Karmic Death

Sonam Phonjur is also a Bhutanese Director who has spent many years of his life living on the edge of  pleasure and pain, legal and illegal. His story is about two friends who roam the streets, feeling free in their daring acts of theivery, drug selling, and defying death. The karmic cycle is hard on them both and the streets provide the rough landings that the two friends could not avoid.

During the making of this movie, we encountered many problems. The first was power. Shooting at the local billiards/snooker hall was a constant challenge. First the power went out so we had to rig up our generator and shoot in the heat. Sweat poured from every crew members brain. The actors did a great job with their dance scene in a drunken flurry. So many wads of money were displayed in the movie that the owners of the billiards hall decided we should pay more money for the rental of their space. The director was forced to pay out 4 times as much was originally bargained for.

The next problem came during the chase sequences. Sonam had left his props, a bag of marijuana, knives, and a photo in the car of his actors. Someone stole the bag while he was shooting a scene. Everyone had to scramble around to replace the props. During these movies we are only given 8 hours to shoot so this was a particularly nerve wracking problem.

In the end the movie was completed and the two friends lay tragically dead, victims of their own adventure.