Chhakka Panja

Chhakka Panja (Nepali: छक्का पञ्जा) (transl. Six, Five) is a 2016 Nepalese comedy-drama film directed and produced by Deepa Shree Niraula. The film is Niraula's directorial debut and features an ensemble cast of Priyanka Karki, Deepak Raj Giri, Jeetu Nepal, Kedar Ghimire, Buddhi Tamang, Shivahari Poudel, Barsha Raut and Namrata Sapkota . The film is first part of Chakka Panja series and tells the story of Raja (Deepak Raj Giri),a rich but illiterate man and his group of friends Ateet(Shivahari Poudel), Saraswati(Jitu Nepal), Magne(Kedar Ghimire) and Buddhi(Buddhi Tamang), Raja who is devoted to the chase gives in to family pressure and gets married but different events unfolds in his and his group of friend's life that gives rise to comedy of errors and situations. The film received highly positive reviews for its screenplay and story, performances, humor and its social setting and message. The film was an " All Time Blockbuster " at the box office breaking several records at the box office was the highest grossing Nepali film of all time until it was overtaken by its 3rd part. However, due to piracy problems, the movie was released on YouTube. Due to the piracy, the international screening of the movie was highly affected. The film had three sequels :- Chhakka Panja 2 Chhakka Panja 3 and Chhakka Panja 4, all of which were commercial blockbusters.Thus, it is the highest grossing Nepali movie franchise.

Chakka Panja is considered as one of the best Nepali films ever made and one of the finest comedy films of all time made in South Asia noted for its humorous dialogues blended with social message.