Kothanodi

Kothanodi (The River of Fables)
Official poster of Kothanodi
Directed by	Bhaskar Hazarika
Produced by	Anurupa Hazarika, Crowdfunders
Written by	Bhaskar Hazarika Dr. Arupa Patangia Kalita
Based on	Assamese Folk tales
Starring	Seema Biswas Adil Hussain
Music by	Amarnath Hazarika
Cinematography	Vijay Kutty
Edited by	Suresh Pai
Production company	Metanormal Motion Pictures
Release date	10 October 2015 (BIFF) 16 September 2016
Running time	115 minutes
Country	India
Language	Assamese

Kothanodi (Assamese: কথানদী, English: The River of Fables) is an 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 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.

Kothanodi is based on characters and events described in Burhi Aair Sadhu (Grandma's Tales), a popular compendium of folk stories compiled by Assamese literary giant Lakshminath Bezbaroa. The four fables referenced in the film are Tejimola, Champawati, Ou Kuwori (The Outenga Maiden) and Tawoir Xadhu (The Story of Tawoi).

Once upon a time, Senehi (Zerifa Wahid), a schizophrenic woman who loathes her stepdaughter, 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.