Abinash Bikram Shah

In a small Nepalese village nestled in the heart of a forest populated by wild elephants, Pirati is the matriarch of a Kinnar community. She dreams of escaping to a “normal” life with the man she is in love with. But when one of her daughters disappears, she must investigate and choose between love and responsibility to her community.

Five different relationship stories become connected during an ill-fated bus journey from eastern Nepal to the capital, Kathmandu.

In rural Nepal, thirteen-year-old Saraswoti changes her name to Rihanna. The school principal scolds and disciplines her for blindly imitating Western culture. She wants to prove herself with quiet support from her watchful mother.

In a Himalayan polyandrous village in Nepal, newly married and pregnant Pema tries to make the best of her new life. But soon, her first husband Tashi vanishes on the trade route to Lhasa. Accompanied by her monk de facto husband, Karma, she embarks on a journey into the unforgiving wilderness to find him, evolving into a quest of self discovery and liberation.

A typist, dissatisfied with her marriage, dreams of office romance.

Vashna lives to make others happy; their happiness is hers. Aakash is an aimless wanderer, with no ambition other than to live happily in the moment. When the two disparate souls meet, both are forced to rethink the meaning of happiness.

In Thamel, three friends come together with big dreams of winning a band competition as the rock band Karkash. Searching for a new vocalist, they meet Ivan, who joins the band and turns out to be a drug addict.

We are in the year 2001, a temporary ceasefire brings a much-needed break to a small war-torn village in Northern Nepal, bringing much joy among the residents. Prakash and Kiran, two young close friends, are also starting to feel the change in the air. Though they are divided by caste and social creed, they remain inseparable, and start raising a hen given to Prakash by his sister, with hopes to save money by selling her eggs. However, the hen goes missing. To find it, they embark on a journey, innocently unaware of the tyranny brought by the fragile ceasefire.