Forcedly Bloomed – Bato Muniko Phool 2

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Movie: Bato Muniko Phool 2

Director: Subarna Thapa

Story: Yash Kumar

Starring: Yash Kumar, Babu Bogati, Ashishma Nakarmi, Dilip Rayamajhi, Reecha Sharma, Rima Bishwokarma, Arpan Thapa, Ganesh Upreti, Tika Pahari, Subhadra Adhikari and more.

In My Eyes: 1.5/5

This movie is yet another example of how the weak screenplay ruins the otherwise heavyweight content raised inside a film. This might also be an example of misbalance between the plots leading to the dilemma that what the primary motive of a movie or of a protagonist is.

The writing is very poor; it just couldn’t justify the theme of a movie. It raises the upper caste-lower caste discrimination problem, like in the first installment, but the developments for so look forcedly input. The whole initial processing between the characters of Yash Kumar, Ashishma Nakarmi and Babu Bogati looks rather unconvincing on the screen; it looked superficial and sadly, this was what the most of the first half contained.

Then, there is a plot involving Juneli (Reecha Sharma), a dalit girl and Ram (Dilip Rayamajhi), a brahmin and son of the head of village Nepal Ba (Tika Pahari). The story here seems predictable and is old-school style but this has to be the best part of this movie. The director has executed this small simple story in a beautiful manner, and the actors involved have added the value with their commendable acts.

Another plot between Babu Bogati and Rima Bishwokarma is nice one too, but is half-baked. This one could have been a different movie altogether on the same theme. Even though one can feel for the character Rima portrays, the empathy couldn’t last longer because her characters doesn’t get scope to be developed strongly enough.

There comes a politics then. Suddenly, there is an antagonist in the scene in the form of Arpan Thapa, which arrives much later in the movie and directs the movie somewhere else. This seems way too forceful. The movie then becomes a hero-villain game between Arpan Thapa and Yash Kumar.

The way the brothers go out of their way to support Nepal Ba is not much convincing, the constant presence of Prakriti with them make her look like nothing more than a damsel in distress. The whole plot of Arpan Thapa is questionable, so is the sudden appearance of Rima with him. There has to be some logic or some developments at least! The whole climax and after portions are too dramatic to digest. One might ask, “whaaaaat?” or “seriously?”

Having said all these, there are few good parts as well. Like mentioned earlier, the tragic scene between Dilip and Richa is painfully beautiful due to the way it is presented on screen. The scene between Rima and Babu in a hotel room is good one too.

Dialogues are average. Few of them strikes hard. Cinematography is average. Background score is not that remarkable. Songs come a little too much. Best one is Yo Mero Jindagiko that has some real good lyrics, and help in moving the story forward. Rests are average.

Coming to performances, while the supporting ones deliver well, the main ones fail to deliver. Reecha Sharma and Dilip Rayamajhi are the clear winners here; they come for a while but they leave a strong mark. Reecha has proven her mettle again. She acts with her face, her expressions. Rayamajhi seems fit into his character, and performs with gusto. Rima Bishwokarma’s performance is good as well. Tika Pahari, Ganesh Upreti and Subhadra Adhikari have done justice to their roles. Babu Bogati and Arpan Thapa are okay. Yash Kumar and Ashishma Nakarmi are below average. Nakarmi is good in Newari dialect though.

All in all, Bato Muniko Phool 2 fails to deliver, mainly due to its poor writing. Remove Dilip, Reecha and Rima’s characters, the movie becomes soul-less. Disappointed.