DARPAN CHAYA, MOVIE THAT CHANGED THE CONCEPT OF ROMANCE

Darpan Chaya ( is a 2001 Nepalese musical romantic film directed by Tulsi Ghimire, starring Dilip Rayamajhi, Niruta Singh, Uttam Pradhan, and Tulsi Ghimire. Darpan Chaya is regarded as one of the best movies of the Nepali film industry that talks about love and friendship. This movie was at the top of the list of highest-grossing Nepali films until its record was suppressed by the movie Kohinoorin 2014. Being one of the most critically and commercially acclaimed movies, it is still the most loved movie of Nepal. Due to the success of the movie, the main leads of the movie i.e. Niruta Singh and Dilip Rayamajhi can in limelight whereas Uttam Pradhan, who debuted from the movie also became popular.

The film is about the friendship of two best friends, Raj and Abhi. They are college students. Though Abhi is blind, Raj takes all his care. On the day of the new session of college, they meet a new student named Smriti. Abhi has a good friendship with Smriti, but Raj and Smriti have a bad starting. Once the college plans for a picnic where all the students were coming. When Raj comes to know that Smriti is coming he denies coming. But his friends force to come. At the picnic when all the boys go swimming, Smriti and her friends hide their clothes which they had left with Abhi. When Abhi comes to know that clothes were gone, it was too late and girls had already left by bus. All the boys now didn't know the way and were wearing leaves of itchy plants which brings an allergy to Raj. The next morning they return back by a truck.

When the principal of the college comes to know about this, he scolds Smriti, as Raj was about to participate in the basketball competition and was the main player of the team. When Smriti hears this, she apologizes to Raj. Soft-hearted Raj easily forgives her, as his friends were also asking to do so. After this incident, the trio becomes very good friends. When basketball was going on Smriti cheers for Raj and with that, he easily wins the competition.

Now Abhi is shown as the secret admirer of Smriti as she was very close to him. On the other hand, Raj also starts developing a soft corner for Smriti. Abhi proposes to Smriti by confronting his mother. Smriti, in great shock, leaves his house. The next day, Raj also proposes Smriti, which poses a great dilemma. She says to Raj that they are just good friends and she loved Abhi. To Abhi, she says that she loved Raj more than him. Both of the boys are left with broken hearts. One day, Smriti invites both of them to dinner, and Abhi says that Raj was the reason for the blindness of Abhi as he was the one due to whom the accident occurred and he lost his vision. After this incident, both boys stop going to college. When Abhi's mother comes to know about what Smriti said, she meets with Raj's parents and everything gets sorted out between them. They then go to college to meet Smriti. But when they go to college, they come to know that Smriti has cancer of the last stage and has no chance of life. Hearing this they rushed to hospital where Smriti was in I.C.U. and she had left a letter for them. The letter said that she came to know she had cancer just a day before when Abhi purposed her. So she didn't want an end of their friendship. She asks Abhi to transplant her eyes to his and asks Raj to be strong and always takes care of Abhi and never lets her eyes cry. When both of them finish reading the letter the doctor says that Smriti is no more. All her colleagues and the duo cry bitterly while Raj asks her to open her eyes. A pair of eyes are shown opened which were of Abhi, who could see now. The film ends when Raj says that in that way both wrote that novel.

 

Tulsi Ghimire is the person who makes every person act. This is one of the beautiful movies. Romance, comedy, relationship and good songs are the beautiful aspects of this movie. This is the movie that changed the track of romance and love story. This movie talks about love and the relationship between good friendships. Not only this, the movie talks about sacrifices. This movie had made me cry too. This movie has emotional aspects too.