Silu (film)
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| Nepal Bhasa | सिलु |
| Directed by | Pradeep Rimal |
| Written by | Dev Bahadur Ranjit "Moti" and Prem Baniya |
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| Screenplay by | Pradip Rimal |
| Produced by | Prem Baniya and Dan B. Maharjan |
| Starring | Jay Shrestha Nabina Shrestha Madan Krishna Shrestha Hari Bansha Acharya |
| Cinematography | Murari Thakur |
| Music by | Ganesh Prasad Shrestha |
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| Country | Nepal |
| Language | Nepal Bhasa |
| Budget | NRs 1,361,000 |
| Box office | N/A |
Silu (Nepali: सिलु) is the first film to be made in the Newar language. The movie depicts the pain of separation of a couple from Kathmandu after the wife gets kidnapped while on a pilgrimage in the Himalaya, and the sufferings her husband goes through to get her back from her captors.
The musical film is based on a ballad in Nepal Bhasa written in the early 19th century which describes a journey to Silu, the sacred lake known as Gosaikunda located in the Himalaya. There is a belief in Newar society that a husband and wife should not make the trip together as it could result in a misfortune.