''Suntali'' ( ne, सुन्तली) is a 2014 Nepali black-comedy film, directed by Bhaskar Dhungana. The film is produced by Bhaskar Dhungana, Jaya Shah, and Prachanda Shrestha under the banner of Blue Poppy Films. It stars

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, and Pramod Agrahari. The film follows Suntali's relationship with Sundar.

Plot

A matriarch of a village in Nepal, is arranging his son Sundar's wedding. Suntali, Sundar's old friend, comes to the village, and she rekindle their relationship. The matriarch starts to plans to destroy her.

Cast

as Suntali *

as Sundar *

as Buxom Babe *

as Bidur *

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as Bajrang *

Madan Krishna Shrestha Madan Krishna Shrestha ( ne, मदन कृष्ण श्रेष्ठ; ) is a Nepali actor, comedian, writer, singer, song writer, director and producer. He is one of the most successful and respected comedians in the Nepali entertainm ...

as narrator

Release and reception

''Suntali'' premiered at the 19th Busan International Film Festival in October 2014 on the Window on Asian Cinema category. Abhimanyu Dixit of ''

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'' wrote, "Dhungana proved that he was a proficient maker that too in his debut film". Sophia Pande of ''

Nepali Times ''Nepali Times'' (stylized as NEPALI Times) is an English weekly newspaper that provides reporting and commentary on Nepali politics, business, culture, travel and society in 16 pages. The weekly is aimed at the expatriate, diplomatic and busines ...

'' wrote, "''Suntali'' is quite the pleasure for those of us who have cringed in the theaters while watching Nepali films in the past". Niranjan Kunwar of The Record wrote "''Suntali'' is a simple, yet beautiful film. And it's the simplest beauty that can be the most powerful". The staff of Onlinekhabar wrote, "True to its form, ''Suntali'' combined these two to a certain degree of success. But the audience couldn't warm up to this as most failed to recognise the clever juxtaposition of these forms".

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=tt3908994 2014 films Nepalese comedy films 2010s Nepali-language films