# Suntali

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{{short description|2014 Nepali black-comedy film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Suntali
| image          = File:Suntali.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| native_name    = {{Infobox name module|ne|सुन्तली}}
| director       = Bhaskar Dhungana
| producer       = Bhaskar Dhungana <br /> Jaya Shah <br /> Prachanda Shrestha
| starring       = [Priyanka Karki](/source/Priyanka_Karki) <br /> [Karma Shakya](/source/Karma_Shakya) <br /> [Sushma Karki](/source/Sushma_Karki) <br /> [Bipin Karki](/source/Bipin_Karki) <br /> [Pramod Agrahari](/source/Pramod_Agrahari)
| narrator       = [Madan Krishna Shrestha](/source/Madan_Krishna_Shrestha)
| cinematography =Andra Belisiya
| studio         = Blue Poppy Films
| released       = {{Film date|2014|10||Busan}}
| country        = Nepal
| language       = Nepali
}}
'''''Suntali''''' ({{langx|ne|सुन्तली}}) is a 2014 Nepali [black-comedy](/source/Black_comedy) film, directed by Bhaskar Dhungana. The film is produced by Bhaskar Dhungana, Jaya Shah, and Prachanda Shrestha under the banner of Blue Poppy Films. It stars [Priyanka Karki](/source/Priyanka_Karki), [Karma Shakya](/source/Karma_Shakya), [Sushma Karki](/source/Sushma_Karki), [Bipin Karki](/source/Bipin_Karki), and Pramod Agrahari. The film follows Suntali's relationship with Sundar.

== Plot ==
A matriarch of a village in Nepal, is arranging her son Sundar's wedding. Suntali, Sundar's old friend, comes to the village, and she rekindle their relationship. The matriarch starts a plan to destroy her.

== Cast ==
* [Priyanka Karki](/source/Priyanka_Karki) as Suntali
* [Karma Shakya](/source/Karma_Shakya) as Sundar
* [Sushma Karki](/source/Sushma_Karki) as Buxom Babe
* [Bipin Karki](/source/Bipin_Karki) as Bidur
* [Pramod Agrahari](/source/Pramod_Agrahari) as Bajrang
* [Madan Krishna Shrestha](/source/Madan_Krishna_Shrestha) as narrator

== Release and reception ==
''Suntali'' premiered at the [19th Busan International Film Festival](/source/19th_Busan_International_Film_Festival) in October 2014 on the Window on Asian Cinema category.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcoming Suntali – Hall of frame – Friday Weekly|url=http://www.fridayweekly.com.np/index.php/hall-of-frame/welcoming-suntali|access-date=2 June 2020|website=fridayweekly.com.np|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602155504/http://www.fridayweekly.com.np/index.php/hall-of-frame/welcoming-suntali|archive-date=2 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Suntali {{!}} Festival International de Films de Fribourg|url=https://www.fiff.ch/en/suntali|access-date=2 June 2020|website=www.fiff.ch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602151553/https://www.fiff.ch/en/suntali|archive-date=2 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

Abhimanyu Dixit of ''[The Kathmandu Post](/source/The_Kathmandu_Post)'' wrote, "Dhungana proved that he was a proficient maker that too in his debut film".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nine trends that defined Nepali films in the past decade|url=https://kathmandupost.com/movie-review/2019/12/21/nine-trends-that-defined-nepali-films-in-the-past-decade|access-date=2 June 2020|website=kathmandupost.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602152000/https://kathmandupost.com/movie-review/2019/12/21/nine-trends-that-defined-nepali-films-in-the-past-decade|archive-date=2 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Sophia Pande of ''[Nepali Times](/source/Nepali_Times)'' wrote, "''Suntali'' is quite the pleasure for those of us who have cringed in the theaters while watching Nepali films in the past".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pande|first=Sophia|title=Suntali {{!}} Must See {{!}} Nepali Times|url=https://archive.nepalitimes.com/article/must-see/suntali-nepali-movie-review,2033|access-date=2 June 2020|website=archive.nepalitimes.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602154621/https://archive.nepalitimes.com/article/must-see/suntali-nepali-movie-review,2033|archive-date=2 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Niranjan Kunwar of The Record wrote "''Suntali'' is a simple, yet beautiful film. And it's the simplest beauty that can be the most powerful".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kunwar|first=Niranjan|date=28 February 2015|title=A familiar tale, told a new|url=https://www.recordnepal.com/art-letter/a-familiar-tale-told-a-new/|access-date=2 June 2020|website=The Record|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602154905/https://www.recordnepal.com/art-letter/a-familiar-tale-told-a-new/|archive-date=2 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> The staff of Onlinekhabar wrote, "True to its form, ''Suntali'' combined these two to a certain degree of success. But the audience couldn't warm up to this as most failed to recognise the clever juxtaposition of these forms".<ref>{{Cite web|title='Kalo Pothi' movie review: A triumph of Nepali cinema|url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/kalo-pothi-movie-review-triumph-nepali-cinema.html|url-status=live|access-date=2 June 2020|website=OnlineKhabar|date=6 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602160130/https://english.onlinekhabar.com/kalo-pothi-movie-review-triumph-nepali-cinema.html|archive-date=2 June 2020}}</ref> 

=== Awards and nominations ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Recipient
!Result
!Ref.
|-
| rowspan="2" |2017
! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Film Critics Society of Nepal
|Best Actress
|[Priyanka Karki](/source/Priyanka_Karki)
|{{won}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web|last=Republica|title=Critics award on Nov 22|url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/30662/|access-date=2 June 2020|website=My Republica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001193711/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/30662/|archive-date=1 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Film Critics' Awards distributed|url=https://kathmandupost.com/art-entertainment/2017/11/24/film-critics-awards-distributed|access-date=2 June 2020|website=kathmandupost.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602155357/https://kathmandupost.com/art-entertainment/2017/11/24/film-critics-awards-distributed|archive-date=2 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dhungana|first=Smriti|title=Cine artists felicitated with critics award (Photo feature)|url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/31257/|access-date=2 June 2020|website=My Republica}}</ref>
|-
|Best Cinematographer
|Ondrej Belica
|{{won}}
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=tt3908994}}

Category:2014 films
Category:Nepalese comedy films
Category:2010s Nepali-language films

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