Pashupati Prasad

Pashupati Prasad
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Directed by	Dipendra K Khanal
Screenplay by	Khagendra Lamichhane
Starring	Khagendra Lamichhane Barsha Shiwakoti Bipin Karki (Bhashme Don) Rabindra Singh Baniya(Hanumanji) Sushil Pandey Uttam Neupane
Cinematography	Niraj Kadel
Edited by	Dirgha Khadka
Production company	Tukee arts
Release date	29 January 2016
Running time	135 m
Country	Nepal
Language	Nepali

A story about a guy who lost his parents in earthquake and comes to kathmandu carrying a dream of paying his parents debt and settling his life where he faces different conflicts and situations.

Plot

The film features struggle of a poor guy who lost his parents in earthquake, comes to Kathmandu to earn his living and pay off the debt own by his late father .^[1]

The young Pashupati Prasad (Khagendra Lamicchane) is irate about his name given by the Meet Uncle (Praksh Ghimire) and teased by his friends. Pashupati’s parents give birth after visiting Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu.

After the earthquake of April 2015 and his parents killed, the investor urges Pashupati to pay the loan taken and threatens to take the field. Pashupati, now a grownup and determined to pay back the debts, moves to Kathmandu. He meets Meet Uncle, a ghate in Pashupatinath and drunkard, who after several ignorance, takes Pashupati to his shelter.

Pashupati needs a work to earn money and the Bhasme Don (Bipin Karki) doesn’t want him to interfere in the daily tasks. Bhasme bullies the innocent Pashupati but is afraid of the Hanuman Ji (Rabindra Singh Baniya). Pashupati befriends Hanuman Ji, who earns money by taking photographs with the visitors. Similarly due to his helpful nature, he meets Aama, who is left by her children and lives in Briddhashram. He respects her like his mother and even gives his daily collection for saving.

Pashupati sees Bunu (Barsha Siwakoti) during the photograph session with Hanuman Ji and falls in love.

Pashupati is recruited by local dealer and sent again to collect wood with Bhasme Don. Bhasme tries to find a way out to kick out Pashupati and is able to convince while making Marijuana by the dealer. Pashupati is again recruited to sell the Sarees which gives him little more money than his previous assignments.

During the course, he meets a graduate who sells street food. Pashupati also want to sell street food and asks if he can get the stall. He then goes to take money from his saving only to find that Meet Uncle have used it for liquor. He is frustrated and goes to the banks of Bagmati. He gets the golden ring of the deceased person thrown and goes to sell it. But the shopkeepers don’t want to take it as he has no bill. Some try to give him mere cash but he refuses. The shopkeeper who he meets in the beginning of the cinema then accuses him of theft and the mob kills him.

In the climax of the scene, the Hanuman Ji is revealed to be the government officer who embezzled huge amount of money. Aama waits for the adopted son Pashupati to give her belongings instead of her own son. Bunu not knowing the unlikely death, wait desperately for the cheering and hardworking guy. Even Bhasme Don feels sorry for Pashupati. Meet Uncle pays the debt to the investor in the village.

Pashupati Prasad is a 2016 Nepali social satirical film directed by Dipendra K Khanal and written by Khagendra Lamichhane.The film stars Khagendra Lamichhane and Barsha Shivakoti in lead roles .^[2][3][4] The film features struggle of poor people to pay off the debt. It was nominated for the Nepalese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards along with Ko afno and The Black Hen where The Black Hen was selected for the entry.^[5][6] After a huge loss in his movie Vigllante 3D(The first Nepali 3D movie). Dipendra K Khanal when to depression and started visiting Pashupatinath temple. He saw many problems there and thought about releasing the movie related to all the issue he saw there. When he made the script and gave his friends to read, his friend told that the movie would not get a good response, but he did not listen to his friend and started shooting the movie and it got a very good response from all the viewers.

After Pashupati Prasad became one of the most successful movies in the history of Nepalese movie, the same team with director Dipendra K Khanal and Khagendra Lamichhane is making a new movie based on social drama Dhanapati .

Cast & Crew

• Khagendra Lamichhane as Pashupati Prasad
• Barsha Shivakoti as Bunu
• Bipin Karki as Bhasme Don
• Prakash Ghimire as Meet Uncle
• Rabindra Singh Baniya as Hanuman Ji
• Sound design Sound mixer Uttam Neupane

Songs

All tracks written by Anupam.

Reception

The film opened with positive reviews.As per IMDb, the film received 9.5 stars out of 10. The Himalayan Times wrote in its review: With a gripping storyline, the movie keeps you glued to your seat. The portrayal of recent earthquake and its effects on a man’s life, have been done brilliantly.^[1]

Awards

Pashupati Prasad was one of the critically acclaimed movies of 2016 . The film bagged many awards including Best story, Best Director and Best film .

References

External links

• Pashupati Prasad on IMDb