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Kalo Pothi: The Black Hen (Nepali: Kalo Pothi) is a 2015 drama film directed by Min Bahadur Bham and produced by Anna Katchko, Tsering Rhitar Sherpa, Min Bahadur Bham, Debaki Rai, Catherine Dussart and Anup Thapa.
The story takes place in Mugu, a district in north-west Nepal in 2001 during the Nepalese civil war (1996–2006). It is the first Nepali film to be screened at the Venice Film Festival. It was selected as the Nepalese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. It is also the highest grossing Nepali film in overseas and one of the highest-grossing films in Nepal.




Plot


The film is based on a journey embarked by two friends, Prakash and Kiran, belonging to different castes in search of a missing hen, unaware of the tyranny brought by the fragile ceasefire during the Nepalese civil war.




Cast


Khadka Raj Nepali as Prakash
Sukraj Rokaya as Kiran
Jit Bahadur Malla as Prakash's father
Benisha Hamal as Kiran's sister
Hansa Khadka as Prakash's sister
Nanda Prashad Khatri
Bipin Karki
Praween Khatiwada




Reception


The film opened to generally positive reviews. Sophia Pande of Nepali Times wrote that the film is "an example of the transformation of Nepali cinema, the kind that chooses to portray stories with truth and heart, over melodrama and action". The Himalayan Times wrote in its review: "A mixture of tragedy and comedy, while portraying the brother-sister bond, friendship, caste-based discrimination and the then time of Maoist insurgency in the country, Kalo Pothi has been made with finesse". Clarence Tsui of The Hollywood Reporter wrote "Bolstered by stirring performances from his cast, Bham and his crew have produced an evocative piece about harsh lives unraveling in a war-torn, rustic land. Mixing moments of humor and tragedy, along with realism and the ethereal — the latter embodied in fantastic dream sequences illustrating Prakash’s suppressed feelings of grief and loss — Black Hen is an effective showcase of a promising filmmaker in flight".




Awards


Best Film at Venice International Film Festival, Critics Week, 2015




See also


List of submissions to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
List of Nepalese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film




References






External links


Kalo Pothi: The Black Hen at IMDb

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• The Black Hen
• Daftar perwakilan pada Penghargaan Akademi ke-89 untuk Film Berbahasa Asing Terbaik
• Kalo Pothi: The Black Hen
• Min Bahadur Bham
• List of Nepalese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
• Bipin Karki
• Abinash Bikram Shah
• Tsering Rhitar Sherpa
• List of submissions to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• 72nd Venice International Film Festival
• Pashupati Prasad
• 69th Locarno Film Festival