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Soongava: Dance of the Orchids (Nepali: सुनगाभा, translit. Soongava) is a 2012 Nepalese drama film written and directed by Subarna Thapa. It is Nepal's first lesbian film.[1] The film was selected as the Nepalese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,[2] but it was not nominated.

Soongava: Dance of the Orchids
Film poster
Directed by	Subarna Thapa
Written by	Subarna Thapa
Starring	Saugat Malla Deeya Maskey
Cinematography	Sara Cornu
Release date	4 January 2012 (2012-01-04)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Nepal
Language	Nepali

Cast

• Saugat Malla as Milan
• Deeya Maskey as Diya
• Nisha Adhikari as Kiran

Reception

Boyd van Hoeij writing for Variety, said the acting and technical aspects are passable, Hoeij further added "Unfortunately, the well-intentioned pic’s highly melodramatic (if tonally very serious) plotting and focus on a conservative, family-oriented society won’t do much to convince local queer youths that it does get better".[3] Clarence Tsui of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "It's true that Soongava is not exactly an epic tragedy in terms of story and look".[4]

See also

• List of submissions to the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Nepalese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

• Soongava: Dance of the Orchids at IMDb

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