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Nepal’s ‘Pooja, Sir’ Defeats Cancer to Make Venice Debut (EXCLUSIVE)
Nepal's Deepak Rauniyar and Asha Magrati on beating cancer and disappearing investors to make Venice-bowing 'Pooja, Sir.'
When Nepali filmmaker Deepak Rauniyar and actor Asha Magrati were preparing to shoot their latest film “Pooja, Sir” in 2022, life threw them an unexpected curveball. Written by Rauniyar, David Barker and Magrati, “Pooja, Sir” examines the caste system endemic to South Asia, where there is great emphasis on skin color. While tens of thousands are on the streets of a border town protesting systemic discrimination against the dark-skinned Madhesi, two light-skinned boys have been kidnapped with an impossible ransom demand.
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