Jhola (2013)
1h 30m
Running Time
December 7, 2013Release Date
Plot.
The Sati system was abolished decades ago but Jhola is still relevant to today's Nepal where, unfortunately, cases of sexual harassment, violence against women, trafficking remain all too common.
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Cast & Crew.

Garima Panta
Kanchi

Desh Bhakta Khanal

Sujal Nepal

Laxmi Giri

Deepak Chhetri

Deshbhakta Khanal
Ailing Husband

Yadav Kumar Bhattarai
Director
Media.


Details.
Wiki.
Jhola (Nepali: झोला) is a 2013 Nepali film based on a story by writer Krishna Dharabasi. It is about Sati culture that was prevalent in the Nepalese society until the 1920s in which wife had to immolate herself upon her husband's death, typically on his funeral pyre. For her role, actress Garima Panta won Best Actress award at SAARC Film Festival held in Sri Lanka, 2014. The film was selected as the Nepali entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
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