Mukundo: Mask of Desire (2000)
Dipak and Saraswati live a simple life in Kathmandu. A devoted father and an adoring husband, Dipak works as a security guard, while Saraswati happily tends to traditional housework. Their home is modest, and their two girls are happy. Life would be perfect for the pregnant mother if only she could give her husband a son. Desperate in her desire, on the advice of a stranger, Saraswati prays to a new spirit with miraculous results. When the blessing turns to tragedy, the distraught couple appeals to Gita, a jhangrini or healer, revered as a powerful spirit medium. Gita's own crisis of faith and, perhaps, her stunning beauty, forces all three to a dizzying climax, leaving the lines between secular and spiritual desires eerily blurred.
Director: Tsering Rhitar Sherpa
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Gauri Malla as Saraswati |
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Mithila Sharma as Gita |
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Ratan Subedi as Dipak |
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Nirmal Pyakurel as Attendant |
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Rama Thapaliya as Dipak's Mother |
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Dipika Dhakal as Jethi |
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Elika Dhakal as Kanchi |
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Hanuman Das as Sadhu |
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Rudra Raj Pandey as Old Neighbour |
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Jyoti Thapa as Young Gita |
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Krishna Dhakal as Young Gita's Husband |
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Ramchandra Adhikari as Crippled Flower-Seller |
| Directing | Tsering Rhitar Sherpa | Director |
| Writing | Kesang Tseten | Writer |
| Writing | Tsering Rhitar Sherpa | Writer |
| Editing | Reena Mohan | Editor |
| Sound | Nhyoo Bajracharya | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Ranjan Palit | Cinematography |
| Production | Tsering Rhitar Sherpa | Producer |
| Editing | Banish Shah | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Rajesh Shrestha | Production Designer |
| Production | Santosh Paudel | Production Designer |
