Panchayat

Panchayat — Plot

A film that revolves around a girl who confronts social taboos of the Chhaupadi tradition, which prohibits Hindu women and girls from participating in normal family activities while menstruating as they are considered “impure”. Set in the seventies, the film’s title refers to Nepal’s Panchayat system of self-rule, which was abolished in 1990.

• Release date
• December 31, 2017
• Runtime
• 138 min
• Genres
• Drama, History
• Director
• Shivam Adhikari

Panchayat — Cast

Neeta Dhungana Kopila Saroj Khanal Kaji Rupa Rana Kaji's Wife

G

Ganesh Giri

J

Jahanwi Basnet Bishal Pahari

G

Gita Adhikari

K

Kiran Thapa