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.
