KEDAR NATH PAUDEL
Writer | Director | Theatre Actor | Butho dancer
Kedar Nath Paudel is an active artist. The chair of Indreni Theatre, a rising but well-known figure from Pokhara stands as a unique identity of freelance theatre artist among the Nepalese theater workers. He has written and acted various dramas since last decade ago. He is a playwright.He has written various Playes such as Ghero, Dhaniramko Goru, Aaturkal, and Embryonic, Bato. His hobby his hobby dragged him towards acting and entered him the theatre performance since his high school life. He has collected The experiences of writing, directing, Actinging in a number of dramas. He has visited and performed more than a dozen of nations in the course of exposing Nepalese arts and culture through theatrical performance. Beside this, his drama namely ‘Ghero’ has been published in Amazon. Moreover, his collection of four plays is about to publish.
SYNOPSIS
A huge respect to snake inherits in the eastern philosophy. Several countries have the tradition of snake eating. However, in the eastern philosophy, snake is worshipped. A story from Mahabharata era justifies the importance given to snake in the eastern philosophy. The terror of the extinction of snake because of the Sarpamedha (Sacrificing snake as an offerings in the fire during ritual work) Yaga by the then king Janmejaya and Aastik sage’s attempt to protect the last snake so that the snake would not extinct from the earth.
Snake is believed to be important from the environmental point of view because it absorbs the poison from the environment and provides the other creatures with hygienic environment. In Nepalese context, tradition of worshipping snakes on the day of Saun Shukla Panchami prevails specially in the Hindu community. This documentary attempts to inform the audience about the sociological importance of Naga (snake) and the process of worshipping naga.
DIRECTOR’S NOTE
The training and workshops after joining the theater made me develop the habit of looking at any event from a number of Perspectives That led me to create and analytical point of view. Till the year 2022, I used to think that Nag Panchami comes every July and it is gone after the Nagas are worshiped. I later came to know That our society contains customs and cultures that the world should know about.
The curiosity ‘why and how we worship snakes which are eaten in some parts of the world’ encouraged me to prepare this documentary. I have made this documentary by selecting one of The houses located at Pokhara Metropolitan City Gandaki Province, Nepal. Especially in the hilly areas of Nepal, snake worship is given the high importance. Other date and time according to Hindu calendar are not given emphasis however Nagpanchami is observed with great faith.
CREW
Special Thanks
Dashu Ram Paudel
Deg Kumari Paudel
Samjhjana Adhikari Paudel
Ram Chandra Baral, PhD
Bed Prasal Baral
Bhagawati Baral
Tuku Maya Baral
Dipak Paudel
Thanks
Ambika Baral
Gita Bk
Raju Baral
Shusil Prasad Baral
Arjun Gurung
Dipendra Paudel
Kamal Raj Baral
Ram Hari Adhikari
Pawan Ramdam
Rajan Baral
Sarita Baral
Basundhari Baral
Hota Raj Baral
Surya Prasad Baral
Kalpana Baral
Jibanath Baral
Bhim Prasad Baral
Rajan Baral
Dipendra Raj Baral
Binod Poudel
Camera Support
Arjun Gurung
Nepali Subtitles
Dipendra Paudel
English Subtitles
Prakash Rijal
Advisor
Bibhu Bhusal
Executive Producer
Samjhana Adhikari Paudel
Producer
Arya Paudel | Shaurya Paudel
Production
Indreni Theater
Writer | Director
Kedar Nath Paudel
Contact | Global Distribution
Indreni Theater Pvt.Ltd
indrenitheater@gmail.com | Kedaralu@outlook.com
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