Nepali Movie – Chadke (pre-release review)

Nepali movie ‘Chadke’ is releasing on Friday, February 22, 2013. The movie directed by Nigam Shrestha features Saugat Malla, Namrata Shrestha, Robin Tamang, Arpan Thapa, Dayahang Rai, and Sunil Pokharel in main roles.

The movie features the cinematography of Sanjay Lama and Hari Bahadur Ghale(Lama), music direction of Jason Kunwar, editing of Lokesh Bajracharya and Dirga Khadka, and story/script/dialogue of Nigam Shrestha. ‘Chadke’, a story of gangsters of Chitwan, portrays the life of gangsters of our society. The thriller movie was awarded an adult certificate due to matured contents in its dialogues.

In an interview with xnepali the director Nigam Shrestha told that ‘Chadke is about content, performance and music‘.

Crew Background

One of the specialty of ‘Chadke’ is its actors. Some of the most preferred actors and actresses are brought together in ‘Chadke’. The actress Namrata Shrestha, usually featured in love story movies, is featured in an experimental role, a gangster girl. Rock singer Robin Tamang is also seen as an important character in the movie for the first time. Arpan Thapa and Dayahang Rai are also featured as gangsters of Chitwan. With them, noted actors like Sunil Pokharel and Saugat Malla are also featured in the movie.

Nigam Shrestha is the director of Chadke and this is his first feature movie as a director. Nigam has previously directed few short movies and he had also worked as an assistant director in the ‘Loot‘. A student of Film Studies, Nigam Shrestha had also written the story and screenplay of ‘Chadke’.

Movie and media response

From the start, ‘Chadke’ had got excellent media response. Its promos were also positively received by the audiences, especially of city areas. The media response of Chadke before its release has created higher expectation from the movie from the audience.

Presence in Internet and social media

There is a Facebook page of the movie to share information with the movie makers and general public.

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