One only presumes Lamsal is a student, but why are Bhatta and Dhakal troubled? In two and a half hours of worthlessly captured cinematic moments, “Nigarani” adds another charade to the Nepali film industry.[break]
The film begins and ends sourly. A waste of time, energy and money would be less to describe what the film has to say.
Sushil Pokharel seems to have watched a dozen commercial Hindi films, picked up tiny scenes and dialogues from each one of them to write a lousy drama that has nothing to say.
Rajendra Upreti, the director, is merely lost.
The poster has a tiny corner that shows Maruti cement as the main sponsor of the film. Aditya (Mukesh Dhakal) and Arjun (Biraj Bhatta) possess unnatural strengths.
Both of them are introduced in the films with cigarette puffs. Arunima Lamsal (Janvi) even stores one of Aditya’s cigarettes as a token of love.
When the film begins, it shows an honest, homeless kid trying to make ends meet.
He’s an outcast for being honest, and when he’s adopted by a kind couple, they are killed by another kid who wants to loot them.
Hilarious or pathetic is the word that can describe the screenplay.
Each scene has been stitched in to create a dysfunctional story that jumps from past to present.
No attention has been paid to detailing. When Janvi is painting Aditya, she’s moving her paintbrush on his photograph.
When the male protagonists are fighting the goons, they land up perfectly on tables and smash pillars clearly built for the fighting scene.
Aditya’s dialogues are derogatory. Janvi terms him ‘rude boy’ and falls for his selfish attitude.
Keshar, the villain in the film, leaves one confused. Should he be laughed at or must one be afraid of him? Sabbu (Jenisha KC), who is a crime journalist in the film, hovers around her love interest throughout the film, trying to woo him.
When she finally does, she’s killed mercilessly. Inspector Arjun (Biraj Bhatta) spends a couple of minutes caressing her dead body.
Time and space have no meaning in the film. When Sabbu and Arjun say that they are meeting in Baneshwar, the scene is Pashupatinath, Guheswari. A scene supposedly shot in Pokhara shifts to City Centre in Kathmandu.
The actors dance on serene hills and in front of crystal clear watersprouts. But for what? Forced-in songs, silly costumes and an unbelievable story, Nigarani only gives you that.
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