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The Nepali movie Anjila, released on Thursday on the occasion of Fagu Purnima, has received widespread positive feedback from the audience. Since the first show on Thursday, the movie has been screening with enthusiastic audience attendance, making the viewers emotional. When director Milan Chams, actor and producer Prem Kumar Shrestha, and actor Sumin Gurung, along with the movie team, visited the theater to meet the audience, most of the viewers were seen crying. Likewise, even during the premiere show of this movie, the audience was emotionally moved, and this trend has continued with the general audience.
Anjila is based on the life of Anjila Tumbapo Subba, the captain of the Nepali women’s national football team, who herself plays the lead role in the film. The movie presents an emotional story of her struggles and successes, from her childhood to her sporting career. Along with Anjila, the movie features performances by Sunil Thapa, Dayahang Rai, Vijay Baral, Srijana Subba, Mao Tse Gurung, Sumin Gurung, Buddhi Tamang, and other actors.
On Thursday evening, national women’s football team player Preeti Rai also watched the movie Anjila. After watching the film, she shared with the audience that Anjila had faced even more struggles than depicted in the movie. “Anjila has faced more struggles than shown in this film, which I know firsthand. Nepali national women football players have faced many struggles in their own ways. It is because of their struggles that we have reached this position in the field of sports today,” said Rai. “I am so happy to see Anjila in this place today. I too have experienced the societal perspective that girls should not play football, and today, standing here, I feel proud. Everyone should watch Anjila and support Anjila,” she added. Rai arrived at the theater with security from the Armed Police Force.
Director Milan Chams mentioned that, despite his efforts, he couldn’t show some of the more painful events from Anjila’s life. “Even though we wanted to, we couldn’t show everything. The story in the movie is only 25 percent of the actual events. While making this movie, I cried several times, but I cannot tell the whole story,” Chams said to the audience. He emphasized that he did not intend to make the audience cry, but since Anjila’s real story is so tragic, everyone became emotional.
On its opening day, Anjila performed exceptionally well across most shows in the country, surpassing the director’s expectations. Currently, videos of the movie’s emotional moments, with viewers crying, are going viral on social media.
