PASHUPATI PRASAD

Pashupati Prasad is a 2016 Nepali social satirical film directed by Dipendra K Khanal and written by Khagendra Lamichhane. The film stars Khagendra Lamichhane and Barsha Shivakoti in lead roles.

PLOT

The film features the struggle of a poor guy who lost his parents in the earthquake, comes to Kathmandu to earn his living and pay off the debt own by his late father.

The young Pashupati Prasad (Khagendra Lamicchane) is irate about his name given by the Meet Uncle (Prakash Ghimire) and teased by his friends. Pashupati’s parents give birth after visiting Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu.

After the earthquake of April 2015 and his parents killed, the investor urges Pashupati to pay the loan taken and threatens to take the field. Pashupati, now grown and determined to repay his debts, moves to Kathmandu. He meets Meet Uncle, a ghate in Pashupatinath and drunkard, who eventually takes Pashupati to his shelter.

Pashupati needs work to earn money and the Bhasme Don (Bipin Karki) doesn’t want him to interfere in daily tasks. Bhasme bullies the innocent Pashupati but is afraid of Hanuman Ji (Rabindra Singh Baniya). Pashupati befriends Hanuman Ji, who earns money by taking photographs with visitors. Similarly, due to his helpful nature, he meets Aama, who was abandoned by her children and lives in Briddhashram. He respects her as his mother and even gives her his daily collection to save.

Pashupati sees Bunu (Barsha Siwakoti) during a photograph session with Hanuman Ji and falls in love.

Pashupati is recruited by a local dealer and sent again to collect wood with Bhasme Don. Bhasme tries to find a way to kick out Pashupati and can convince while making marijuana by the dealer. Pashupati is again recruited to sell sarees which pays him a little more than his previous assignments.

During the course, he meets a graduate who sells street food. Pashupati also wants to sell street food and asks if he can get a stall. He then goes to take money from his saving only to find that Meet Uncle has used it for liquor. He is frustrated and goes to the banks of the Bagmati. At the river, he finds a deceased person's gold ring and tries to sell it. But the shopkeepers don’t want to take it as he has no proof of ownership. Some try to give him a nominal amount of cash but he refuses. The shopkeeper who he meets at the beginning of the film then accuses him of theft and the mob kills him.

In the climax of the scene, Hanuman Ji is revealed to be a government official who had embezzled a huge amount of money. Aama waits for her adopted son Pashupati to give her belongings instead of her son. Bunu, not knowing of his untimely death, waits desperately for the cheerful and hardworking guy. Even Bhasme Don feels sorry for Pashupati. Meet Uncle pays the debt to the investor in the village.

REVIEW

This is one of the best Nepali movies until now. The story is so simple with the real one which touches the heart of the audience. Not only the story but the acting of all the characters is more than the excellent.

Audiences get engaged through the whole movie with emotional attachment. They feel an emotional attachment to the lifestyle, language, and regular struggle of lower-class people. Dipendra Khanal’s story is related to linear, traditional narration style which makes the audience easy and simple to understand. The native language of Lisankhu village reflects the beauty of the village. The main character Khagendra Lamichhane, Parkash Ghimire, Bipin, Rabindra, and Barsh has done beautiful acting. Among them, I loved the acting of Khagenda Lamichhane, Bipin Kakri, and  Rabindra Singh Baniya. Bipin Kakri as Bhasme Don is too good to watch. He has done remarkable acting in the movie.

Due to the story, acting and cinematography, I love this movie. This is one of my favourite Nepali movies until now.