Ainaa Jhyal Ko Putali (2020)

Original title

ऐना झ्यालको पुतली

Directed by

Sujit Bidari

Genre

drama

Country

Nepal

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in a Nepali village navigates her changing life and relationships. The story follows her quiet journey of growth and self-discovery.

gentleintrospectiveslow-burncontemplativepersonalgroundedlyrical

What happens

Ainaa Jhyal Ko Putali (Nepali: ऐना झ्यालको पुतली; transl. Butterfly on the Windowpane) is a 2020 Nepali coming-of-age film written and directed by Sujit Bidari under the banner of Icefall Productions and Local Cinema. The film is Nepal's submission for the 95th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film. It is the first Nepali film to compete for prize worth of 30,000 US dollars in 25th Busan International Film Festival for the category New Currents in 2020. Bidari also won the best director award in 2022 Dhaka International Film Festival. Released on September 9, 2022, the film stars Kanchan Chimariya, Dinesh Khatri, Siru Bista, and Ashok Shiwakoti, with the first two making their film debuts; similarly it was the first film for most of the actors who worked on it. The title of the film is inspired by a poem of Madhav Prasad Ghimire with the same title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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