Suntali is a story of beautiful and a mysterious girl in a sleepy village with a powerful and wicked matriarch. Based on an old saying, “Your sins return to roost from the rooftops”, it is a tale of revenge and vengeance. Directed by Bhaskar Dhungana, the film features Priyanka Karki in the lead role as Suntali and Suryamala Khanal as Suvedarni or Chinmaya.
Nepali cinema: ‘One way’ is about gangster life, disco bar, gang fights and drug addiction. The movie also depicts the role of parents in children’s life. Raj Kumar Rai’s “ONE WAY” features Robin Tamang as biggest DON of Nepal. Before this, Robin was also featured in Mukhata and Chhadke. The picture also features Siddhartha Gurung, the son of popular don Deepak Manangne.
Logne Manchhe presents the nature of how easily any ‘logne manchhe’ or men make big promises with their lovers and breaks them. The picture tries to show that male is the most pitiless thing in the world. But you can also argue that there are cases of the opposite being true. After ‘Bidhawa’ one month age, this is yet another film of charismatic actor, Dilip Rayamajhi.
Sambodhan is a quest of a police inspector and news reporter to find a serial killer. This Hemraj BC directed film casts Dayahang Rai as a senior inspector, and Namrata Shrestha a news reporter of Kantipur media. Before this, Hemraj BC has provided super-hits like Hostel and Jerryy. There is also a special appearance of Gaurav Pahari and Salon Basnet.
Aago-2 is a about newspaper named ‘Aago’ whose Editor in Chief is Amar and Sonu is a news reporter. The film attempts to present the current political status of Nepal, and role of a journalist to take country to the right path.
Soul Sister is about Maya and her recurring nightmares. Maya is a lonely girl. She is confused, helpless and living between illusion and reality. Directed by Prashant Rasaily, Soul Sister features Namrataa Shrestha in the lead role as Maya and this picture was produced by Namrataa herself. This picture also has a special appearance of superstar Rajesh Hamal.
‘Alvida’ is a story of a rising don of Siraha, ‘Mahadev’. The film presents his conflict with ‘Ranvir Bhaiya’, another don of the same area and romance with ‘Zoya’. The picture also features superstar Aryan Sigdel as super cop.
‘Tathastu’ is a story about a girl, Basanti who was abused by her own husband every day. The movie portrays domestic violation of Nepal and how some men take advantage of their silence. Directed by Shabir Shrestha, the picture casts superstar Rekha Thapa as Basanti.
‘Aavash’ is a dramatic journey of a serious and confused teenage guy, Aayan (Samyam Puri) to find the love of his life. He even compares relationship to local bus (sajha yatayat) as he was not being able to control who was coming in or going out when and where from his life. And there’s another cheerful guy, playboy, virus or Milan (Salon Basnet) who says girls are like taxi and he loves to take different taxis of the latest model.
Zindagi Rocks is a cinema based on a journey of four friends to find a girl that one of friend loved as she was going abroad for further studies. The film casts fresh actors Sauram Raj Tuladhar , Akesha Bista, Sonam Pakhrin and Makan Rai in lead role. It was directed by Nikesh Khadka and most importantly, I wouldn’t miss the Cinematographer, Hari Humagain as his work was superb.