Tossing Up:KUSUMERUMAL and MERO EUTA SAATHI CHA

Media is gung-ho about two movie releases, Mero Euta Saathi Cha and new Kusumerumal, slated to be released this Dasain. Do Mero Euta Saathi Cha and Kusumerumal live up to the expectations? Hmmm....I'm little confused and undecided whether to watch Kusumerumal, or to watch Mero Euta Saathi Cha. Though undecided, i 've this decided article on them - Mero Euta Saathi Cha and new Kusumerumal.

Mero Euta Saathi Cha and new Kusumerumal, both are new young generations films on block by the first time young directors Sudarshan thapa and Nirak poudel respectively. If Mero Euta Saathi Cha is a continual effort of Sudarshan Thapa after his hit series HOUSE FULL in Kantipur T.V, Kusumerumal is a education experimentation of OXFORD UNIVERSITY by Nirak Poudel. Mero Euta has an established casting coup of Aryan Sigdel, Namrata Shrestha and Jivan Luitel where as Kusumerumal stars the arrival of Niraj Baral and Rubi Bhattarai,along with Usha Rajak (though she is tested earlier).

Mero Euta embarks director Sudarshan Thapa's penchant for elaborate sets,locals and gloss. And it is evident with its teasers. Mero Euta Saathi Cha promos promises of having a well made candid entertainer. Mero Euta Saathi Cha has the feel of being very passionate and intimately intense. However, if the music of Mero Euta Saathi Cha is any indication, Sudarshan seems to be standing on a winning post , and has the Nepali pop kind of feel.


Will Aryan Sigdel or Namrata Shrestha exude the requisite charm to pull in the audiences?

Wait and watch.


Kusumerumal is a continuation of old Box office bluckbuster Kusumerumal played by Bhuwan K.c and Tripti Nadkar alongside Udit Narayan Jha. The film is backed up by gopi krishna movie and Uddab Poudel the original producer of years back Kusumerumal. The only change in this new chapater is the director Nirak Poudel. There's no Tulasi Ghimire calling the shot,who is the director of years back KUSUMERUMAL and no Ranjit Gajmer(original music director) fining the tunes of the tracks . Here the music director has been replaced by Souryajeet Baskota, son to Sambhujeet Baskota. With the promos of Kusumerumal, it is indicated that it's a light entertainer. The music is already a hit amongst youngesters though it's a rehash of the same years back movie. "KUSUMERUMAL is a sure shot hit and will take box office on fire. Not a single film would stand it race if it clashes with the realese of KUSUMERUMAL." said one of the young-reknown- film -maker in town. Hmm...sounds good.

Though unpedictable story lines , both movie shares the tragic end of the prominent character,the heroine, as per the close resources. Kusumerumal is a 35 m.m bonanza with a 1.5 digital sorround sound where as Mero Euta Saathi Cha is a 2k venture with virgin locals and a surprise appearance included.

Well only time will tell, whether both the films re-write box-office history; one thing that they have already re-written is the hype surrounding a film.

Though it seems ‘hype’ is never enough, as Clarissa Dickson Wright quoted “In the 20th century, the French managed to get a death on the myth that they produce the world’s best food. The hype has been carefully orchestrated, despite the fact that the most popular food in the last quarter has undoubtedly been Italian, the French have managed to maintain that mental grip.”

So sample this

• Namrata becomes heart throbe of hundreds wanna be.

• Aaditya Narayan Jha is humming his dad known by Udit Narayan Jha's year back hit song Maya ko bari ma once again.


Well, both these directors are leaving no stone unturned in going out of their way to promote themselves and their films.

So the obvious question of who’ll emerge as the winner from the two prompted us to speak to the movie insiders who have been closely associated with the duo. The directors in question,Nirak and Sudarshan may tag this war as ‘media created’ but certainly not our movie insiders and trade analysts. So who is going to walk away with the top honors for making the Best Film this year... any guesses?

As for now, Cut the crap, cut the gyan-baazi, cut the will-it-won’t-it work naatak. Rush for both Kusumerumal and Mero Euta Saathi Cha for clelebrating nepali cinema,with the festive mood in high.

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