Mukundo (2000)

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MUKUNDO (MASK OF DESIRE) is a stormy and sensuous exploration of shamanic ritual, female desire, and forbidden love in modern-day Nepal. If you enjoyed the 2002 hit film, The Fast Runner, you’ll love this movie, which was shortlisted for the 2000 Foreign Language Oscar.

The movie has been screened in many film festivals around the globe and has made USA tour in 2009 screened in many states University Auditoriums in coordination with Nepali students. The movie is not only gifted with its unorthodox storyline but also with the finest actors in the industry. Mithilia Sharma & Gauri Malla, both are synonyms for pinnacle of acting in Nepali movies.

While watching the movie, you will not a time feel like you are watching some mediocre movie with Rajesh Hamal or Rekha Thapa.

Synopsis

Dipak and Saraswati live a simple life in Kathmandu. A devoted father and an adoring husband, Dipak works as a security guard, while Saraswati happily tends to traditional housework. Their home is modest, and their two girls are happy. Life would be perfect for the pregnant mother if only she could give her husband a son. Desperate in her desire, on the advice of a stranger, Saraswati prays to a new spirit with miraculous results. When the blessing turns to tragedy, the distraught couple appeals to Gita, a jhangrini or healer, revered as a powerful spirit medium. Gita’s own crisis of faith and, perhaps, her stunning beauty, forces all three to a dizzying climax, leaving the lines between secular and spiritual desires eerily blurred.

Cast & Crew

Directed by: Tsering Rhitar Sherpa
Written by: Kshang Chetang
Producer: Tsering Rhitar Sherpa

Cast: Mithila Sharma, Ratan Subedi, Nirmal Pyakurel, Rama Thapalia

Film Festivals

Screened in the following International Film Festivals.

Considered for Best Foreign Language Film (Nepal) at the Academy Awards, 2000
3rd Asian Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan 10th ­ 20th Dec.,1999
Goteberg International Film Festival, Sweden 28th Jan ­ 6th Feb., 2000
Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland 12th ­ 19th March, 2000
San Francisco International Film Festival, USA 20th April ­ 4th May, 2000
Fukuoka International Film Festival, Japan 8th ­ 16th September, 2000
Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada 22nd Sept ­ 5th October, 2000
Mumbai International Film Festival, India 20th ­ 29th November, 2000

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