Suntali

2014 Nepali black-comedy film

Suntali

Theatrical release poster

Nepali| सुन्तली
Directed by| Bhaskar Dhungana
Produced by| Bhaskar Dhungana
Jaya Shah
Prachanda Shrestha
Starring| Priyanka Karki
Karma Shakya
Sushma Karki
Bipin Karki
Pramod Agrahari
Narrated by| Madan Krishna Shrestha
Cinematography| Andra Belisiya

Production
company

Blue Poppy Films

Release date

* October 2014 (2014-10) (Busan)

Country| Nepal
Language| Nepali

Suntali (Nepali: सुन्तली) is a 2014 Nepali black-comedy film, directed by Bhaskar Dhungana. The film is produced by Bhaskar Dhungana, Jaya Shah, and Prachanda Shrestha under the banner of Blue Poppy Films. It stars Priyanka Karki, Karma Shakya, Sushma Karki, Bipin Karki, and Pramod Agrahari. The film follows Suntali's relationship with Sundar.

## Contents

* 1 Plot
* 2 Cast
* 3 Release and reception
* 3.1 Awards and nominations
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Plot[edit]

A matriarch of a village in Nepal, is arranging his son Sundar's wedding. Suntali, Sundar's old friend, comes to the village, and she rekindle their relationship. The matriarch starts to plans to destroy her.

## Cast[edit]

* Priyanka Karki as Suntali
* Karma Shakya as Sundar
* Sushma Karki as Buxom Babe
* Bipin Karki as Bidur
* Pramod Agrahari as Bajrang
* Madan Krishna Shrestha as narrator

## Release and reception[edit]

Suntali premiered at the 19th Busan International Film Festival in October 2014 on the Window on Asian Cinema category.[1][2]

Abhimanyu Dixit of The Kathmandu Post wrote, "Dhungana proved that he was a proficient maker that too in his debut film".[3] Sophia Pande of Nepali Times wrote, "Suntali is quite the pleasure for those of us who have cringed in the theaters while watching Nepali films in the past".[4] Niranjan Kunwar of The Record wrote "Suntali is a simple, yet beautiful film. And it's the simplest beauty that can be the most powerful".[5] The staff of Onlinekhabar wrote, "True to its form, Suntali combined these two to a certain degree of success. But the audience couldn't warm up to this as most failed to recognise the clever juxtaposition of these forms".[6]

### Awards and nominations[edit]

Year  | Award  | Category  | Recipient  | Result  | Ref.

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2017  | Film Critics Society of Nepal  | Best Actress  | Priyanka Karki | Won  | [7][8][9]
Best Cinematographer  | Andra Belisiya  | Won

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Welcoming Suntali – Hall of frame – Friday Weekly". fridayweekly.com.np. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
2. ^ "Suntali | Festival International de Films de Fribourg". www.fiff.ch. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
3. ^ "Nine trends that defined Nepali films in the past decade". kathmandupost.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
4. ^ Pande, Sophia. "Suntali | Must See | Nepali Times". archive.nepalitimes.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
5. ^ Kunwar, Niranjan (28 February 2015). "A familiar tale, told a new". The Record. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
6. ^ "'Kalo Pothi' movie review: A triumph of Nepali cinema". OnlineKhabar. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
7. ^ Republica. "Critics award on Nov 22". My Republica. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
8. ^ "Film Critics' Awards distributed". kathmandupost.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
9. ^ Dhungana, Smriti. "Cine artists felicitated with critics award (Photo feature)". My Republica. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

## External links[edit]

* Suntali at IMDb