Maithili Cinema

[6] The movie was based on the novel Kanyadan (English translation - The Bride) written in the Maithili language by the author Harimohan Jha in 1930.

The movie was produced by the litterateur Kedar Nath Chaudhary and directed by Shree C Parmanand.

[13][14] Similarly in the year 2005, a Maithili movie with title Kakhan Harab Dukh Mor was released on the screens of some cinema theatres in the Mithila region.

It was promoted by the famous Bollywood stars Hrithik Roshan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Manoj Vajpayee, Vidya Balan, Sonu Sood and Jackie Shroff.

[11] On 2 November 2018, author cum director Rupak Sharar released a Maithili movie Premak Basat on screens of different cinema theatres in the Mithila region.

[21][22] The Maithili film director Santosh Badal after the success of movie Kakhan Harab Dukh Mor, released another Maithili movie Raja Salhesh on the screens of theatres in the Mithila region in the year 2024.

A large numbers of audiences flocked to watch the movie in cinema theatres of the region.

Apart from the Mithila region, the movie was also released on the screens of some multiplexes in the metropolitan cities of Mumbai and Delhi.

[17] In the year 2024, the first two-days Maithili International Film Festival was organised on 25–26 June at the Girija Hall in Janakpur city of the Mithila region in Nepal.

It was inaugurated by the chief minister Satish Kumar Singh of Madhesh Pradesh in Nepal.

The another major challenge is lack of active audiences to watch the Maithili movies even having the population of Maithils people around 7 - 8 crores.