Chhakka Panja

Chhakka Panja
Theatrical poster
Nepaliछक्का पञ्जा
Directed byDeepa Shree Niraula
Written byDeepak Raj Giri
Kedar Ghimire
Jitu Nepal
Screenplay byDeepak Raj Giri
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPurshottam Pradhan
Edited byBipin Malla
Music byRajan Raj Shiwakoti
Deepak Sharma
Production
companies
Aama Saraswati Movies
IME Group
Distributed byHighlightsNepal
Release date
  • 9 September 2016 (2016-09-09) (Nepal)
Running time
139 minutes
CountryNepal
LanguageNepali language
Budgetरु 85 Lakhs
Box officeरु 16.6 Crore

Chhakka Panja (Nepali: छक्का पञ्जा) (transl. Six, Five) is a 2016 Nepalese comedy-drama film directed and produced by Deepa Shree Niraula in her directorial debut.[1] The film features an ensemble cast of Priyanka Karki, Deepak Raj Giri, Jeetu Nepal, Kedar Ghimire, Buddhi Tamang, Shivahari Poudel, Barsha Raut and Namrata Sapkota.[2][3][4][5][6][7] The film is first part of Chakka Panja series and tells the story of Raja (Giri), a rich but illiterate man and his group of friends, Ateet (Poudel), Saraswati (Nepal), Magne (Ghimire) and Buddhi (Tamang). Raja, who is devoted to the chase, gives in to family pressure and gets married, but different events unfolds in his and his friends' life that gives rise to a comedy of errors and situations. The film received highly positive reviews for its screenplay and story, performances, humour and its social setting and message. The film was an "All Time Blockbuster" at the box office, breaking several records and becoming the highest grossing Nepali film of all time, until it was overtaken by its 3rd part. However, due to piracy problems, the movie was released on YouTube.[8][9] Due to the piracy, the international screening of the movie was highly affected.[10] The film has four sequels :- Chhakka Panja 2, Chhakka Panja 3, Chhakka Panja 4 and Chhakka Panja 5, all of which were commercial blockbusters and is the highest grossing Nepali movie franchise.

Chakka Panja is considered as one of the best Nepali films ever made and one of the finest comedy films of all time made in South Asia noted for its humorous dialogues blended with social message.

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