Actress Shilpa Pokharel is going to be featured in a movie in which a monkey will be featured in the leading role. The movie directed by Raj Bahadur Sane will feature Shilpa opposite to Kishor Khatiwada. The monkey for the action movie will be brought from India. Other artists in the movie include Sushil Pokharel, Prakash Kandel and Puskar Bhatta. Actor Dipendra Prakash KC is debuting in the movie.

Although the name and the script has already been registered in the Film Development Board, the film makers are planning to change the title in future. The shooting of the movie is expected to start in a couple of weeks in locations in Banke, Bardiya, Surkhet and Kathmandu.

The movie is being produced by Rudra Prasad Khanal, music is composed by Bikash Chaudhary, Deepak Sharma and Kamal GC. Ramji Lamichhane is the choreographer.

In the past, movies like ‘Papi Manche’ (watch ‘Papi Manche’ here) and Gopi Krishna (watch ‘Gopi Kirshna’ here) had featured monkeys in prominent roles. Both of them were hit movies.