Loafer 2013 – Movie Review

Nepali movie ‘Loafer’ was released on December 6, 2013 in theaters all over Nepal. The movie could manage to create a good hype in media because the producer Chhabi Raj Ojha. Chhabi, who had been continuously working with Rekha Thapa for the last decade, had replaced Rekha with a new actress Rajani KC in ‘Loafer’. In addition to that, the movie is also the first movie of Chhabi Raj Ojha, that is especially targeted to multiplex audiences. The movie directed by Aditya Bikram Lamsal features artists Aryan Sigdel, Dayahang Rai, Rajani KC, and Kamal Mani Nepal in leading roles.

Story:

‘Loafer’ is a story of Bhanta played by Dayahang Rai.  Bhanta joins two friends and one driver drinking wine in a bar. The party went on for the the whole night. In the next morning, they found an unconscious girl in their car. A news that the the girl, who happened to be the daughter of a Minister, kidnaped by a gang was published in every major newspapers.

The news and the unconscious girl left  Bhanta and other three worried. They planned to take girl to a farm house at Godawari. They were supposed to wait there for the girl to become conscious and they could send her back to her home. But when they reach to Godawari, they changed the plan. Now, the girl is really kidnapped by  Bhanta and the driver. On another side, an inspector, Sigdel,  investigating this case finds out the whereabouts of the girl. But, when Sigdel reaches the farm house, at Godavari, the real suspense of the movie unfolds. To know what the real suspense of the movie and the story of Bhunte, you can visit one of the almost 100 theatres the movie is running in.

Strength and Weakness:

‘Loafer’ has a very good story to start with. The story appeals to the the audience of multiplex theaters. Popular star cast of the movie is another major plus point of the movie. The audience of the city areas and multiplexes know the artists well. The director Aditya Bikram Lamsal however has been failed to present the excellent story and well known actors in an effective way.

‘Loafer’ is a good example of how a good story concept and good actors are not enough to win the heart of multiplexes audiences. The movie has failed in irritating ways for the audience of city areas. The overall presentation and background music do not seem fresh. Most of the scenes of the movie seem like stale scenes that people have watched before. The action scenes and songs don’t relate to the flow of the story.

In a few scenes, Kamal Mani Nepal has been successful in makes the audience laugh with his dialogue delivery style and facial expression. In a lot of scenes, the movie will give a feel of ‘Loot‘.  But, weak screenplay and weak presentation has ruined the good story of the movie.

Loud background music might work for the single-screen audience, but it doesn’t work well in multiplexes.

Star Cast:

The lead actor of the movie, Dayahang Rai is a good actor. But, in ‘Loafer’ he doesn’t have anything new to offer to the audience.  The movie revolves around the character  Bhanta but the character hasn’t been able to win the heart of audiences.

Aryan Sigdel, featured as inspector Sigdel sounds and acts like the police officers usually seen in most of the Bollywood movies. Such a character is so common in movies, the audiences can’t find anything new in Sigdel’s role. In essence – Aryan Sigdel and Dayahang Rai can perform much better than what they have done in ‘Loafer’.

The lead actress Rajani KC got a lot of free publicity because of the fact that she replaced Rekha Thapa in one of of Chhabi Raj Ojha’s film. Although she got a good publicity, the entry hasn’t helped her much as she doesn’t have a role that can prove her talents. Rajani seem to have done an special appearance. She hardly delivers five lines of dialogue and for acting she hasn’t been able to justify the expression of a kidnapped girl.

Kamal Mani Nepal’s performance is funny. Although his dialogues are funny he could have done more.

In essence, the director had failed to use the full potential of the actors strength of actors to make it a good movie and please the audience of multiplexes.

Conclusion:

The story and concept of ‘Loafer’ is very good. Chhabi has done a good attempt to woo young audience with good story and artists.

But, the presentation failed miserably. Chhabi Raj Ojha has failed in catering the audience of multiplex theaters by ‘Loafer’. It seems, he is not yet ready to appeal to the young generation. The director has failed in presentation and utilizing the artist’s potential.

My recommendation: Forget the movie and save your money and time.

Nepali Film – Loafer (2013)

Comedy action thriller movie ‘Loafer’ is released on Mangsir 21, 2070 in about 100 theaters all over Nepal. The script of the movie is written by the director Aditya Bikram Lamsal. The movie also presents the commercial film artists and theater artists in the movie.

This movie marks the first movie by the successful single-theater producer, Chhabi Raj Ojha’s targeting multiplex theaters. This is also the first movie by the producer without featuring Rekha Thapa in more than a decade. The new actress Rajani KC is debuting in the Nepali film industry in the movie. At the time when the movie releases in theater, Chhabi’s ex-wife had left country to show her movie ‘Kali‘ in Hong Kong.

