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Panchayat

Panchayat

2017 · 138 min · ★ 9.5 · Drama, History

A film that revolves around a girl who confronts social taboos of the Chhaupadi tradition, which prohibits Hindu women and girls from participating in normal family activities while menstruating as they are considered “impure”. Set in the seventies, the film’s title refers to Nepal’s Panchayat system of self-rule, which was abolished in 1990.

Directed by Shivam Adhikari · Written by Shivam Adhikari

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