Jhola

Jhola

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Jhola
Directed by Yadav Kumar Bhattarai
Produced by Malati Shah, Ram Gopal Thapa, Raj Timalsina & Shusil Shah
Written by Krishna Dharabasi
Based on "Jhola" by Krishna Dharabasi
Starring Garima Panta, Desh Bhakta Khanal, Sujal Nepal, Laxmi Giri & Deepak Chhetri
Cinematography Deepak Bajracharya[1]
Release dates
  • 7 December 2013 (2013-12-07)
Running time
90 minutes
Country Nepal
Language Nepali

Jhola (Nepali: झोला) is a 2014 Nepali film based on the story by literature Krishna Dharabasi about the Sati culture that was prevalent in Nepali society until the 1920s in which a wife had to immolate herself upon her husband's death, typically on his funeral pyre. For her role, actress Garima Panta won Best Actress award at SAARC Film Festival held in Sri Lanka, 2014.[2][3][4] The film was selected as the Nepali entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[5]

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References

  1. IMDB
  2. Sunaina Rana. "Jhola". Nepali Times. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  3. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3700482/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt
  4. "Intl film festival in Nepal from Jan 27". ekantipur.com. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  5. "Nepal Picks ‘Jhola’ for Foreign Language Oscar Race". Variety. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

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