''Hostel Returns'' is a sequel to the 2013 Nepali film ''Hostel'' and is based on the hostel life of typical engineering students in Nepal. Directed by Suraj Bhusal and produced by Mr Sunil Rawal, Sunil himself plays the role of Hostel Warden in the movie. In addition, young actors and actresses viz Sushil Shrestha (Pratap), Sashi Shrestha (Seema), Nazir Hussain (Rameshwor), Swostima Khadka (Elina) etc. are starred in the movie.

Plot

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film directed by Suraj Bhusal and produced by Sunil Rawal under Durgish Films banner. This film is a sequel to 2013 film ''

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'' and is based on the hostel life of civil engineering students.which is inspired from

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. Despite being the sequel of ''Hostel'', no previous stars are cast on this film. In fact, the film stars new faces of

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, Sushil Shrestha, Sashi Shrestha, Swastima Khadka, Sushil Sitaula, jenny shrestha and Abhaya Baral. The film was originally set to release on 8 May 2015 but due to devastating Nepal earthquake that struck on 25 April 2015, the crew postponed the date of release. It was then released on Bhadra 4 (August 21, 2015).

Cast and crew

* Sushil Shrestha as Pratap Raj Bhandari *Abhaya Baral as Kumar Prasai *Sushil Sitaula as Sameer Bhatta *

as Rameshwor Yadav *Sashi Shrestha as Seema Joshi * Swastima Khadka as Elina Khadka * Rajendra Moktan Colorist *

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Sunil Rawal Sunil Rawal (born 23 May 1983) is a film producer and actor active in the Nepali film industry. He has been involved in the film industry since 2012. His first movie as a producer and actor was '' Saayad'', produced under the banner of Durgish Fil ...

as warden *jenny shrestha as pratikshya sharma *

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as teacher (Special appearance)

Music

Track listing

Promotion

Promotion of ''Hostel Returns'' was different from other promotions. Publicity designer of movie is Dipesh Khadka. The film crew launched live promo with the actors acting live in front of students in various colleges. The team targets students as audience since the film is itself about engineering students and their parents.

Reception

The premiere show of ''Hostel Returns'' was held in

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on 19 August 2015. The film was then released in

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on 21 August 2015. Hostel returns had an aggressive opening. The occupancy of the show was 80%, beating

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, '' All Is Well''. The film earned ''1 crore 1 lakh'' gross in just two days.

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, tt6501286
Hostel Returns Nepali Movie 2015
Nepalese romantic comedy films Films shot in Kathmandu Nepalese sequel films 2015 romantic comedy films Nepalese coming-of-age films 2010s Nepali-language films