‘Dokh’: A film that took 10 years to make, but no one watched it in cinemas

The making of ‘Dokh’ is a stuff of legend, but the film’s box office failure is an alarming sign for Nepali films that aim to be unconventional.

At the time of writing this article, ‘Dokh’, Anup Baral’s latest film, is no longer running in Nepal’s cinema halls. The film was pulled off from the cinema halls before it could even complete its first week. The reason—the audience didn’t show up. The film was released on July 8, and I watched it on July 12, in a near-empty theatre. The only other audiences in attendance were people from the entertainment industry—professional filmmakers and theatre personalities.