Chino (1991 film)

Chino
Theatrical Release Poster
Nepaliचिनो
Directed byTulsi Ghimire
Produced byOm Trinetra Production
StarringShiv Shrestha
Bhuwan K.C.
Sunil Thapa
Sharmila Malla
Shrawan Ghimire
Tulsi Ghimire
Music byRanjit Gazmer
Release date
  • 15 January 1989 (1989-01-15)
Running time
2h 37m
CountryNepal
LanguageNepali

Chino (Nepali: चिनो, English: Souvenir) is a Nepali action drama film written and directed by Tulsi Ghimire. The film featured an ensemble cast of Shiva Shrestha, Bhuwan K.C., Sunil Thapa, Kristi Mainali, Sharmila Malla, Subhadra Adhikari, Shravan Ghimire, Sinaura Mistry, Anoop Malla and Sushila Raymajhi. The film is a revenge story of two brothers played by( played by Shiva Shrestha and Bhuwan K.C.) who are separated after their parents were killed by a criminal Rate Kaila(Sunil Thapa). How they reunite and find the reason why their parents were killed and take revenge forms the rest of the story. The film was shot entirely in Nepal.

The film was released with positive response from critics and audience with praise directed towards its screenplay, performance of actors especially Shiva Shrestha and Sunil Thapa and chartbuster music. The film was a massive blockbuster at the box office and went on to become the highest grossing Nepali film of 1990s and second highest grossing Nepali film of all time after Kusume Rumal (another Tulsi Ghimire film) and is considered to be one of the most commercially successful films in the history of Nepali cinema.[1] The songs of the film with music by Ranjit Gazmer were highly popular especially Mohani Lagla Hai remaining popular till today, and Batasa Le Udai Lyayo was also a chartbuster at that time. The film is considered to be one of the best Nepali films ever made and remains cult classic.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Movie: Chino". xnepali.net. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2016.