After a decade-long civil war that cost more than 13,000 lives, the Maoists have come into the front-line, to compete in the national election for the Constituent Assembly.
MIN BHAM – BANSULLI (THE FLUTE) [SHORT FILM]
Nepal, 15′
Nikita Budhthapa, Ghanashyam Giri, Naresh Bhandari
Amid the political changes going to take place in the pristine kingdom of the Himalaya, the life of Bijuli, a 12 years old girl in the remote west of Karnali, is also about to change forever. Bansulli is a journey of hopes and desires, against the social stigma that still prevails in Nepal.
Director’s Statement
I can smell alpine pines and fresh lush meadows, chill Himalayan breeze passing through me and making me realize how wonderful this place is where I am born. With time, I have seen the dark aspects of my life and society which are drowned in poverty, illiteracy, and taboo where there is a tall mountain standing between Male and Female aspirations. All of this thought, self-exploration of pain, happiness, and learnings brought me to create Bansulli.
