Ma Ta Timrai Hoon

Genre: Family Drama

Director: Shreeram Mahat

Cast: Sushmita KC, Aakash Shrestha, Jyotsna Yogi and Jeevan Bhattarai

Being screened at QFX Cinemas

Kathmandu

A new Nepali film Ma Ta Timrai Hoon has hit theatres but the first production of popular actor Anmol KC offers nothing new and fails to entertain. Ma Ta Timrai Hoon is the tale of a young man Aakash (Aakash Shrestha) and his relationship with a woman, who is much elder to him.

Jolly college student Aakash is in a relationship with Jyotsna (Jyotsna Yogi). Another boy Jeevan (Jeevan Bhattarai) is also in love with Jyotsna and wants to have her at any cost. Aakash frequently gets calls and messages from a middle-aged woman Dilasha (Sushmita KC). He even becomes happy when he hears about her coming from Mumbai. Seeing the closeness between Aakash and Dilasha, Jyotsna feels cheated and Jeevan fuels this feeling of betrayal. The perplexed relationship between Dilasha and Aakash brings conflict in the film.

The concept and story of the film by Sushmita is neither new nor interesting. Dialogues are boring and inconvenient and so is the dialogue delivery. The first part of the film has presented college life and is fun — basketball games and classroom pranks look genuine. Emotions take over the second-half and this is what makes the film boring. Except for Hautie Nauty (Anup Shrestha) as a transgender character, who manages to entice laughter with his sensual dance with Aakash, the film is a bore. It can’t even hold the suspense of Dilasha and Aakash’s relationship. The dialogue delivery by the actors is just bland. Director Mahat has failed to offer an interesting and balanced film by overdoing emotions.

Shrestha as Aakash needs to work hard as an actor. He looks perfect as a college student but his dialogue delivery is pretty tedious and not natural, especially when he speaks in Nepali to welcome Dilasha. However, he seems to improve as the film evolves. And his chemistry — with both Dilasha and Jyotsna — are convincing while some emotional scenes at the climax are also praiseworthy.

His love interest in the film, played by Yogi, needs to work on her dialogue delivery. Otherwise she is expressive in her parts.

Sushmita has returned after five years. She has done quite well in her role of an ailing woman but her dialogue delivery is inconvenient. Her get-up as a punk doesn’t suit her.

With all the emotional ups and downs, songs like Free Yourself Everybody and Ma Ta Timrai Hoon and Sochchhu Ma Jaau Kata will rather entertain you.