Movie Review 'Joker' Genre:Crime, Thriller Director:Todd Phillips Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy This is the origin story of DC Comic universe’s supervillain, the 'Joker'. The movie attempts to show how under unfortunate circumstances, any sane person can turn into an unhinged psychopath. Set in the early ’80s in Gotham city.'Joker' follows the life of Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix ), a happy soul who is considered a freak because of a health condition that makes him laugh involuntarily. Sharing a rundown apartment with his ailing mom (Frances Conroy), Arthur struggles to make money as a parttime clown. Despite his given condition and inspired by his late-night television show idol, Murray Franklin (Robert De Niro ), Arthur aspires to be a stand-up comedian. But clearly fate has other plans for him. With every new turn of events, Arthur’s life starts to spiral out of
JanaiPurnima is one of the great Hindu festivals of Nepal celebrated all over the country. This festival is about the sacred thread. It lies in the full moon fortnight of Bhadra and August in Gregorian. Brahmans and Chhetris in Nepal change their sacred thread known as Janai on this day from Gurus, after taking a holy bath in the river.
This full moon day sees a large number of Brahmans at the holy riverbanks. They take ritual dips in the water and offer ablution to the gods. They then change their sacred threads. Brahman priests tie yellow sacred threads around the wrists of the faithful. Newars of Kathmandu Valley call this festival Gunhi Punhi and they prepare a soup of a mixture of beans called Kwati as special food for the day. Kwati is a nutritious soup made from sprouted beans.
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