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Pooja, Sir

01:58:00|Nepal, Norway, U.S.A.

Director:

Deepak Rauniyar

Country:

Nepal, Norway, U.S.A.

Film Duration:

01:58:00

Language:

Nepali

Producer:

Asha Magrati, Rambabu Gurung, Alan R Milligan

Screenwriter:

Deepak Rauniyar, David Barker, Asha Magrati

DoP:

Sheldon Chau

Editor:

J. Him Lee, Alex Gurvits

Cast:

Asha Magrati, Nikita Chandak, Dayahang Rai, Bijay Baral, Aarti Mandal, Reecha Sharma, Ghanshyam Mishra, Parmeshwor Kumar Jha, Gaumaya Gurung, Pashupati Rai, Niraj Shrestha

Synopsis

When two boys are kidnapped in a border town in Nepal, Detective Inspector Pooja is sent from Kathmandu to solve the case, forcing her to leave her wife and her ailing father behind. But when she arrives to investigate, the brewing political unrest and violent protests throw her off course, and she is forced to seek help from Mamata, a local Madhesi policewoman. By putting aside systemic racial and homophobic discrimination and pushing through everyday misogyny, the women solve the case—but at what personal cost? Inspired by real events which took place in Southern Nepal during the 2015 race protests.

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Deepak Rauniyar

Director

Deepak Rauniyar is a Nepalese director, writer and producer. He is one of the few internationally acclaimed cinema directors from Nepal. He rose to prominence in 2012 as the director of Highway, the first Nepali movie to be screened at a major international festival – the Berlin International Film Festival.

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