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Bulbul

2019 · 120 min

A quiet, patient portrait of loneliness and duty, watching a woman carry her life with steady resolve.

Directed by: Binod Paudel
Genres: Drama
Starring: Swastima Khadka, Mukun Bhusal, Joes Pandey

Overview: A young mother waiting for her husband to be back for years falls in love with a guy while she looks after her paralyzed father-in-law.

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Directed by: Binod Paudel
Genres: Drama
Starring: Swastima Khadka, Mukun Bhusal, Joes Pandey

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 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: isolation
love
family
survival
identity
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Binod Paudel
Written by: Binod Paudel
Starring: Swastima Khadka, Mukun Bhusal, Joes Pandey, Laxmi Bardewa, Deepak Chhetri, Ujwal Adhikari, Alina Karki, Aashika Pandey
Runtime: 120 min
Country: Nepal
Languages: Nepali

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