Jhola
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| Directed by | Yadav Kumar Bhattarai |
| Written by | Krishna Dharabasi |
| Based on | Jhola |
| Produced by | Malati Shah, Ram Gopal Thapa, Raj Timalsina & Shusil Shah |
| Starring | Garima Panta, Desh Bhakta Khanal, Sujal Nepal, Laxmi Giri & Deepak Chhetri |
| Cinematography | Deepak Bajracharya |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Nepal |
| Language | Nepali |
Jhola (Nepali: झोला) is a 2013 Nepali film based on a story by writer Krishna Dharabasi. It is about Sati culture that was prevalent in the Nepalese society until the 1920s in which wife had to immolate herself upon her husband's death, typically on his funeral pyre. For her role, actress Garima Panta won Best Actress award at SAARC Film Festival held in Sri Lanka, 2014. The film was selected as the Nepali entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.