‘Loafer’ was previously announced to release on October 11, during the Dashain festival. Rekha had also announced her movie ‘Kali’ to release on that date. Chhabi and Rekha later decided to team up to release ‘Kali’ on that day and postpone the release of ‘Loafer’ to a later date.

Nepali movie - Loafer (Movie Cast and Crew)

• Release date - December 6, 2013
• Starring - Dayahang Rai, Aryan Sigdel, Rajani KC, Kamal Mani Nepal, Sushilraj Pandey etc.
• Director - Aditya Bikram Lamsal
• Cinematographer - Madan Kashyap Ghimire
• Music composer - Sonalkrishna Sapkota, Aditya Bikram Lamsal
• Editor - Tara Thapa
• Banner - Chhabiraj Production
• Executive Producer - Chhabi Raj Ojha
• Producer - Dijendra Shakya
• Writer - Aditya Bikram Lamsal
• Choreographer - Kabiraj Gahatraj
• Action - Chandra Panta
• Production Controller - Nagendra Ghimire, Ishowr Ghimire

Rajani KC watches Loafer with her mom and Loafer team

The ‘Loafer’ actress Rajani KC and the team watched the movie in Kumari theater in Kathmandu on Friday. The new movie by Chhabi Raj Ojha introduces Rajani in the movie industry. 

Rajani went to watch the movie with her mother and says that it was "a life time experience".

Rajani’s introduction is being closely watched as a replacement if Rekha in Chhabi camp. The success or the failure of the movie is expected to determine if Rekha Thapa was a lucky charm of Chhabi or not. Before divorce and registration of Chhabiraj Films, Chhabi Raj Ojha used to produce movies under Rekha Films banner.

Loafer released and Rekha and Chhabi relationship

Well known producer, Chhabi Raj Ojha is releasing his new movie ‘Loafer’ on December 6, 2013. The movie poses both challenge to Chhabi in various aspects. There are a few first times attached to the movie. To name some:

‘Loafer’ :

• is the first movie by Chhabi without Rekha after their decade long relationship.
• features a new actress, Rajani KC, in lead role. In the past, Rekha used to be in lead by default.
• is the first movie under Chhabiraj Films witout any attachment with Rekha Films. (The first movie jointly by Chhabiraj Films and Rekha Films was ‘Hamesha’)
• is the first movie by Chhabi targeted to multiplex theaters.

So far, at least for the last decade, Rekha had always been by Chhabi’s side when his movies were being released. This is the first time Rekha is not with Chhabi. In fact, she has even left the country to show her movie ‘Kali‘ in Hong Kong. Although the show is in Hong Kong is scheduled for December 8, Rekha had departed 5 days earlier. Chhabi had helped Rekha’s ‘Kali’ and had postponed ‘Loafer’ release date to accommodate the release of ‘Kali’ during the Dashain holiday season. But, at the time when Chhabi releases his movie, Rekha has left country just in time to miss the big day.

In case, ‘Loafer’ didn’t do well in theater – Chhabi will have tough time explaining the reasons.

Shilpa Pokhrel to debut in Lazza, Chhabi changing actresses

Producer Chhabi Raj Ojha is going to introduce a new actress – Shilpa Pokhrel in his upcoming movie ‘Lazza’. Chhabi announced the new movie with the announcement of the release of ‘Loafer’. 

‘Lazza’ is going to feature Aryan Sigdel, Mithila Sharma, Kiran KC, Hiuwala Gautam and Shilpa Pokhrel. The movie is being directed by Nawal Nepal, known for directing Kalyan Ghimire’s ‘Shreeman’ and ‘Mahasush’.

The movie will feature music of Chetan Sapkota, background score of Maharaj Thapa, action of Chandra Panta and choreography of Kabiraj Gahatraj.

Before the separation, Rekha Thapa used to be the only actress Chhabi used to work. Now, he seem to be changing actress in every movies. So far, Chhabi has produced/announced three movies and all three movies have different actresses. In ‘Hamesha’ he featured Rekha Thapa in leading role in the second movie ‘Loafer’  he introduced Rajani KC in and now in the third movie ‘Lazza’ he is introducing Shilpa.

Rajani KC debut movie Loafer releasing on December 6

The debut movie of the actress Rajani KC, ‘Loafer’ is releasing on this Friday, December 6. The actress is being introduced by one of the successful producers of Nepali movie industry, Chhabi Raj Ojha.

Chhabi is credited for introducing Rekha Thapa and making the top actress of the industry. Until the divorce and registration of Chhabiraj Films, he used to make movies under Rekha Films banner. Rekha is currently in Hong Kong to screen her movie ‘Kali’.

To give the information about the movie and the artists, a press meet was organized in Kathmandu on December 3. In the program artists including Rajani spoke about their roles in the movies. Talking in the event, Rajani expressed her satisfaction in working with a seasoned producer and well known actors.

