KATHMANDU: A special performance by two brothers Sabin Shakya on flute and Niroj Shakya on tabala gave the screening of a 100-minute-long Newari movie Vintuna a groovy start at the Rastriya Nach Ghar on January 23. The programme officially started with chief guest Durga Lal Shrestha lighting the lamp.

The Shakya brothers played Raag Brindawani and the audience just could not stop themselves form whistling and clapping. The hall reverberated with the echo of the audience’s appreciation.

“Though amateurs, these two boys are extraordinarily talented musicians,” said Rajendra Shakya, representative from Matina, a quarterly magazine published from UK and Nepal simultaneously. Both brothers are taking musical classes from Kirateshwar Sangeetashram at Patan.

The movie Vintuna was the winner of critics’ choice for The Best Film 2008 at the Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival ‘08. Directed by Aaryem Nakami, Vintuna literally means best wishes and those wishes were for characters Sirma and Lanithakun, who even after four years of marriage could not conceive because they don’t know how baby is born. The couple were married at a very young age. The movie definitely was worth a watch as the dialogues were very humorous that made the audience laugh occasionally. The movie gave a message that you can trust in God but should not depend on God for everything.