At an altitude of five thousand metres in the remote mountain region of dolpa, far western of nepal. Nepal selected the drama jholaas the official entry to compete in best foreign language film at the oscars. This december loafer is a comedy action thriller nepali movie produced by chhabi raj ojha and directed by debut director aditya bikra lamsal is releasing on december 20 mangsir 21 2070 bs. After mulling over if it is worthwhile to honor the actress over her winning of the best actress award at the saarc film festival, the organization finally decided to honor by a special honor certificate. For her role, actress garima panta won best actress award at saarc film festival held in sri lanka, 2014. Achyut ghimire for highlighted the old tradition of nepal which had been supressing nepali women from century sathi system before talking about this story. Actress garima pant is honored by the film artists association. Nepali movie jhola starring garima pant, deepak chhetri, sujal nepal, deshbhakta khanal, laxmi giri etc.
Nepali movie jhola is a movie made on a popular book by the same. The movie is outstanding in the pool of existing nepali movies. In the 9movies list of the nomination for the foreign language films in oscar awards 2015, no asian movies have been selected. Sati ek kupratha which is based on a popular short story jhola written by krishna dharabasi. Jhola 20 official sites, and other sites with posters, videos, photos and more.
Himalaya is a story set against the backdrop of the nepalese himalayas. Nepali movie jhola is a movie made on a popular book by the same name by literary figure, krishna dharabasi. Sati is a kind of prctise in which women has to be burnt alive with her deceased husband in funeral but in 1977 bs 1920 ad chandra shamsher j. Jun 28, 20 that time, widowed woman had to self immolate on her husband funeral fire to be called a good wife sati for this life. The movie was shooted in the vilage of mugu district. The film that was submitted at the 72nd academy awards in 1999 is the only nepali film so far to have been nominated for the award. Sep 06, 2016 in the 9movies list of the nomination for the foreign language films in oscar awards 2015, no asian movies have been selected. Award winning movie on the category of the best actress on saarc film festival 2014 as well as winner of national award nepal for best actress. Himalaya caravan it is the only nepali movie which has nominated for oscars and pretty.
This is the official page of radha nepali feature film. Loafer new nepali movie starring aaryan sigdel, dayahang rai. I had read the story jhola before it was made as a movie. Kazi a young aimless man dreams of marrying maiya, a village girl by any means although she wants to go to the city for higher education. The movie will compete in the best foreign movies category. Mar 24, 2015 award winning movie on the category of the best actress on saarc film festival 2014 as well as winner of national award nepal for best actress. An aging chiefs last stand, lessons for the new, and the education of a young chieftobe played against harsh nature in nepals dolpo. List of nepalese submissions for the academy award for best. If you are the fan of nepali movies then here are the best nepali movies of these times. Dec 07, 2017 academy award for best foreign language film submitted nepali movie list. Nepal is among over one hundred countries that have submitted films for consideration for the academy award for best international feature film. Nepali film jhola is based on famous nepali story book jhola by famous nepali writer krishna dharabasi. French director eric valli tells it like a legend, and its one he knows well, and that it is its a simple but quite affecting saga.
The film is based on one of the biggest social issue of nepal sati pratha we have here nepali movie jhola songs, posters, full movie, mp3 songs links. Nepali movie show jhola association of nepalese in quebec. Jhola is the story written by the famous writer krishna dharabasi which is later on used in film making. Caravan made history by being the first nepali film to be nominated for the oscar awards. I have shortlisted the best ten nepali movies to watch on my personal experiences and i am not going on basis of actors, actresses, box office collection. Academy award for best foreign language film submitted nepali movie list. Nepali movies nepali movie, films nepali chalchitra.
The film shot exclusively on the rough mountain terrains of dolpa, the biggest district of nepal, was nominated by the us academy of motion pictures and sciences for the 72nd annual oscar awards 2000 under. The only nepali film nomination in the oscars was eric vallis film himalaya in the 72nd academy awards, 1999. The movie directed by yadav kumar bhattarai features garima pant, desh bhakta khanal, deepak chhetri, laxmi giri, pralhad khatiwada etc. The movie presents the height of violence against women in ancient nepal sati tradition. Nepali movie made on the love story of lesbian couple, soongava. Himalayacaravan is the only nepali movie nominated in oscar. On november 22, 2014, i had a chance to see nepali movie jhola during a screening at the nepali sahitya sanjh organized by a local nepali organization in madison, wisconsin. Bag is a movie based on the story of the same name by krishna dharavasi dharavasi literally translates to one who lives in the earth was the most anticipated movie of 2014. I made this blog gadget miracles already a few years ago, although i am busy working in my office still build this blog for you who need information about gadgets, has very much information that we provide about the will jhola get nominated for foreign film oscar. Khadka raj nepali, sukra raj rokaya, jit bahadur malla, hansha khadka. However, even at a time when newage nepali cinema is characterised by glitzy packaging and fancy camera tricks, this sorrowful tale depicting the cruel and inhuman practice of sati in nepal defies expectations. The film was selected as the nepali entry for the best foreign language film at the 87th academy awards, but was not nominated. No asian films shortlisted in oscar awards including jhola.
