Is sex good for Nepali film industry?

Posted on March 20, 2012November 13, 2014 by Raunak

Chapali height” (watch Chapali Height here) got a good media coverage both before and after release. That was partly because of different controversies the movie was involved in before it was released, and ‘sexual psychology’ highlighted in it’s promotion. Although some have questioned the validity of the claims of its producer that ‘Chapali Height‘ has collected 50 lakhs in a single day, the publicity and viewers in theaters show it should have had a decentÂ opening. But, one can expect the initial response to fade in lights of negative reviews it is getting from critics and viewers.

Now, the question arises – is the movie getting negative review from viewers just because it has got sexual contents?

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‘Chapali Height‘ compares well with a previous similar movie ‘Pal Pal Ma‘ released about two years ago. The movie ‘Pal Pal Ma‘ had also got an adult certificate from the censor board and it was publicized as the first Nepali movie to get an adult certificate. The ‘A’ certificate itself proved to be a tool of good publicity, and a good business as well. But, in essence, ‘Pal Pal Ma‘ had nothing to win the hearts of its viewers and virtually nobody appreciated it as a movie. In the movie, the topic of sex was only used for publicity and it was used in a vulgar way. (watch Palpalma here)

I think, history is repeating in case of ‘Chapali Height‘ too. In the case of both movies, small group of people liked the movie and the majority didn’t.

Movie review – Chapali Height

Posted on March 17, 2012March 18, 2012 by Raunak

Note: Pre-release review of Chapali Height covers general information and other details.

With a lot of controversies and publicity from sexually aggressive posters and promos, Chapali Height is released all over major theaters in Nepal. The third directorial venture of Dipendra K Khanal and second movie produced by Arjun Kumar, Chapali Height, has a story of sex for adult audience. Hence, it has received an Adult certificate from the censor board of Nepal.

Story:

Chapali Height is a story of Amir (Amir Gautam) , Bineeta (Binita Baral) and Raj (Raj Ghimire). Amir and Bineeta come from Pokhara to live in Raj’s house at Chapali Height where he is living alone. After spending some time there, relationship between Amir and Bineeta becomes sour and an accident commences the main story of the movie. Its better to Keep the details of the accident, and the suspense that follows, a secret so that your movie experience is not ruined when you watch the movie in theatre.

Chapali Height – a pre release review

Posted on March 13, 2012February 17, 2022 by Raunak

Note: We have started a new pre-release review section. We will do post-review or a real review of the movie after the movie is released. This is a collection of details available before release.Â

Chapali Height

Upcoming Nepali movie Chapali Height is produced by Arjun Kumar and directed by Dipendra K Khanal. The movie is targeted to all those Nepali who are fond of watching interesting movie but especially targeted to the audience who prefer to go to multiplexes and city dwellers. It is made in digital format.

Chapali Height – height of controversy

Posted on March 10, 2012July 10, 2018 by Anand Nepal

The movie Chapali Height has been as controversial as the lead actress of the movie, Binita Baral. The movie is going to be released next week and we can expect to read more about the movie and it’s lead actress.

Chapali Height – copy paste poster again!

Posted on January 23, 2012June 3, 2014 by Anand Nepal

The poster of Chapali Height released yesterday are copied from an Michael Douglas’s English movie Basic Instinct. It’s not only the poster, the name also has a similar design.

It’s not only the poster, the name of the movie is also inspired by the movie.

With these similarities, it’s anybody’s guess what the story should be like!

10K ‘Chapali Height’ posters destroyed

Posted on December 1, 2011May 19, 2017 by Anand Nepal

After the Binita Baral controversy over the publication some of her photos in various magazine covers, the producer of the movie, Arju Kumar, decided to destroy all the posters designed with the naked photos. About Rs. 250,000 was the cost of design, re-design, and printing of the destroyed posters.

(All the photos are removed from the post.)

Binita Baral shed crocodile tears – publicity stunt over magazine cover

Posted on November 26, 2011December 12, 2015 by Anand Nepal

Chapali Height actress Binita Baral has shed some crocodile tears in a press meet organized in Kathmandu. The meet was held in response to the publication of a photo on the cover of Shukrabar weekly and Kamana monthly.

By the way Binita has responded to the incident, we can say that it was a pre-planned incident and was meant to be a publicity stunt rather than an unexpected event.

Just after the publication of a photo on Kamana monthly, Shukrabar published similar but different photo. The photo was provided by the producer of the movie, Arjun Kumar, to the media.

A few things to prove Binita tried to make fool of the people:

She had agreed to publish the photo in film poster. She has nothing a
gainst the photo as such. Publication on magazine cover – is no issue at all.
She told she had a piece of garment to cover her chest. Does anybody care if she had anything over there or not? She showed some photos in press meet and they didn’t prove anything.
Binita’s tone of message after the press meet – “I told you all I have to say. Now, go on and publish whatever you like!”

Binita Baral – Chapali Height photo is no ‘nudity’

Posted on November 25, 2011May 19, 2017 by Anand Nepal

UPDATE: Binita Baral organized the press meet. She is ‘happy’ to tell her story and seems ‘happier’ by the amount of media attraction the photo created. In her Facebook she didn’t care to tell what was the real thing she told in the press meet. That means it is not the important. It seems, the press meet was well planned beforehand and they had taken some photos specially for the anticipated press meet – photos showing undergarments. Binita posted this message in Facebook:

The Facebook message says nothing about her concern (because, she isn’t concerned about the real issue). She didn’t even felt the need to clarify in her Facebook profile (because, she doesn’t want to spoil the media attention).

(The photo of the cover is removed.)

Original article continues ….

Binita Baral, the ‘Chapali Heights‘ fame model/actress, has been in and out of controversy since she enter the Nepali movie industry. At first she was kicked out of a movie, without compensation, after she had already signed the deal.

Binita Baral in Chapali Height

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Anand Nepal

UPDATE (Nov. 25, 2011)- A photo taken for the poster of the movie got published in magazine cover and is heating the winter.

The actress, Binita Baral, was thrown away from her debut movie, even after signing the agreement. Although Krisha Chaulagai’s “Ke ma Timro Saathi Banna Sakchhu” couldn’t be her first movie, she landed in another movie with odd name – “Chapali Height“. The movie is said to have content that the censor board might not be too happy to pass because of excessive kiss and sex scenes.

The director Dipendra K. Khanal finished the shooting of the movie in 45 days. The movie is based on the story of a girl (Binita) living in a hostel in Pokhara and two guys who have fallen in love with her. The love story between Binita and Amir Gautam and Raj Ghimire is the main plot of the movie.

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