Kohi…mero

My writer friend (Prawin Adhikari), who penned the story and wrote the screenplay as well, got forty of us (mates from school, writer fraternity and their pluses and plus’s pluses) to an evening screening of Kohi… mero yesterday. I did recall some bits of the story from last year in September, when he narrated it as he kept me company in the hospital. I was eagerly looking forward to watching this movie.

Kohi Mero poster: Jharana Bajracharya, Sanchita Luitel, Aryan Sigdel, Subash Thapa
Kohi Mero poster from http://www.kohimero.com/

I and a few others arrived just in time to cheer Prawin as the opening credits rolled in. I would have whistled out loud, but this is a skill I have yet to master.

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The age of Stupid

I spent a greater half of yesterday evening reading about a to-be-released film –The age of  Stupid from director Franny Armstrong (of Mclibel and Baked Alaska) and producer John Battsek. A brief synopsis posted on the web summarises of an archivist played by Pete Postlethwaite (from In the name of Read more…

Sicko!!

Happened to watch it after quite some time (the movie being released for quite some time and everything). Its definitely an eye opener, though. The movie was not great to start with, but after a while it picked up. Shortly into the movie, you covet a socialized healthcare scheme in Read more…