White Sun or Seto Surya is a 2016

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directed by

Deepak Rauniyar Deepak Rauniyar (; born on 29 August 1978) is a Nepalese director, writer and producer. He is one of the few internationally acclaimed cinema directors from Nepal. He rose to prominence in 2012 as the director of ''Highway'', the first Nepali mo ...

and co-written by Rauniyar, David Barker. It stars

Dayahang Rai Dayahang Rai (; born 13 April 1980) is a Nepalese actor, director, and playwright. He is one of the most popular actor of Nepal. He has starred in over 50 films and is one of the leading contemporary actors of Nepal. He has received various acc ...

and Rabindra Singh Baniya in the lead roles alongside Asha Magrati, Sumi Malla, Amrit Pariyar, Deepak Chetri and Deshbhakta Khanal. The film is based on

Nepalese Civil War The Nepalese Civil War was a protracted armed conflict that took place in the then Kingdom of Nepal from 1996 to 2006. It saw countrywide fighting between the Kingdom rulers and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), with the latter making ...

's conflict between royalists and Maoists. It world premiered in the Horizons section at the 73rd edition of the

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. It was later screened at the 2016

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. It was selected as the Nepali entry for the

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at the

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, but it was not nominated.

Plot

After nearly a decade away, anti-regime partisan Chandra must travel to his remote mountain village following his father's death. Little Pooja is eagerly awaiting the man she believes to be her father, but is confused when Chandra arrives with Badri, a young street orphan rumoured to be his son. Chandra must also confront his brother Suraj, who fought on the opposing side during the Nepali Civil War. The two brothers cannot set aside their political differences while carrying their father's body down the steep mountain path to the river for cremation. Suraj storms off in a rage, leaving Chandra with no other men strong enough to help. Under pressure from the village elders, Chandra is forced to seek help from outside the village in order to adhere to the rigid caste and discriminatory gender traditions that he fought to eliminate during the war. He searches for a solution in neighbouring villages, among the police, guests at a local wedding and rebel guerrillas.

Cast

* Ganesh Neupane (Munal) as Kaaji *

as Agni / Chandra *Asha Magrati as Durga * Rabindra Singh Baniya as Suraj *Sumi Malla as Pooja *Amrit Pariyar as Badri * Pramod Agrahari as Police officer *Deepak Chhetri as Priest *Deshbhakta Khanal as Uncle

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* {{Nepal submission for Academy Awards 2016 films 2016 war drama films 2016 biographical drama films Qatari drama films American biographical drama films Films directed by Deepak Rauniyar Nepalese Civil War films Nepalese biographical films 2010s American films

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