''Chino'' ( ne, चिनो,

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: Souvenir) is a Nepali action drama film written and directed by

Tulsi Ghimire Tulsi Ghimire is an Indian film director, screenwriter, film editor, cameraman, actor and lyricist known for his works in Nepali films. Regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Nepali cinema, he is known for his romantic and masala film th ...

. The film featured an ensemble cast of

Shiva Shrestha Shiva Sundar Shrestha ( ne, शिवसुन्दर श्रेष्ठ), known professionally as Shiva Shrestha, is a Nepali actor best known for his work in action films. He is renowned as the "action king" of Nepali cinema. He has star ...

, Bhuwan K.C.,

Sunil Thapa Sunil Thapa ( ne, सुनील थापा) is a leading Nepalese actor who has appeared in Nepali, Bollywood and Bhojpuri films. He started his career with the Bollywood movie ''Ek Duuje Ke Liye''. He is an enigmatic figure in the Nepal ...

, Kristi Mainali,

Sharmila Malla Sharmila Malla (Shah) ( ne, शर्मिला मल्ल) is a Nepali actress, model and producer. She made her acting debut in the Kanchhi ''Kanchhi'' ( ne, कान्छी) is a 1984 Nepali film directed by B.S. Thapa and produc ...

, Subhadra Adhikari, Shravan Ghimire, Sinaura Mistry, Anoop Malla and Sushila Raymajhi. The film is a revenge story of two brothers played by( played by Shiva Shrestha and Bhuwan K.C.) who are separated after their parents were killed by a criminal Rate Kaila(Sunil Thapa). How they reunite and find the reason why their parents were killed and take revenge forms the rest of the story. The film was shot entirely in Nepal. The film was released with positive response from critics and audience with praise directed towards its screenplay, performance of actors especially Shiva Shrestha and Sunil Thapa and chartbuster music. The film was a massive blockbuster at the box office and went on to become the highest grossing Nepali film of 1990s and second highest grossing Nepali film of all time after Kusume Rumal (another Tulsi Ghimire film) and is considered to be one of the most commercially successful films in the history of Nepali cinema. The songs of the film with music by

Ranjit Gazmer Ranjit Gazmer is an Indian film music director and a musician, who is noted for his work in Nepali-language films. He had a long association with music director R.D. Burman as a musician. Early life Ranjit Gazmer is from a gold merchant fa ...

were highly popular especially Mohani Lagla Hai remaining popular till today, and Batasa Le Udai Lyayo was also a chartbuster at that time. The film is considered to be one of the best Nepali films ever made and remains cult classic.

Film

The film begins with the villain Rate (Sunil Thapa) being released from jail after four years. He subsequently searches for Laxmi (Subhadra Adhikari), who got married and had two children while Rate was in Jail. During a Tihar celebration at Laxmi's house, Rate finds her and confronts her. After a heavy altercation, Rate kills Laxmi's husband. Laxmi takes her two children, sets the house on fire, and flees the scene. While fleeing from Rate, one of the children is flung into the river. Rate thinks that Laxmi was killed in the River while fleeing. Rate's son is later found by Bau (Tulsi Ghimire) and taken to Gumba to ascertain whether he is alive or not. The monk in Gumba performs a series of rituals over the child and saves him. Since no one opts to take in the child, Bau decides to adopt it. Bau's girlfriend, however, is against him adopting the child, resulting in their breakup. Laxmi returns home and collects her husband's ashes. She decides not to perform the death rituals for her husband until Rate is killed. The film follow the two children as they grow up and plan to kill Rate as revenge for their mother's sake.

Cast

* Shiv Shrestha as Birkhe * Bhuwan K.C. as Hemant *

as Rate Kaila * Shuvardra Adhikari as Laxmi * Kristi Mainali as Pooja *

as Juneli * Sinaura Mistri as Doma * Anoop Malla as young Hemant *

Shrawan Ghimire Shrawan Ghimire ( ne, श्रवण घिमिरे) is an Indian actor and film producer associated with Nepali language films. Ghimire has been involved in many commercially successful films including '' Lahure'', ''Dui Thopa Aansu'' and ...

as Pradeep *

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as Shambu * Jitendra Mahat Abhilasi as Man Bahadur *

as Bau * B. S Rana as Pooja father *

Ram Chandra Adhikari Ram Chandra Adhikari ( ne, रामचन्द्र अधिकारी) is a comedian actor of Nepal popularly known by pseudonym name ''Kaji Ba( ne, काजी बा) or Gopte Kaji ( ne, गोपते काजी)''. He has acted in ...

as supporting actor * Keshab Bhattarai as Laxmi's husband, father of Hemant & Birke (Special Appearance)

Soundtrack

References

External links

''Chino'' film songs
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