What worked:
Honestly, I was a bit skeptical about the quality of the movie while watching the trailer. The movie proved me wrong and I was glad it did. What stood out is the very fine performance by veteran actor Mithila, followed by Sarita's praiseworthy performance. I think the movie achieved this shape by their performances. Dipendra is one of the finest directors that we can vouch on not just for his choice of movie but also the screenplay and the dialogues. It's a very well captured movie so cinematographer needs the praise. It stood par the industry. Of course, the movie came with the message but the duality and the characters' complexity is a strong key point in the movie. It's the situations and the settings that presents in front of the characters that shaped their behavior and it's shown in a very moving and captivating manner. So overall the movie worked and worth the praise it is getting
What did not work:
Of course the movie is fictional and is intended with a mission, I found the way the accused is portrayed being a bit gloried and overly glamorized, not just because it's right or wrong also because the non linear approach would make it more humane and natural. I would have cut down the run time by cropping some of the dramatic scenes to crips the narrative.
Final verdict: recommended
12 Reviews
An intense, distressing drama on modern day plight....
SumanShakya9 February 2022
"Aama" is definitely not for the faint hearted. It's intense, distressing, disturbing, and very tragic. But whatever it shows is very close to modern day plight. It shows the hardship of parenthood, family, younger generation, career , and hospital. It keeps a low profile in terms of technicality, but it grips and at times gets deep inside the characters. The performances are awesome.
It ends it a lachrymose denouement and doesn't seem to give a progressive thought on the crises it revolves around. However, still the intense depiction of the emotions it sketches is something we haven't seen in a Nepali movie and in that terms the film is commendable.
Rating: 3 stars out of 4.
It ends it a lachrymose denouement and doesn't seem to give a progressive thought on the crises it revolves around. However, still the intense depiction of the emotions it sketches is something we haven't seen in a Nepali movie and in that terms the film is commendable.
Rating: 3 stars out of 4.
Nearly Tearjerker
inducedemf31 January 2021
'Aama' is the story of all son and daughters. It has exposed the plight of Nepal's health sector. The thin but strong social perception of childless couples and inter-religious marriages has also been pointed out. The final scene was completely surprise for me just because it's a Nepali film. Although there are some flaws, this is a kind of movie we really want in Nepali film industry.
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VishnuprasadKmenon24 August 2020
One of the finest Nepalese movies
d9-0-893 February 2021
Watched 100s of Hollywood and Bollywood movies. Nepali movies were far behind. In the last decades, some movies like Pashupati Prasad, Talakjung vs Tulke, Jatra, and Kabaddi (probably a couple more) were some top of the movies which took Nepali movies to next level. Now, Aama will be remembered as one of the finest movies in the Nepali movie industry. It will make you truly sad, emotionally difficult, and heartbroken, that is what it meant for. Every character had done justice to the role. It should be in Library in Congress in Nepali version. Go and watch it.
An absolute tearjerker..
srshdeth7 September 2021
Oh my goooddddd... what an absolute tearjerker of a film.. this movie grabs you by the throat and never lets you go... the characters dont even get a few minutes of relief... it just beats you and beats you and turns you into a pulp.. then you finally give up and cry your eyes out then it beats you some more.. very very hard to watch but in a good way... a perfect movie from start to finish.
Best movie....of Nepal.
suryaparkland1 February 2021
Nice!
anantahari2 September 2021
The movie although good to watch lacks in major places. The title itself seems puzzling as it doesn't suit the story. Though its titled "Aama", which means mother in nepali, it focuses on the struggles of daughter. The setting of the movie is also inadequate as it mostly revolves around the hospital walls. At many scenes the dialogues of the characters are inaudible because of the overpowering sound effects of rain and bangle clanking. The acting skills also seems to lack in certain instance.
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