Kagbeni | |
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Directed by | Bhusan Dahal |
Written by | Prashant Rasaily |
Based on | "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs |
Produced by | Bhaskar Dhungana, Nakim Uddin, Rajesh Siddhi |
Starring | Nima Rumba, Saugat Malla, Deeya Maskey, Hanif Mohammed, Pooja Gurung |
Cinematography | Bidur Pandey |
Distributed by | Quest Entertainment |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
Country | Nepal |
Language | Nepali |
Kagbeni is a 2008 Nepali movie, loosely based on W. W. Jacobs's 1902 horror short story The Monkey's Paw.[1][2] Kagbeni is the directorial debut of Bhusan Dahal.[3] The name of the movie is taken from a tourist place Kagbeni in the valley of the Kali Gandaki, which is a two-hour trek from Muktinath. Kagbeni is considered to be a movie which changed the way people look at Nepali cinema, because it is seen as the first successful non-commercial movie in Nepal which was able to leave its mark in the film industry. Nepali critics now often describe non-commercial movies as 'post- Kagbeni era films'. Kagbeni was one of the few Nepali films during its time to manifest cinematography as one of the important elements in cinema.[4]