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Panchayat (2017)
Directed by Shivam Adhikari
Drama, History · 2h 18m
A film that revolves around a girl who confronts social taboos of the Chhaupadi tradition, which prohibits Hindu women and girls from participating in normal family activities while menstruating as they are considered “impure”. Set in the seventies, the film’s title refers to Nepal’s Panchayat system of self-rule, which was abolished in 1990.
Cast
Neeta Dhungana
Saroj Khanal
Rupa Rana
Bishal Pahari
Crew
- Director
- Shivam Adhikari
- Writer
- Shivam Adhikari
- Director of Photography
- Rameshwor Karki
- Editor
- Bipin Malla
- Producer
- Shankar Subedi, Sushant Kumar Shrestha
Details
- Original title
- पंचायत
- Release date
- 2017-12-31
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- NE
- Spoken languages
- Nepali
- Countries
- Nepal
- Production
- Kalawati Films, Nilam Films, Hetauda Movie Maker Team