Dhanda Nepali movie review: Simple yet brutal.

Dhanda is a story of a simple village teacher and his dream of living better life by earning money abroad. Being a temporary teacher and his utmost desire to earn money, Arjun - the protagonist manages to pay huge sum of money to get the ticket to Amrica despite having a tough father and the risk of sinking his family. Arjun, falling prey to an overseas company who assures him of giving the visa and ticket once he pays the nine lakhs rupees, looses his sanity after being beaten near to death for asking his money back but the seriously wounded takes brutal revenge to all those involved, even with full covered stitches. The movie is quite simple in the story line but the unfolding of the story and brutal scenes that comes alive are the most worth watching and that's what perfectly done in a Nepali movie. That I think will open up a broad vision in movie-making in our country other than limiting themselves to old fashioned thoughts and story line.

Arpan Thapa- the lead role who does not speak while taking revenge, has well played the character made by himself-being the story writer/screenplay of the movie. The hard works by make up artist Nima Lima and actor Arpan Thapa for tolerating the hour long make up, to make look dreadful is worth applauding. Samuna KC in her first movie, has even managed to act perfectly in the house wife look. Director Sudharshan Thapa has well directed the movie and the plots look connected. 

When I first saw the trailer of Dhanda, I was quite shocked with the thrilling clips that projects more of such in the whole movie and that's why I was excited to see the movie. Now that after watching the movie in a new Cineplex named F-cube Cinemas located in the sixth floor of KL tower, Chabahil, I have found that the thrills are only confined to the protagonist's look/the killing brutality and no more thrill sequences other than those seen in the trailer. Though there are many sequences that are of cinematic excellence and the movie encourages other to put their works on new genre, the movie is not up to the level that I had expected. There must have been more twists, thrills and bangs in the movie to make a worthy thrilling experience but still a nice effort in giving a change in Nepali cinema industry. Lastly I don't recommend to all those who are fond of watching old-fashioned formula movies and I doubt they are reading it now. 

Here are some stills from the movie.

Dhanda 1: Arpan Thapa deadly looks

Dhanda 2: Kamal Mani Nepali

Dhanda 3: Samuna KC and Arpan Thapa