Kathmandu, Feb. 23 -- Binod Paudel, writer-director of the film Bulbul, is the campus chief of Nepal's first film school, Oscar International College. Most of the films made by the college's alumni have accrued accolades, not just locally but also globally. They have been critically acclaimed, and many-a-time, been commercially successful. Just think of think Loot, Chaadke, Kalo Pothi, and Katha 72. The college is rightly credited for helping usher in a new wave of Nepali cinema and many of its alumni are current industry leaders. With his students having achieved so much, Paudel must certainly have felt the pressure of expectations while making Bulbul.

Binod Paudel's challenges can be broken down into the fundamentals of film--the conte...