Homework – is short of homework

Movie: Homework

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Director: Nirak Poudel

Script: Shibham Adhikari

Starring: Aryan Sigdel, Gauri Malla, Namrata Shrestha, Bijay Lama, etc.

In My Eyes: 1.5/5

The social drama Homework has tried to show the clash of two generations and deliver the message on the importance of education through an old man’s journey of schooling in his sixties. Now, this very content is actually interesting and when I first saw the trailer, I thought there’s something new, substantial and authentic in this one. Turns out disappointing.

The old man in the movie is a rich businessman, who has ever supporting and loving and caring wife, a son ashamed of his lack of education and a childhood friend in the form of a school principal. An incident or two happens that leads the old man to disappear from his home, only to be found later in the school of his friend, as a student in full uniform. While he continues his study staying at school for years, his son back at home destroys the business due to his arrogance.

Rolpa Rog – loosely diagnosed

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Movie: Rolpa Rog

Director/Writer: Dipak Oli

Cast: Shishir Bhandari, Janak Gharti Magar, Kuldeep Adhikari, Sushil Pokhrel and more

In My Eyes: 1.75/5

Rolpa Rog tells the story of three young men and their lives on the periphery of civil war. How the conflict between army and maoist in the war affects their lives form the core content of this film.

One of the good aspects has to be the way it has dealt with the issue of civil war without taking sides of any party, but rather focusing on its effects on the innocent people of the village. It tries to depict how people got involved into the Maoists either forcedly or by the circumstances. Also, it shows how both Maoists and army had committed mistakes that had the direct impact on public.

Junge: A decent attempt gone failed

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Movie: Junge

Director: Utkal Thapa

Screenplay: Subash Koirala and M.S. Agraj

Starring: Suraj Singh Thakuri, Reecha Sharma, Naresh Poudyal, Anup Baral, Nazir Hussain, Sushil Raj Pandey, Sushank Mainali, Deepsikha Shahi, Kevin Karki and more.

In My Eyes: 2/5

What started on a promising note ended making it feel like watching a south Indian action flick in spite of the carefully handled complex content.

In a sentence, Junge depicts the story of how the title character rises into a powerful position. It is all about the politics and games people play for the power and position. Modernizing the Junga Bahadur Rana history into the today’s time through modern-day characters is as tough as the subject matter itself. The director Thapa has done a decent attempt in so and quite impressively, but the movie overall lacks the grip due to the weaker screenplay.