Kathmandu, Feb. 5 -- Whenever I watch a Nepali movie, even with little expectation, I am left disappointed. The new release, 'Aktor: Take One', was no exception. The film follows an overused storyline-a struggling actor who dreams of becoming not just successful but a "superstar". The word "superstar" is repeated multiple times in this movie, as if merely saying it could manifest it into reality.

The film revolves around Kushal Khadka (Pradip Khadka), a struggling theatre actor who believes theatre is too small a stage for his grand dreams. He aspires to be a superstar and constantly declares himself as one-even when he has achieved nothing. He is in a relationship with Prakriti (Anna Sharma), who exists in the movie solely as "the girlf...