Suntali

Nepali movie: Suntali is a story of beautiful and a mysterious girl in a sleepy village with a powerful and wicked matriarch. Based on an old saying, "Your sins return to roost from the rooftops", it is a tale of revenge and vengeance. Directed by Bhaskar Dhungana, the film features Priyanka Karki in the lead role as Suntali and Suryamala Khanal as Suvedarni or Chinmaya. Other important characters include Karma and Arpan Thapa. Suntali was selected for the Busan International Film Festival, one of the largest film festivals in Asia. As for much of the part the movie, a thief (although it was not mentioned, he looked like a thief) was always tied up with a hawaldar (junior post of police), but when the hawaldar was shot at the climax, the prisoner was not with him. May be they could have showed something for this. Also, the movie tries to create a difficult situation for Suntali as Bihari looked to blackmailing her but they never explain how Bihari finds Suntali or how she is trapped and the mystery is still lurking in my head. Also, it was known in the climax that Suntali was back for her vengeance on Subedarni but I was not much satisfied with her revenge. The script could have been more than this. Suntali is a well made movie, with different approach of storytelling, but because of not so striking story, it's difficult to recommend anyone. Watch the movie it at your own risk.....