fight-Koni-fight" in hard times, as a chant to himself to lift his "aging spirits". The phrase had become popular with middle-class Bengalis at the time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Soumitra Chatterjee: I don't have much faith in awards|website=[[Rediff.com]]|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-interview-with-soumitra-chatterjee/20120516.htm#4|pages=1–7|date=16 May 2012}}</ref> | In a 2012 interview, veteran actor, Soumitra Chatterjee, called Koni one of the best films of his career. He even recalled using film's catch-phrase "Fight-Koni-fight" in hard times, as a chant to himself to lift his "aging spirits". The phrase had become popular with middle-class Bengalis at the time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Soumitra Chatterjee: I don't have much faith in awards|website=[[Rediff.com]]|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-interview-with-soumitra-chatterjee/20120516.htm#4|pages=1–7|date=16 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Kơni|last=Hai|first=Trân Quang|date=2013-02-11|publisher=Oxford University Press|series=Oxford Music Online|doi = 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.l2232578}}</ref> | ||
==Synopsis== | ==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 (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.<ref name=pragoti/> | ''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 Kanakchampa Pal alias 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.<ref name=pragoti/> | ||
==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
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*[[Soumitra Chatterjee]] as Khitish Sinha (Khid da)- a former chief coach of 'Jupiter' club who after serving the club for 35 years, gets humiliated & wrongly expelled from his club, discovers Kony and nurtures her to help her reach her triumph. | *[[Soumitra Chatterjee]] as Khitish Sinha (Khid da)- a former chief coach of 'Jupiter' club who after serving the club for 35 years, gets humiliated & wrongly expelled from his club, discovers Kony and nurtures her to help her reach her triumph. | ||
* Snigdha Banerjee | * Snigdha Banerjee | ||
*[[Swarup Dutta]] as Pranabendu Biswas, another honest and idealist coach of Ballygunje Swimming Club, mentor of Kony's competitor Hiya. He is the key person to make Kony get selected for the National Meet and | *[[Swarup Dutta]] as Pranabendu Biswas, another honest and idealist coach of Ballygunje Swimming Club, mentor of Kony's competitor Hiya. He is the key person to make Kony get selected for the National Meet and win her 1st medal. | ||
*Bimal Deb | *Bimal Deb | ||
*Subrata Sensharma | *Subrata Sensharma | ||
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*'''Art Direction''': Subhash Singharoy | *'''Art Direction''': Subhash Singharoy | ||
*'''Make Up''': Basir Ahmed | *'''Make Up''': Basir Ahmed | ||
*'''Cinematographer''': | *'''Cinematographer''': Kamal Nayan | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{National Film Award Wholesome Entertainment}} | {{National Film Award Wholesome Entertainment}} | ||
[[Category:Bengali-language films]] | [[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]] | ||
[[Category:1986 films]] | [[Category:1986 films]] | ||
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]] | [[Category:Films based on Indian novels]] | ||
[[Category:Indian sports films]] | [[Category:Indian sports films]] | ||
[[Category:Swimming films]] | [[Category:Swimming films]] | ||
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[[Category:Films set in Kolkata]] | [[Category:Films set in Kolkata]] | ||
[[Category:Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment National Film Award winners]] | [[Category:Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment National Film Award winners]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Films directed by Saroj Dey]] | ||
[[Category:1986 Bengali-language films]] | |||
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_film_poster.jpeg) DVD cover of the film Koni | |
| Directed by | Saroj Dey |
| Written by | Moti Nandi |
| Based on | Koni by Moti Nandi |
| Starring | Sriparna Banerjee Soumitra Chatterjee Snigdha Banerjee Swarup Dutta |
| Music by | Chinmay Chattopadhyay |
| Edited by | Ramesh Joshi |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Koni (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.; sometimes spells as Koney or Kony)[2][1] is a national award-winning Bengali movie released in 1984 directed by Saroj Dey,[3] 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.[4]
In a 2012 interview, veteran actor, Soumitra Chatterjee, called Koni one of the best films of his career. He even recalled using film's catch-phrase "Fight-Koni-fight" in hard times, as a chant to himself to lift his "aging spirits". The phrase had become popular with middle-class Bengalis at the time.[5][6]
Synopsis[edit | edit source]
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 Kanakchampa Pal alias 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.[3]
Awards[edit | edit source]
- National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at the 32nd National Film Awards.[7]
Cast and crew[edit | edit source]
Cast[edit | edit source]
- Sriparna Banerjee as Kony, a underprivileged teenaged girl from North Calcutta, who against all odds finally gets her dream fulfilled by shining in the National Meet as one of the representatives of Bengal and winning gold in 400 m relay.
- Soumitra Chatterjee as Khitish Sinha (Khid da)- a former chief coach of 'Jupiter' club who after serving the club for 35 years, gets humiliated & wrongly expelled from his club, discovers Kony and nurtures her to help her reach her triumph.
- Snigdha Banerjee
- Swarup Dutta as Pranabendu Biswas, another honest and idealist coach of Ballygunje Swimming Club, mentor of Kony's competitor Hiya. He is the key person to make Kony get selected for the National Meet and win her 1st medal.
- Bimal Deb
- Subrata Sensharma
- Sidhartha Bose
- Dipankar Banerjee
- Bhola Bose
- Ashoke Mitra
- Arijit Guha as Haricharan, Khidda's jealous competitor and chief trainer of Jupiter Club.
Crew[edit | edit source]
- Direction and screenplay: Saroj Dey
- Story: Moti Nandi
- Music Director: Chinmay Chattopadhyay
- Editor: Ramesh Joshi
- Art Direction: Subhash Singharoy
- Make Up: Basir Ahmed
- Cinematographer: Kamal Nayan
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kony". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ↑ "Tollywood's list of incredible sports movies to binge on". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Lessons for the Indian Left from Koni". Pragoti. 23 July 2011. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ↑ Nandi, Moti (2012). BOOKMINE: Koni. Hachette India. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-93-5009-383-2.
- ↑ "Soumitra Chatterjee: I don't have much faith in awards". Rediff.com. 16 May 2012. pp. 1–7.
- ↑ Hai, Trân Quang (11 February 2013). Kơni. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.l2232578.
- ↑ "32nd National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. p. 4. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2014.