Timi Sanga, Trailer Review of Nepali movie

The trailer of the debut movie of actor Shishir JB Rana, as a director, has been released. The main attraction of the movie are Samragyee RL Shah and Najir Hussien. A new entry in the Nepali film industry, Aakash Shrestha, is also a promising actor. Akash Shrestha had debuted in Nepali movie industry in ‘Ma Ta Timrai Hoon’. Sunil BK is a new introduction in the movie.

Trailer analysis

The trailer shows three characters played by Samragyee RL Shah, Aakash Shrestha and Nazir Hussien in Poon Hill. One of the popular destination to watch sunrise and sunset, Poon Hill is a 3,210 m hill station located in Myagdi District of northern-central Nepal. The nearby village Ghorepani is at 17 kilometres from the district capital of Beni. The place located in the Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA) is a popular touristic destination.

The trailer starts with the location map of Poon Hill, where “three strangers” meet. First, Samragyee is shown walking, then Aakash is shown playing with a couple of kids, and Nazir Hussain is shown smiling. The characters start “One Journey” – they are shown walking along a snow filled area towards “One Destination”. A village is shown beside a mountain range. Two characters are shown walking towards a view tower at a hill station with a beautiful snow-covered mountain peaks on the background. “Love” between Aakash and Samragyee, and also between Najir and Samragyee.
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Why did Deepak and Deepa leave NFDC Award program mid-way?

The ‘Chhakka Panja’ team attended NFDC Film award with high hopes. That was because, it was nominated in 15 categories – that was the most number of categories any movies were nominated in the award.

[Read the full nomination list of NFDC Award]

UPDATE – video report

What Happened at NFDC?

All the titles that ‘Chhakka Panja’ won – best movie, best actress, best director etc. were announced towards the end. In the star, all the awards were given to other films. Most of the awards ‘Chhakka Panja’ was nominated in went to ‘Purano Dunga’ – the movie that wasn’t as successful as ‘Chhakka Panja’. I can guess how torturous it would have been to Deepak and Deepa.

Who won in the categories ‘Chhakka Panja’ was nominated in? :

  1. Best Script – Purano Dunga
  2. Best cinematography – Purano Dunga
  3. Best Editing – Jatara (Mitra Gurung)
  4. Best Music – Purano Dunga
  5. Best Playback singing – Loot 2
  6. Best Choreographer – Loot 2
  7. Best Sound Mixing – Jatra
  8. Best Background Music – Chapali Height 2
  9. Best Actor – Jatra (Bipin Karki)
  10. Best Supporting Actor – Purano Dunga (Mao Tse Gurung)
  11. Best Supporting Actress – Purnao Dunga (Menaka Pradhan)

Chhakka Panja won

  • Best Movie
  • Best Director – Deepa Shree Niraula
  • Best Actress – Priyanka Karki
  • Best Comedy Actor – Kedar Ghimire
  • Best Commercial Movie

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