Onko Ki Kothin
Three slum children risk everything to save a sick parent, transforming an act of desperation into a moving test of friendship and courage.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- earnest
- compassionate
- melancholic
- reflective evening
- social issue film night
What critics said
The available audience rating suggests a generally favorable response to the film's emotionally grounded social drama.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Babin, Dolly, and Tyre dream of professional careers while living in a slum and confronting economic hardship.
The children steal an oxygen cylinder after Babin's father becomes seriously ill, placing love and survival above legality.
The three slum children rely on friendship and shared determination while pursuing their ambitions and helping Babin's family.
The oxygen-cylinder crisis exposes the children's determination, friendship, and willingness to go to extremes for loved ones.
Films like Onko Ki Kothin, and why
Salaam Bombay!
Shares a compassionate social-realist focus on children facing poverty, moral pressure, and family hardship.
Children of Heaven
Shares child protagonists, economic precarity, friendship, and an emotionally earnest struggle against difficult circumstances.
I Am Kalam
Shares an uplifting Indian coming-of-age perspective centered on disadvantaged children and their aspirations.
Movie Details
- Director
- Saurav Palodhi
- Release Date
- 2025-05-23
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rating
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
Cast
- Riddhiman Banerjee
- Gitashree Chakraborty
- Tapomoy Deb
- Parno Mittra
- Prosun Shome
- Sankar Debnath
- Ushasie Chakraborty
- Sanjita Mukherjee
- Dipanwita Nath
- Tapati Munshi
Common questions
- What is Onko Ki Kothin about?
- Three slum children risk everything to save a sick parent, transforming an act of desperation into a moving test of friendship and courage.
- What is Onko Ki Kothin like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Onko Ki Kothin as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Onko Ki Kothin violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Onko Ki Kothin.
- What did critics think of Onko Ki Kothin?
- The available audience rating suggests a generally favorable response to the film's emotionally grounded social drama.
- Which films are like Onko Ki Kothin?
- Films with a similar feel include Salaam Bombay!, Children of Heaven, and I Am Kalam.
- How long is Onko Ki Kothin?
- Onko Ki Kothin runs 117 minutes.
