I have been fortunate enough to visit Nepal a couple of times in my childhood. When you think of the Himalayan nation, cinema is not the first thing that comes to mind, despite the existence of the charming and elegant daughter of Nepal, Manisha Koirala. Meeting representatives of Kathmandu-based sales agents, Mountain River Films, at various film markets across Asia sparked my interest in cinema from that region. They are passionate people who talked a good game, and moreover, followed up our conversations by sending me links to some key contemporary Nepalese films.The emergence of the Maoist movement in the 1990s saw the decline of local productions, and once matters were somewhat resolved in the 2000s, cinema arose again. Like we have seen in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, looking back on a period of conflict always gives rise to great cinema, and Nepal is no different. Samten Bhutia’s Taandro (2015), for example, one of the films that Mountain River Films is championing, follows Koshish, who belongs to an underground Maoist group that is endeavouring to overthrow the government and establish a republic.
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