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{{Infobox film
| name = Konikar Ramdhenu (Ride on the Rainbow)
| image = konikar_ramdhenu.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Jahnu Barua]]
| producer = [[Sailadhar Baruah]]
| writer = [[Jahnu Barua]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Bishnu Kharghoria]] [[Moloya Goswami]] [[Reba Phukan]] Dinesh Das Ronik Abinash Sharma Ashwini Bhuyan Indrani Gogoi [[Mahika Sharma]]
| music = Reeta Das Baruah Y. S. Moolky
| cinematography = P. Rajan
| editing = Heu-En Baruah
| studio =
| distributor = Dolphin Films Pvt. Ltd
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2003}}
| runtime = 112 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Konikar Ramdhenu''''' ([[Assamese language|Assamese]]: ''কণিকাৰ ৰামধেনু'') is a 2003 Indian [[Assamese language]] film directed by [[Jahnu Barua]]. It was released in 2003.<ref name="ab">{{cite web|url=http://www.nfdcindia.com/view_film.php?film_id=146&categories_id=6|title=Konikar Ramdhenu|publisher=NFDC|accessdate=19 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="cd">{{cite web |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/printer/news/76246/|title=A Cinematic Ode To Blemished Childhood|date=16 March 2003 |publisher=The Financial Express|accessdate=19 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="ef">{{cite web |url=http://dff.nic.in/konikar.htm |title=Konikar Ramdhenu (Ride on the Rainbow)|date=26 September 2002|accessdate=19 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="gh">{{cite web|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=4098|title=Jahnu Barua’s Assamese film ridicules juvenile home|last=Biswas|first=Pradip|date=30 May 2003|publisher=Screen India|accessdate=19 January 2010}}</ref> The film was shown in Indian Panorama section of IFFI during October 2002 in Delhi<ref name="gh" /> and Mumbai International Festival in 2003.<ref name="ab" /> It is the last instalment of his trilogy, the other two being ''[[Xagoroloi Bohu Door]]'' (1995) and ''[[Pokhi]]'' (1998). ''Konikar Ramdhenu'' depicts the horrors that happen in a juvenile home.<ref name="cd" /><ref name="gh" />

==Plot==
The story revolves around an imaginative and intelligent 11-year-old boy Kukoi (played by Ronik) who runs away from his village home and starts working in a motor garage in a city. One day the owner attempts to molest Kukoi. In self-defence, Kokoi hits the owner with an iron rod killing him on the spot. Kukoi is produced before court and then sent to state juvenile home where he is traumatized. Biswa Boro, the warden of the home, is an understanding man. He coaxes the boy into a confession of the true circumstances of the painful event. Kukoi is brought before the magistrate who orders his release and custody to his parents or any authorised guardian.<ref name="ab" /><ref name="cd" /><ref name="ef" /><ref name="gh" /> Biswa goes to Kukoi's village where he discovers that the boy's mother died years ago and his stepfather has disowned him. Biswa, who is now retired and does not have children, decides to adopt Kukoi.<ref name="ab" /><ref name="ef" /><ref name="gh" />

==Research==
Director Jahnu Barua visited 12 juvenile homes before making the film. He observed that out of 100 cases, more than 80 end up in "negative situations", much below expectations.<ref name="cd" /><ref name="gh" />

==Awards==
*National award - Best Regional Film (2002)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0399254}}
{{Jahnu Barua}}
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Assamese}}

[[Category:Assamese-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2003 films]]
[[Category:Films set in Assam]]
[[Category:Best Assamese Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Films directed by Jahnu Barua]]
[[Category:2000s Assamese-language films]]

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Konikar Ramdhenu - Revision history

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