Pooja, Sir

The streets of the southern Nepalese town of Rajagunj are full of protestors from the long-marginalised Madhesi ethnic group, and they’re fighting for their civil rights. In the midst of the unrest, two boys are taken. Detective Inspector Pooja – played by Asha Magrati, the director’s wife and also the film’s co-writer – is dispatched from Kathmandu. Though a smart and stoic officer, she struggles to navigate the town’s entrenched hierarchies – and, as a lesbian who herself asks to be referred to as “Sir”, she’s viewed by the locals with a mix of suspicion and bemusement. In shaping this detailed, unflinching procedural, Magrati?and director Deepak Rauniyar (himself Madhesi) drew from a real-life case, as well as their own experiences.

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