The filmmakers brought high-definition digital cameras from Silken Imaging, an American company, that was just trying out. The cast and crew set off to Jomsom in October 2006 and shot for thirty days non-stop in Kagbeni, Jomsom, Marpha and Shyang.
The camera is as big as a CCTV and does not use tapes for recording. Instead, it saves everything on a hard disk and has inferior image quality compared to film. There were some technical problems in the making of the film as it was the first time the film makers were using the camera. They had to walk a few hours to a cyber café to ask the company for instructions.
Kagbeni was expected to be a trend-setting Nepali film with new taste of technology and story for Nepali audience, which it did to some extent. Although the cinema halls didn’t see the response as was expected, it started off really good with new director and actors. Dahal was a music director and this was his debut film. Similarly, Saugat Malla and Deeya Maskey are well known theatre actors. Nima Rumba is a popular singer. The movie was hyped for its sizzling kissing scene between the two lead actors.
Cast:
- Saugat Malla - Ramesh
- Deeya Maskey - Tara
- Nima Rumba - Krishna
- Hanif Mohammed - Bishnu
- Pooja Gurung - Pema
- Vivek Gurung - Bardaan
Crew:
- Director: Bhusan Dahal
- Producer: Nakim Uddin, Rajesh Siddhi, Bhaskar Dhungana
- Script: Achyut Koirala, Samitya Timilsina
- Story: Bhaskar Dhungana
- Screenplay: Prashant Rasaily
- Cinematography: Bidur Pandey
- Background Music: Sharad Gurung
- Location Sound: Jyoti Rana
- Editors: Prabod Shrestha, Prabin Manandhar, Prakash Tuladhar
- Casting: Anup Baral
- Promotional Music: 1974 AD
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