Silu (1987)
- Directed by
- Pradeep Rimal
- Genre
- musical film
- Country
- Nepal
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A couple from Kathmandu defies a cultural warning by traveling together to a sacred Himalayan lake. The wife is kidnapped during the pilgrimage, and her husband endures hardship to rescue her from her captors. The film is sung-through folk musical based on a 19th century Newar ballad.
melancholicfolk-musicalyearningadventuroussorrowfulallegoricaltraditional
What happens
Silu (Nepali: सिलु) is the first film to be made in the Newar language. The movie depicts the pain of separation of a couple from Kathmandu after the wife gets kidnapped while on a pilgrimage in the Himalaya, and the sufferings her husband goes through to get her back from her captors. The musical film is based on a ballad in Nepal Bhasa written in the early 19th century which describes a journey to Silu, the sacred lake known as Gosaikunda located in the Himalaya. There is a belief in Newar society that a husband and wife should not make the trip together as it could result in a misfortune. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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