A Specimen of Movie Review on 'Jhola'

                     Title of the movie: Jhola

Director: Yadav Kumar Bhattari
Producers: Raj Timalsina, Ram Gopal Thapa and Sushil Shah
Starring: Garima Panta, Desh Bhakta Khanal, Sujal Nepal, Laxmi Giri and Deepak Chhetri.
Genre: Social
Duration: 90 minutes
Language: Nepali
Release Date:7 December  2013

Thola' is a Nepali film based on Krishna Dharawasi's short story "Jhola It has depicted Nepali society about the Sati tradition that was prevalent until the 1920s. The film has beautifully presented the issues of violenc against women. "Has Nepalese society really passed through such inhi man tradition?" is the question every youngster wonders about.








 The plot develops with the death of Garima's husband in which she has to immolate herself upon her husband's death, typically on his funeral pyre. She is supposed to be burnt alive with the dead body of her husband ac cording to the tradition. However, she escapes the fire and hides in a cave The help of her son fascinates the audience.

Almost all the scenes seem ealistic and historical. Traditional tools like dhiki, janto, madaani, etc. give traditional look in the film. Similarly tra ditional lights like ranko, diyalo and fire place represent ancient environ- ment to the spectators. In addition to Sati tradition, the movie also touches Kamara Kamarila kind of slavery) tradition. What a beautiful cinematog raphy it is! I think costumes of the artists and the leaf music in traditional tunes touch the heart of every one present in the cinema hall. Garima's natural appearance, her role and her acting are spellbinding and add to the beauty of the movie.

This is a must watch movie. Don't miss it.