Mask of Desire (2000)

  • NR
  • 09/23/2000 (NP)
  • Drama, Horror
  • 1h 45m

Overview

Dipak and Saraswati live a simple life in Kathmandu. A devoted father and an adoring husband, Dipak works as a security guard, while Saraswati happily tends to traditional housework. Their home is modest, and their two girls are happy. Life would be perfect for the pregnant mother if only she could give her husband a son. Desperate in her desire, on the advice of a stranger, Saraswati prays to a new spirit with miraculous results. When the blessing turns to tragedy, the distraught couple appeals to Gita, a jhangrini or healer, revered as a powerful spirit medium. Gita's own crisis of faith and, perhaps, her stunning beauty, forces all three to a dizzying climax, leaving the lines between secular and spiritual desires eerily blurred.

Tsering Rhitar Sherpa

Director, Writer

Kesang Tseten

Writer

Kshang Chetang

Writer

Cast

Gauri Malla's headshot

Gauri Malla

Saraswati
Mithila Sharma's headshot

Mithila Sharma

Gita
Ratan Subedi's headshot

Ratan Subedi

Dipak
Nirmal Pyakurel's headshot

Nirmal Pyakurel

Attendant
Rama Thapalia's headshot

Rama Thapalia

Dipak's Mother

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