Directing
Sahara Sharma
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Sahara Sharma is a New York-based Nepali filmmaker known for her focus on gender-sensitive storytelling and her contributions to the independent cinema movement in Nepal. She first gained international acclaim with her debut television feature, Chasing Rainbows (2013), which explores themes of sexuality, migration, and the struggles of Nepali youth. The film opened the 2013 Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, winning the Nepal Panorama category, and later received the Jury Prize at the 2014 Toronto Nepali Film Festival. Together with filmmaker Abhimanyu Dixit, she co-founded Gauthali Entertainment, a feminist filmmaking platform dedicated to creating nuanced narratives and incre…
Known for
NRA family drama exploring relationships, expectations, and changes across generations.
My Share of Sky: Ek Mutthi Badal
2026
NRChasing Rainbows follows three siblings who migrated to Kathmandu to pursue their dreams. A micro-budget film, shot on a single DSLR camera, and with non-professional cast and crew, it abandons cinema’s traditional dramatic motifs and uses handheld shots and improvised dialogues blurring the lines of cinema and real life.
Chasing Rainbows
2013
Behind the camera
NRA family drama exploring relationships, expectations, and changes across generations.
My Share of Sky: Ek Mutthi Badal
2026
NRA family drama exploring relationships, expectations, and changes across generations.
My Share of Sky: Ek Mutthi Badal
2026
NRChasing Rainbows follows three siblings who migrated to Kathmandu to pursue their dreams. A micro-budget film, shot on a single DSLR camera, and with non-professional cast and crew, it abandons cinema’s traditional dramatic motifs and uses handheld shots and improvised dialogues blurring the lines of cinema and real life.
Chasing Rainbows
2013