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Sindoor

1979 · 156 min

A slow, sorrowful romance weighed down by family scheming, playing out with earnest melodrama and a lingering sense of loss.

Overview
Usha and Bikash fall deeply in love, only to be separated when Usha's father is manipulated by Prem's father into marrying her off to Prem, who schemes to acquire her family's wealth.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • family
  • class
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism7
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Prakash Thapa
Written by
Daulat Bikram Bista
Starring
Minakshi Anand, Bishwa Basnet, Neer Bikram Shah, Harihar Sharma, Gopal Raj Mainali, Basundhara Bhusal, Shanti Maskey, Hari Prasad Rimal
Runtime
156 min
Country
Nepal
Languages
Nepali

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