‘Loafer’ features Aryan Sigdel, Dayahang Rai, Kamalmani Nepal, Kamalkrishna Poudel, Rajani KC etc. in main roles.

Ekkasi Dukkasi - Loafer Nepali Movie Song | Watch Official Music Video HD 2014

Nepali Song Ekkasi Dukkasi from Loafer Nepali Movie (Watch Official Trailer Video HD)

Loafer is a a Nepali action thriller movie, produced by Chhabi Raj Ojha ,

Directed by: Aditya Bikram Lamsal 

Starring: Dayahang Rai, Aryan Sigdel, Kamal Mani Nepal, Sushil Raj Pandey, Anupam Sharma, Sagar Lamsal Kshetri and Razni K.C in the lead roles.

Rekha Thapa celebrates the success of ‘Kali’ by buying a new car

The release of Rekha Thapa‘s latest movie ‘Kali‘ posed a lot of threats. Some threats Rekha might have felt are:

• It was the first movie she had produced alone. All of Rekha Film’s previous movie were produced by Chhabi Raj Ojha.
• While Rekha was busy in ‘Kali’, Chhabi was producing his own ‘Loafer’. The media had termed the ‘Loafer’ actress Rajani KC the new Rekha. Some even speculated Chhabi marrying Rajani.
• The release date of ‘Loafer’ and ‘Kali’ was set on the same date – Fulpati of Dashain.
• These issueses led Rekha to approach Chhabi (or, the other way around) to let Chhabi distribute ‘Kali’. That saved Rekha from a tough competition. But, it also created another problem. The distributors Rekha had previously promised for the distribution of the movie got angered by the Rekha and Chhabi team. They found another movie featuring Rekha to release on the same date as ‘Kali’
• The Bhojpuri movie ‘Damani’ was a hit movie in Bhojpuri and it features Rekha in a guest role. The distributors, decided to highlight Rekha and release the movie to take away ‘Kali’ viewers.

Although Rekha’s ‘Kali’ was saved from the competition of Chhabi’s movie ‘Loafer’ it’s couldn’t escape  from herself in ‘Damini’. The publicity of the movie paid off and ‘Kali’ remained in theater for more than two weeks.

Rekha and the team say that the movie has made a good profit. According to media report, the movie has earned in excess of 1.5 crores. Rekha says that she has made a good profit after recovering the cost of production. To show-off the profit, Rekha has also bought a car costing Rs. 43 lakh. 

Dashain special 2070– Sushma Karki, Neeta Dhungana, Jharana Thapa, Rajani KC

Actress Sushma Karki will not be taking Dashain tika this year because of the death of her father. When a closed family member dies, auspicious ceremonies are not conducted in the year ahead. Although she won’t be taking tika she will enjoy the festival with her mother and family members.  Like many other actresses, actress Sushma Karki also doesn’t animal sacrifice during Dashain. She says, "I feel scared even on the thoughts of killing animals in festival."

Other actresses who had their close family member died in the last year include Neeta Dhungana whose mother had died in February. Neeta will celebrate Dashain with her father and brother although they won’t be taking any Dashain tika.

Actress Jharana Thapa had lost her mother-in-law during her pilgrimage and wasn’t found. She is also not celebrating Dashain in the memory her mother-in-law. Jharana is on Europe tour to participate in the cultural programs during Dashain.

The ‘Loafer’ actress Rajani KC had recently lost her father. She is still mourning the death and will not be celebrating the festival.

Happy Birthday Rajani KC | Nepali Model Actress

‘Loafer’ debut actress Rajani KC is celebrating her birthday today (on September 26, 2013). On the birthday, Rajani remembers the love her parents on the day.

Rajani lost her father earlier this month. In a Facebook message, Rajani told that her parents were her strength, courage and she feels blessed to get them as her parent. She told, she missed her dad, whom she calls Bubey. Rajani adds, "Mamu, now you are my strength."

Nepaliactress team wishes Rajani a very happy birthday. We hope her debut movie ‘Loafer’ will be very successful and it will help establish Rajani in the Nepali movie industry.

Photo credit – Rajani KC.

Loafer actress Rajani KC’s mourning on her father’s death

The ‘Loafer’ debut actress Rajani KC is mourning after the death of her 54-years old father, Chandra KC. Chandra was found dead in his bed on Thursday morning. He didn’t have any known medical problems to blame for his death.

According the the ‘Loafer’ producer Chhabi Raj Ojha, the dead body will be cremated in Pashupati later today after family members arrive from Nuwakot. Rajani is the only child of her parents. Rajani’s debut movie ‘Loafer’ is going to release on Mangsir 21 (December 6, 2013).

We all are wishing the deceased soul rest in peace and family members get the courage to deal with the loss.

Photo credits – Rajani KC