Film

Mask of Desire

2000 · 1h 45m · Drama · Horror

IMDb

8.1

Dipak and Saraswati live a simple life in Kathmandu. A devoted father and an adoring husband, Dipak works as a security guard, while Saraswati happily tends to traditional housework. Their home is modest, and their two girls are happy. Life would be perfect for the pregnant mother if only she could give her husband a son. Desperate in her desire, on the advice of a stranger, Saraswati prays to a new spirit with miraculous results. When the blessing turns to tragedy, the distraught couple appeals to Gita, a jhangrini or healer, revered as a powerful spirit medium. Gita's own crisis of faith and, perhaps, her stunning beauty, forces all three to a dizzying climax, leaving the lines between secular and spiritual desires eerily blurred.

Gauri Malla

Saraswati

Mithila Sharma

Gita

Ratan Subedi

Dipak

Nirmal Pyakurel

Attendant

Rama Thapaliya

Dipak's Mother

• Tsering Rhitar SherpaDirector · Writer
• Kesang TsetenWriter
• Kshang ChetangWriter
• Nhyoo BajracharyaOriginal Music Composer
• Reena MohanEditor

Release date

September 23, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

Nepali

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Drama, Horror