Kathmandu, Dec. 21 -- By the early 2010s, around 40 Nepali films were released each year. That number surged to more than 100 films in 2019. This is indicative of increasing interest from more exciting makers over the past decade.

Many individuals from a diverse milieu-short-film makers, film students, theatre professionals, music video makers, advertisement producers, film critics, television series producers, and even YouTubers-tried their hand at producing films for the big screen. All of them, in one way or the other, have shaped cinema in Nepal-whether by providing fresh talent on or off screen, by shaping the cinematic process, or by bringing their medium's audience into cinema halls.

Albeit the arrival of such variegation, there ...