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Ma Khushi Chu

2011 · 27 min

A quiet, contemplative short that drifts gently through two lives, asking soft questions about what makes people happy.

Directed by: Abinash Bikram Shah
Genres: Drama
Starring: Shanti Giri, Rajan Khatiwada, Jeewan Adhikari

Overview: Vashna lives to make others happy; their happiness is hers. Aakash is an aimless wanderer, with no ambition other than to live happily in the moment. When the two disparate souls meet, both are forced to rethink the meaning of happiness.

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Directed by: Abinash Bikram Shah
Genres: Drama
Starring: Shanti Giri, Rajan Khatiwada, Jeewan Adhikari

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
love
healing
isolation
freedom
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	2
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Abinash Bikram Shah
Written by: Abinash Bikram Shah, Santosh Bhattarai
Starring: Shanti Giri, Rajan Khatiwada, Jeewan Adhikari, Mahanta Malla, Santosh Bhattarai, Sujit Bidari
Runtime: 27 min
Languages: Nepali

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