Synopsis
An unemployed village drunk accepts a postman position and ventures into the remote villages of Nepal. In his journey, he must face the challenges and responsibilities of his new job while confronting the personal demons of his past.
Halkara
2023 ‘हलकारा’ Directed by Bikram Sapkota
Cast
Director
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Executive Producers
Ram Sapkota Kishore Sapkota Navin Sapkota Prashanta Sapkota Saroj Sapkota Sanjaya Bhattarai Yugal Sharma Sujan Sapkota
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Theatrical
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Nepal
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Nepal
12 May 2023
- Theatrical
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“As soon as they set me free, I want to come back to you.”
Halkara is the International Feature submission for Nepal. The film takes place around 2020 when Nepalese workers were leaving their homes and families behind to work in Doha, after Qatar secured the hosting rights for the World Cup. The Nepalese workers who ended up going to the Middle East had to endure severe exploitation, which almost resembled modern-day slavery. The death toll is over 6,500 and many more have gone missing. This is the story of Ram and Mia.
The film takes place in a small village in Nepal. Due to a traumatic past event, Ram is struggling with alcoholism and is unemployed owing debts…
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I was considerably more invested in Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom by way of Klaus with the humour of Missing Home, as opposed to the RRR-adjacent flashback narrative. The weight of the visual difference between them seems a bit heavy-handed, as well.
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Halkara in English translates to "The Postman" and the movie... delivers.
I can't nitpick what didn't work for me because technically it checks all the boxes: the score is brilliant and haunting(in the climax) and the movie is beautifully shot. Maybe my only criticism is I wasn't totally blown away but still I liked it a lot. I'll take this over anything else the mainstream Nepali Cinema has been shittin' out.
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Few weeks ago, when I was walking on the street, I saw a poster of movie HALKARA. That's when it amazed me for first time. Then when I watched the trailer, then when I watched the movie.
It was an amazing experience watching Halkara on big screen. It has again reminded the potential that Nepali Cinemas carries. Beautiful shots, cinematography, and acts that might not be define on words. Slow pace movies which are good are often in masterpiece category, and Halkara may place among one. RECOMMENDED.
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Loved the background score and the cinematography the most. Overall the movie is excellent as well, loved the performance from both the leads, maybe the parallel stories were somewhere not in sync, just in a minute fragments, other than that, we have got yet another gem.
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