Pretty entertaining - Prem Geet

Movie:  Prem Geet

Director: Sudarshan Thapa

Starring: Pradeep Khadka, Pooja Sharma, Saroj Khanal, Rupa Rana and Laxmi Giri

In My Eyes: 2.75/5

A good-looking innocent hero, a Mamma’s boy, meets a beautiful fun-loving heroine, a Daddy’s girl, on the way to Kagbeni. They spend few days together (fun moments and a romantic song) and then return to their own lives. Only then, they actually realize the ‘love’ for each other. The problem is that they have lied to their parents, which turns serious enough to create a rift between two families. What follows after is a tragedy.

Sometimes, it’s the presentation and sometimes the performance that lifts up the mediocre script to the good movie, or an enjoyable one. Prem Geet has both of them, plus the music.

Ko Afno – a mixture of emotions

Movie: Ko Afno

Director: Anil Thapa

Starring: Richa Sharma, Sushank Mainali, Subash Thapa, Rajan Khatiwada, Shanti Giri, Menuka Pradhan, Sudam CK, Sulakshan Bharti

In My Eyes: 2.75/5

Ko Afno is the amalgamation of human emotions. The best thing about this movie is to succeed in portraying the emotions through its characters in a controlled way. It is totally a piece that a normal audience would like to term ‘art movie’. Despite the beautiful making and the other good aspects, the screenplay has restricted Ko Afno from being the remarkable one.

The main plot revolves around the poor couple in the village whom a rich couple from Kathmandu frames to adopt their son. What happens when they have to give an only child to others for the sake of his better future but the things turn against their favor? This forms the principal conflict. Other sub-plot shows the struggle of a son (the same adopted one) with his girlfriend and his parents.

Classic: Not Really!

Movie: Classic

Director: Dinesh Raut

Starring: Aryan Sigdel, Namrata Shrestha, and others

In my eyes: 1.5/5

When it comes to movies, love stories are the ones that we have watched so many times. What makes a love story interesting? Answers differ. While happy ones are loved most, I guess the tragic ones are the most famous among others. Classic has one tragic love story to tell, which I found similar to something like ‘the old wine in a new bottle’. Sadly, wine tasted no good.

Honestly, the first half was very boring. The flashback and a couple of twists and turns did not help enough to arouse any engagingness. The second half was better though. The story moved at a good pace and it somehow became interesting to watch, slash the awkward looking conversations. Perhaps, the tragic sentiments helped post interval!

Bittersweet - “Pashupati Prasad”

Movie: Pashupati Prasad

Director: Dpendra K. Khanal

Writer: Khagendra Lamichhane

Starring: Khagendra Lamichhane, Prakash Ghimire, Rabindra Singh Baniya, Bipin Karki, Barsha Shiwakoti, Mishri Thapa

In my eyes: 4/5

Some movies not only entertain much but also touch the heart in many ways. Some movies get much hype from the trailers but only some of them justify the pre-release hype and there are few which go beyond the normal expectations. Pashupati Prasad is one of such. It is contentful, very entertaining, touching and thoughtful film; one of the best to come out this year.

The movie shows the journey of Pashupati Prasad after he comes to Kathmandu to earn money so as to clear his late parents’ debts and dispose of their ashes. The journey is of course, not easy and the bad luck follows him around.