How Funny? - Just average

Movie: How Funny

Director: Nilu Doma Sherpa

Writer: Shan Basnyat

Starring: Priyanka Karki, Keki Adhikari, Dayahang Rai, Anoop Bikram Shahi, Nisha Adhikari and more

In My Eyes: 2/5

In a sentence, How Funny is an average sit-com movie that happens to entertain just okay.

This is a story of two best friends Ramita (Priyanka Karki) and Pushpa (Keki Adhikari) hired by a CBI officer Tej Bahadur Rai (Dayahang Rai) for a case of missing daughter Heera (Nisha Adhikari) of a rich businessman (Shishir Rana). The girls mismatch the case with another one named ‘Diamond Case’ and the series of twists and turns begin. Anoop Bikram Shahi plays another CBI officer Kumud.

Fanko – average suspense drama

Movie: Fanko

Director: Subarna Thapa

Starring: Saugat Malla, Dayahang Rai, Priyanka Karki, Keki Adhikari, Anup Baral

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In my eyes: 2.5/5

Fanko is an average suspense drama that keeps the audience engaged up to the end. The comical layers in the presentation of a very simple story make a movie an entertaining watch, complimented by Saugat Malla’s performance.

Plot:

Bhakti Thapa (Saugat Malla) is delivering a big sum of cash from Pokhara to Kathmandu on the behalf of his boss Dhamala (Keshav Bhattarai). On knowing this, he is followed by Buddhabir Rai (Dayahang Rai) and Lily (Priyanka Karki). Also involved in the money game is  Pathak (Anup Baral). After Bhakti leaves his wife Mithu (Keki Adhikari) at home on the way towards Kathmandu, the chase begins and the drama gets spiraled.

Kabaddi Kabaddi - a proper sequel

Movie: Kabaddi Kabaddi

Director: Ram Babu Gurung

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Starring: Dayahang Rai, Saugat Malla, Rishma Gurung, Buddhi Tamang, Bijay Baral, Aruna Karki, Shishir Bangdel, Pashupati Rai, Junu Bista and more.

In my eyes: *** point some (out of Five)

There has not really come a proper sequel of a Nepali movie before. Kabaddi Kabaddi is the one that holds the virtue of continued story. In this sequel of the blockbuster of last year, the charm and the core aesthetics of Kabaddi remains the same even though not being flawless.

Set in Naurikot, a village of Mustang, Kabaddi Kabaddi continues the one-sided love story of Kaji and Maiya. Bomkaji (Saugat Malla) enters the scene as the other solti to woo the soltini. This triangular love story has the backdrop of politics this time. Apart from this main line, there are two sub-courses of two friends of Kaji: B.K. and Chhantyal. Relating each sub-plot to each other and mixing them together with few twists and turns, the movie packs a punch.

One of the good things is that - with all the humor and comic elements, the sentiments and emotions projected at certain places remain strong in the movie. You get not only to laugh from the beginning to the end but also the emotions to feel. A complete package!

Woda No. 6 - 'Halka Ramailo' Bhanda Mathi Chha!

Movie: Woda No. 6

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Director: Ujwal Ghimire

Starring: Deepak Raj Giri, Priyanka Karki, Dayahang Rai, Kedar Ghimire, Sitaram Kattel, Jitu Nepal and more

In my eyes: *** (out of 5)

A comedy that does not say ‘leave-your-brain-at-home’. A social drama that has the ability to touch the hearts. Combined together and blended just right. Presented in a way that entertains the audience thoroughly. This is Woda No. 6. Every places has both good and bad elements there; likewise, this “woda” is also not free from the flawed elements. But as long as the entertainment matters, this movie is super successful.

Time-zoned at fictional place Jhulebasti Woda No. 6, Nuwakot in 2058 B.S., this movie is set against the backdrop of civil war. Smells different? A bunch of comedy actors and the serious issue? Do not worry because it carefully balances both in the way we have never seen in a Nepali movie. Neither does the maoist conflict over-sensitize nor does the comedy over-shadow the core point of the movie. This is the best thing of Woda No. 6.  

It does not discuss the goods and flaws of civil war, neither does it portray the political backdrop. What it shows entertainingly and sometimes heart-touchingly is the small effects of that war period on common villagers that turn their life upside down. Story is simple where dialogues play the winning role and the plots happen to be the engaging factor. Credits goes to writer Deepak Raj Giri and the director Ujwal Ghimire, specially for taking out the controlled performance from actors and preventing it from being loud.

Sambodhan - addressing corruption

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Movie: Sambodhan

Director: Hemraj BC

Starring: Dayahang Rai, Namrata Shrestha, Prashant Tamrakar, Binaya Bhatta

In My Eyes: ** (out of 5 stars)

Oh yes, corruption is indeed the most challenging problem of Nepal in present scenario. Movie Sambodhan tells the fact that corruption lies somewhere within each one of us and in many daily doings, so the change must start from ourselves to eradicate corruption from its roots.

Plot:

Ramji Gole (Dayahang Rai), senior inspector is leading an investigative case of serial murder, which has taken place in a very similar manner – coins scattered over dead body.