The plot set on the nepali society of the time about a century ago. Spending time on movies is the great way to utilize the time. The foreign language film award is handed out annually by the united states academy of motion picture arts and sciences to a featurelength motion picture produced outside the united states that contains. Caravan was filmed in dolpali language much similar to the tibetan, while basain, mask of desire and muna madan were filmed in nepali. A 2014 release movie jhola is based on a story by literature krishna dharabasi titled the same jhola. I would like to talk about sati pratha a heart breaking bitter history of. And why is it acceptable for a man to marry for the second time that was really a painful expression one can hear while watching the 2014 best foreign language oscar submission nepali movie jhola. Movie is about the sati pratha which previously was in practised in nepal until 1920s. Nowadays the trend of uploading nepali movies has been increasing, to get the appropriate movie you can go through the links of the post.
This years set a record in submitting highest number of entries 83 countries to the best foreign language movie in the 87th academy awards 2014. The film shot exclusively on the rough mountain terrains of dolpa, the biggest district of nepal, was nominated by the us academy of motion pictures and sciences for the 72nd annual oscar awards 2000 under the foreign film category, along with four other films including all about my mother from. Although the sati pratha widow burning system was abolished decades ago, jhola is still relevant to todays nepal where, unfortunately, cases of sexual. This is the sixth entry from nepal to the oscar where the. The best 10 nepali movies available on youtube mero kalam.
Top 5 nepali movie to be nominate on oscar award youtube. The movie made on the age old sati tradition, jhola is scheduled to rerelease on april 24, 2015. But this time i am talking about nepali movie jhola which made me think about the future of nepal in cinema. The movie was released on 7th february 2014 all over nepal. Nepali movie jhola was one of the 83 foreign language films initially considered for the selection of the films. Oscar nominated nepali movie caravan himalaya caravan made history by being the first nepali film to be nominated for the oscar awards. Feb 21, 2014 but this time i am talking about nepali movie jhola which made me think about the future of nepal in cinema. The movie is starred with the actors dayahang rai, priyanka karki, a. Speaking on the evil practice of sati, the story of dharavasi had gained immense popularity credit to the radio programme shruti sambeg and genuine. Nepal has selected bulbul as its submission in the international feature film oscar category.
It was the first nepalese film to be nominated in the best foreign film category at the 72nd academy awards the film is a narrative on the both traditions and the impermanent nature of human struggle to retain and express power in the face of the gods. Nepali movie jhola is made on the story in a novel by krishna dharabasi with the same title. Sep 07, 2015 himalaya is a story set against the backdrop of the nepalese himalayas. The another movie, jhola is very different from the movie jhole which takes back the. Oscar submitted nepali movie academy award for best foreign. List of nepalese submissions for the academy award for. Jhola nepali full movie bjs blog, a best place for. Jhola is only the sixth film to be entered into the oscar race by the isolated himalayan nation. Nov, 2016 this video contains top 5 movie that has been nominate on oscar award. The movie was made partly in nepali language and partly in german language. In the race to participate in the 86th academy awards soongava, sanguro, shirish ko phool and badhshala were selected in the first step. With this announcement of december 19, the oscars dream of nepali film jhola has been shattered. Khanal pictures the reality of lowermiddle class people who are allured to the abroad for making money.
A quick glance at jholas synopsis on the films website and few would be excited to watch it. The story writer of the movie, krishna dharabai, was also present during the event. Nepal selects bulbul for international feature film. Though there were seperated from society cast and creed, they were one of the close friend in the village. The movie sent to oscar by the nepali authorities was initially. Oscar nominated nepali movie caravan himalaya boss nepal. Nepali movie portal nepali chalchitra brings you latest nepali movies online, news, movie trailers, music videos, latest releases and upcoming movies. I have shortlisted the best ten nepali movies to watch on my personal. The character in this movie dont talk nepali so the nepali sub title. Now the abolished malpractice of sati pratha, is being put in a nepali movie named jhola. It is about sati culture that was prevalent in the nepalese society until the 1920s in which wife had to immolate herself upon her husbands death, typically on his funeral pyre.
Oscar submitted nepali movie academy award for best. Enjoy these best nepali movies that are available on youtube. Winner national film award, best actress garima panta. This video contains top 5 movie that has been nominate on oscar award. Nepali movie show jhola association of nepalese in. Caravan himalaya in nepali was the first ever film to submitted for oscars from nepal. In jhola an young woman garima pant is married to a man 40 years senior to her. That time, widowed woman had to self immolate on her husband funeral fire to be called a good wife sati for this life. Multiple uploads of the movie might be available in the video hosting site, but they are all unauthorized. Dec 21, 2014 in the 9movies list of the nomination for the foreign language films in oscar awards 2015, no asian movies have been selected. Nepali film jhola 2014 films of nepal nepali movie.
Their lives are thrown into turmoil with the arrival of bibek, a charming young man from the city. Nepals initial submission, caravan, was nominated for an oscar. Nov 19, 2015 nepali movie jhola starring garima pant, deepak chhetri, sujal nepal, deshbhakta khanal, laxmi giri etc. Nepal is among over one hundred countries that have submitted films for consideration for the. Nepali movie jhola is made on the story in a novel by. Nepalese films have been submitted for the academy award for best foreign language film.
The movie has also got the entry for best foreign language film at the 87th academy awards. The film produced by christophe barratier and jacques perrin was directed by eric valli. Kalo pothi the two boy named kiran and prakash lived in a small backwarded village. Nepal picks jhola for foreign language oscar race variety.