THE BEGGAR LAMA |2021|SHORT FILM|

This Short Film was shot back in 2021 without proper script. My friend was interested to make one film because of beautiful Scenery and i agreed to do so. everything was sudden, no equipment, no budget, no crew and all. i just had one iPhone in my hand. my friends were ready to act and the result is now in the screen. Now we are planning for part 2 which is under process. STORY ABOUT THIS FILM: The Monk found-out that their ration were out of stock and asking permission from his master to go for a alms. the monk met robbers in the middle of the way who are planning to pitch the Stupa but they misunderstood by thinking that the inner objects of Stupa was carried by that monk and they harshly robbed him. But they regretted later as he had nothing than empty bag with some watermelon. Then they faced the karma of bad action. firstly they Lost the way to Stupa, then they were caught right handed by house owner while stealing food and beaten up. Finally they learned lessons and made promised by themself that they will never repeat to do an evil things hence on specially to monks as saying goes, "The arrow of the wisdom-being: Will not be seen when it is released; only when it hits the target". While the monk was escaping from goons, he saw his Lama was already before him to save from the dangerous obstacles. the monk finally realized that his master wasn't ordinary one and asked him to return to continue his practice. The film End here. i hope you enjoy! 😉 CASTS IN ODER OF APPEARANCE: SANGAY RINCHEN as Beggar Monk, PELDEN WODZER as Lama, SONAM CHOKI as Boss, TSHERING NIDUP as Thug, SANGAY DORJI as Thug AND UGYEN TENZIN as Cowboy. LOCATION: WANGTHANG-LA AND WANGTHANG GONPA. VIDEOGRAPHY: Gelek Pelzang (G' PeL) SHOT ON: iPHONE 11 PRO MAX STORY, DIRECTED AND EDITED BY: Gelek Pelzang (G' PeL). #buddhist #bhutanese #religion #buddhistmonk #shortfilm