Mahapurush (2022)

Original title

महापुरुष

Directed by

Pradip Bhattarai

Genre

drama, family, comedy

Country

Nepal

Runtime

2h 20m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A widowed father of two sons finds love late in life. His sons and the society around him disapprove, causing him struggle.

heartfeltwarmcomedicgentlemelancholicgroundedsocially aware

What happens

Mahapurush (Nepali: महापुरुष; transl. A great man) is a 2022 Nepali comedy drama film written and directed by Pradip Bhattarai. The film stars Maha Jodi (Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya), along with Gauri Malla, Rabindra Singh Baniya, Rajaram Paudel, Arun Chhetri, and Anjana Baraili. The film is about a widowed father of two sons finds love at an old age and struggles as a society and his own sons disapprove of it. It was released on 28 October 2022, simultaneously in Nepal, United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, and the Middle East countries. The film promoted with Mofasal Bhraman around 8 cities that includes Birtamode, Itahari, Biratnagar, Hetauda, Narayangarh, Butwal, and Pokhara. The film also conducted Deusi-bhailo programs on the streets of Baneshwor, Kathmandu. The promotional event of the film was managed by Nepal Diaries. The film met with positive response from audience with praise directed towards performance of the cast, social message, background score and direction with some critics criticizing it climax. The film was a blockbuster at the box office crossing NPR 10.5 crore gross in Nepal alone and went on to become one of the highest grossing Nepali film of the year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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