Kalo Pothi: The Black Hen

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Kalo Pothi: The Black Hen
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Min Bahadur Bham
Screenplay by	Min Bahadur Bham & Abinash Bikram Shah
Story by	Min Bahadur Bham Abinash Bikram Shah Santosh Bhattarai Kushang Rai
Produced by	Anna Katchko Tsering Rhitar Sherpa Min Bahadur Bham Debaki Rai Catherine Dussart Anup Thapa
Starring	Khadka Raj Nepali Sukraj Rokaya Jit Bahadur Malla Benisha Hamal Hansa Khadka Nanda Prashad Khatri Bipin Karki Praween Khatiwada
Music by	Jason Kunwar
Production companies	Shooney Films (Nepal) Mila Productions (Nepal) Kaldhungi Films (Nepal) Tandem Production (Germany) CDP (France)
Distributed by	WIDE Management (FRANCE)
Release dates	4 September 2015 (2015-09-04) (Venice) 3 June 2016 (2016-06-03) (Nepal)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Nepal
Language	Nepali
Budget	रु 30 Million
Box office	रु 100,690,340

Kalo Pothi: The Black Hen (Nepali: Kalo Pothi) is a 2015 drama film directed by Min Bahadur Bham and produced by Anna Katchko, Tsering Rhitar Sherpa, Min Bahadur Bham, Debaki Rai, Catherine Dussart and Anup Thapa.

The story takes place in Mugu, a district in north-west Nepal in 2001 during the Nepalese civil war (1996–2006). It is the first Nepali film to be screened at the Venice Film Festival.^[1]^[2] It was selected as the Nepalese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.^[3] It is also the highest grossing Nepali film in overseas and one of the highest-grossing films in Nepal.

Plot

The film is based on a journey embarked by two friends, Prakash and Kiran, belonging to different castes in search of a missing hen, unaware of the tyranny brought by the fragile ceasefire during the Nepalese civil war.

Cast

Khadka Raj Nepali as Prakash
Sukraj Rokaya as Kiran
Jit Bahadur Malla as Prakash's father
Benisha Hamal as Kiran's sister
Hansa Khadka as Prakash's sister
Nanda Prashad Khatri
Bipin Karki
Praween Khatiwada

Reception

The film opened to generally positive reviews. Sophia Pande of Nepali Times wrote that the film is "an example of the new wave of Nepali cinema, the kind that chooses to portray stories with truth and heart, over melodrama and action".^[4] The Himalayan Times wrote in its review: "A mixture of tragedy and comedy, while portraying the brother-sister bond, friendship, caste-based discrimination and the then time of Maoist insurgency in the country, Kalo Pothi has been made with finesse".^[5] Clarence Tsui of The Hollywood Reporter wrote "Bolstered by stirring performances from his cast, Bham and his crew have produced an evocative piece about harsh lives unraveling in a war-torn, rustic land. Mixing moments of humor and tragedy, along with realism and the ethereal — the latter embodied in fantastic dream sequences illustrating Prakash’s suppressed feelings of grief and loss — Black Hen is an effective showcase of a promising filmmaker in flight".^[6]

Awards

Best Film at Venice International Film Festival, Critics Week, 2015

References

^ "Kalo Pothi First Nepali film to screen at Venice Film Festival". myrepublica.com. 2 June 2015.
^ "Kalo Pothi at Venice Film Fest". The Himalayan Times. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^ Holdsworth, Nick (6 September 2016). "Oscars: Nepal Selects 'Kalo Pothi (The Black Hen)' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
^ "Kalo Pothi". Nepali Times. 17–23 June 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
^ "Grim picture of war". The Himalayan Times. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
^ "'Kalo Pothi, the Black Hen': Filmart/Hong Kong Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.

External links

Kalo Pothi: The Black Hen at IMDb

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