'Hum Jayega' on silver screen soon

REZA PRADHAN , SNS, 15 MAY 2022 : A Nepali movie on 'Hum Jayega; a popular figure in the Nepali-speaking community, who is a funny character in Nepali folklore and jokes, has finally been completed and is all set to release by the end of this year. Today, as part of its promotional event, one song for the movie was released in Darjeeling, where the producers also revealed the actor who has played the part of 'Hum Jayega.' "It has been more than 14 years now that we wanted to have a movie showing Hum Jayega, as he is an iconic figure known by all the Nepali community the world over. However, the movie is based on the jokes associated with him and not a bio picture. The movie does not portray his life, but the jokes which are popular among the people. The movie is all set to release by the end of this year," said

Aditya Raya, the director and writer of the movie and a member of Baishnavi Productions that is making the movie.

'Hum Jayega' is the nickname given to the late Dal Bahadur Gurung, a resident of Kakjohra in Darjeeling. Over the years, his popularity rose due to many fictional jokes made on him with many booklets also dedicated to him in the past, with the jokes on him also found on the internet. One of the main persons contributing to the jokes was literary figure Bijoy Kumar Rai, who took out different books having a collection of 'Hum Jayega' jokes. In fact, it was from his books called "Humjayega Ko Diary," first published in 1982, that much of the jokes in the movie has been used.

This film also boasts of a strong cast with eminent actors here like Lath Goley, Deoraj Sherpa, Jeevan Gurung, Arun Prakash Rai, and Hemant Giri playing major roles. These actors are famous for their comic timings in movies and theatres. The production house of the movie had also kept an online contest, asking viewers to guess who was playing the role of 'Hum Jayega' in the movie from among the five actors. It was revealed today that the role was being played by Jeevan Gurung. "I still remember that it was in my college days I was introduced to Hum Jayega, who like many others I had thought was a fictional character he looked like a serious person who told jokes without laughing or smiling. It was then I thought of taking out a collection of jokes based on him. Not all the jokes in it were entirely his, but I made some of them, influenced by the books I used to read. The book became so popular that about 5,000 copies of it were sold in one month. The figure has become so internationally accepted in our community that I still get offers to republish the book," said Bijoy Kumar Rai. According to Mr Rai, the song released today and titled 'Hum Jayega* was also written by Dal Bahadur Gurung himself.