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Balidaan (1997)

Balidaan poster
Directed by
Tulsi Ghimiray
Genre
history
Country
Nepal
Runtime
2h 26m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a Nepali historical drama set during the Panchayat era. It tells a fictionalized story about the democracy movement in Nepal.

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What happens

Balidaan (Sacrifice) is a 1997 Nepali historical drama film, directed by Tulsi Ghimire, and written by Modanath Prasrit. It was produced by Shyam Sapkota under the banner of Cinema Nepal. Widely regarded as one of the greatest movie of all time in the history of Nepalese Cinema, The film is set in Panchayat-era Nepal, and depicts a fictionalised version of the contemporary democracy movement. It features Hari Bansha Acharya in the lead role, alongside Anjali Lama, Madan Krishna Shrestha, Shanti Maskey, Keshav Bhattarai, Laxmi Giri and Neer Shah. The film was a critical and commercial success during the time of its release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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