Mero Euta Saathi Chha

Mero Euta Sathi Chha
Mero Euta Sathi Chha
Soundtrack album by Sugam Pokharel
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Producer	Bikash Nirola

Mero Euta Sathi Chha
Mero Euta Sathi Chha
	Promotional poster of Mero Euta Saathi Chha
Directed by	Sudarshan Thapa
Written by	Subash Basnet
Produced by	Prabhu SJB Rana
Starring	Namrata Shrestha; Aaryan Sigdel; Jiwan Luitel; Dayahang Rai; Zenisha Moktan; Sushma Karki; Rekha Thapa;
Music by	Sugam Pokharal; Bipin Acharya;
Production; company	Eyecore Films
Running time	161 minutes
Country	Nepal
Language	Nepali
Budget	est. रू1 crore

Mero Euta Saathi Chha (Nepali: मेरो एउटा साथी छ; English: I Have One Special Friend) is a 2009 Nepali film. It is an unofficial remake of the Korean hit A Millionaire's First Love. The film was a box-office success.^[1]

Plot

The story begins with the remembrance of childhood friend Jay of Shikha. Shikha is the daughter of the principal of a high school. The high school building is situated in property of Jay's family. Lawyer Bikram Thapa warns the principal to pay the rent or leave the property where a resort would be established. Shikha moves to Jay's town to seek help from him.

Jay, who is the heir to the property, is raised by his grandparents after the death of his parents. Being a rich guy, he abuses his wealth. One day, he skips class and while riding on his bike, he gets challenged from another bike rider in black helmet. He gets ahead of him and blocks his way. He acknowledges that the black helmet person was chased by Nepal Police for crime of robbery.

Shikha meets Jay incidentally and nearly meets an accident. They quarrel, and he gets away. Later on, Shikha goes to Jay's Hotel, but Jay refuses to meet her. Shikha returns to her home then. Jay gets expelled from the college due to his habits. Lawyer reminds him he could only get the property in his name only after he graduates from high school within the next year. Otherwise, 99% of the property will be donated to charity under ownership of lawyer and only 1% in his name.

To finish his high school, he goes to the village where he spent his childhood. He joins the high school there and meets Shikha, who is the monitor of the class as well the instructor of the charity play for collection of funds for the rent to save the high school grounds. Jay, getting sick of the village life, tries to get away from there. But slowly he starts to like the culture and lifestyle of the village. Later, he falls in love with Shikha and starts to help to collect the funds without knowing that the property is his own.

One day new person appears in college named Ragav who was the rider in black helmet on the day of robbery. He robbed the bank to pay off the loans of college but was caught due to Jay. He hurts Jay but soon he realizes his mistake. Shikha being a heart patient, starts get heart pains. During the charity play Shikha goes to sleep forever in Jay's arm.

Lawyer tells he want Jay to be good person, so he had sent him to the village. Jay builds foster home for the children and rest of his life he gives up in memory of childhood friend and his love Shikha.

Cast

Aaryan Sigdel as Jay Shumsher JBR
Namrata Shrestha as Shikha
Jiwan Luitel as Ragav
Ashok Sharma as Lawyer Bikram Thapa
Keshab Bhattarai as Shikha's father
Zenisha Moktan
Sushma Karki
Dayahang Rai as funny college student
Bikash Nirola as a fan
Rekha Thapa in a cameo

Release

The film was released on 11 September 2009. After a year of production, the movie did not follow the queue system. With that provision, it did not get the screening dates at the Bishwa Jyoti Cinema and Ganga Hall but was screened at other cinema halls of both Kathmandu and outside.

Critical response

Although, the film met with some criticism for the story resembling to the Korean movie A Millionaire's First Love, it received positive reviews for its direction, cinematography, choreography and mostly for Aaryan Sigdel's performance.^{[citation needed]}

Aaryan Sigdel won the National Film Award for the Best Actor in Leading Role for his performance.^{[citation needed]} Sound designer and mixer Uttam Neupane won the National Award for his work in this film.^[2]

Box office

Mero Euta Saathi Chha collected approximately 2.15 Crore all around Nepal and overseas.^{[citation needed]}

Music

Tracks

The official track listing.

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"K Yo Maya Ho"	Sugam Pokharel	3:51
2.	"Juni Juni"	Sugam Pokharel, Rejina Rimal	4:51
3.	"Lajai Lajai"	Soham, Mandira	3:38
4.	"Mero Aankha ko Gajal"	Sunidhi Chauhan	3:49
5.	"Mero Euta Saathi Chha"	Sugam Pokhrel	3:20

References

^ "EyeCore Films is all set to distribute Hollywood movie 'The Matrix Resurrection'". myRepública - My City. 23 December 2021. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
^ Baral, Aditi (1 October 2020). "A dream come true for a Nepali sound designer and mixer". myRepública - My City. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

External links

[1] "EyeCore Films is all set to distribute Hollywood movie 'The Matrix Resurrection'". myRepública - My City. 23 December 2021. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

[2] Baral, Aditi (1 October 2020). "A dream come true for a Nepali sound designer and mixer". myRepública - My City. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

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