Kabaddi (2014 film)

Kabaddi
Theatrical release poster
Nepaliकबड्डी
Directed byRam Babu Gurung
Written byRam Babu Gurung
Produced byRaunak Bikram Kandel Nischal Basnet
Sunil Rauniyar
Arjun Karki
Starring
CinematographyPurushottam Pradhan
Edited byNibesh Shrestha
Music byAadha Sur

Sound Design,Film Mix

Release dates
  • 25 April 2014 (2014-04-25) (Nepal and worldwide)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryNepal
LanguageNepali
Budgetरु 35 Lakh
Box officeरु 2.6 Crore

Kabaddi (Nepali: कबड्डी)[1][2] is a 2014 Nepali romantic drama film written and directed by Ram Babu Gurung. It portrays the story of a love triangle among three central characters. The film was produced by Raunak Bikram Kandel, Nischal Basnet and Sunil Rauniyar and starred Nischal Basnet, Dayahang Rai, Rishma Gurung, Rajan Khatiwada and Darshan Silwal (brother of Asish). The film was released on April 25, 2014 with extremely positive review from critics and audience for its rawness, screenplay, performances and direction. It became a blockbuster at the box office and remains a cult classic film of Nepali cinema.[3][4] The film is also considered as a landmark in film in modern Nepali cinema. The film had two sequels, Kabaddi Kabaddi was released in November 2015 which also became huge success critically and commercially. Its third part Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi was released on 20 September 2019 and became the highest grossing film of the franchise and one of the highest grossing films ever in Nepal. Now, Its forth part Kabaddi 4: The Final Match has hit to the theatres on 27 May 2022 and has broken all records of Nepali Cinema till now.[5]

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  3. ^ "'Kabaddi' to hit the theaters on April 25". Myrepublica.com. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Nepali Movie Kabaddi collects 92 lakh NPR in its first week of release". Thuloparda.com. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Kabaddi 4: Highest grossing domestic movie". nepalnews.com. 10 July 2022. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2023.