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FILM SCREENING: चौकठि (थ्रेस होल्ड)
6:00 pm onward Saturday July 12, 2014
Jaycees Hall, (In front of Gita Mandir) Birganj, Central Region, Nepal
FILM SCREENING: चौकठि (थ्रेस होल्ड)
निर्देशक ः दिपक रौनियार, १८ मिनेट
चौकठि १० कक्षासम्म पढेकी तर विवाह–बन्धनमा जेलिएकी मधेसी युवती सरस्वती गुप्ता र त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालयमा जनसङ्ख्या विषय पढ्दै गरेकी युवती तृष्णा थापाबीचको जम्काभेटको कथा हो । सरस्वती तीन सन्तानकी आमा हुन् भने पारपाचुके गरिसकेकी तृष्णाको चार वर्षे छोरा छ । विवाहित महिलालाई जन्मे–हुर्केको ठाउँको आधारमा बोलाइने परम्पराअनुसार विवाहपछि सरस्वतीलाई बोलाउने नाम बर्मझियावाली भएको छ । अन्य धेरै मधेसी महिलाहरू जस्तै उनको जीवन घरको चौघेराभित्र सीमित रहेको छ । तीन छोराछोरी, व्यापारी पति र सासू–ससुराका साथ उनको जीवन बितिरहेको छ । अर्कोतिर तृष्णा स्कूलमा
पढाउने शिक्षिका हुन् र तिनमा आफ्नो जीवनबारे आफै निर्णय लिन सक्ने
क्षमता छ । त्यसबाहेक जनगणना लिने अस्थायी काम पनि उनले पाएकी छन् । त्यही कामले उनलाई तराईसम्म पुर्याएको हो, जहाँ उनको भेट सरस्वतीसित हुन्छ ।
“Chaukaith (Threshold)” is about an encounter between two young women. A Madhesi housewife, Sarswati Gupta, has forgotten her own real name and doesn’t count herself as a family member. A working woman, Trishna Thapa, is a divorced single mother. As a census officer Trishna goes
to the Tarai (low-land). Sarswati’s household is the last one she needs to document at the end of a long day. And this is where the film begins. All the acting is improvised, with no scripted dialogue. “Chaukaith” portraits contemporary features of Nepalese society and it also raises questions about barriers among different people and societies, but in a more intimate and domestic context – in which a woman searches for her identity, a life outside her own threshold.
AWARDS
- Special Jury Prize 2008 Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival
- Special Jury Prize 2009 Ahmedabad International Film Festival
- Official Selection 2009 Phuket Film Festival
- Official Selection 2012 Tampere Film Festival
- Short Film Corner, Festival De Cannes 2009
ABOUT DEEPAK RAUNIYAR
Deepak Rauniyar is a Kathmandu based filmmaker and is an emerging new voice in Nepali fiction cinema. Pooja is his second film and is scheduled for over 1500 screenings throughout Nepal. His short film Chaukaith (Threshold) was awarded 3rd Best Film at International Mountain Film Festival, Kathmandu in 2009, and was also screened at Short Film Corner – Festival De Cannes in 2009. He has also worked on numerous TV series including Kathaf Mito Sarangiko (Sweet Tales of Sarangi) for BCC World Service Trust.
Trailer - http://vimeo.com/41343855
For more info: http://facebook.com/497740893704626
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