Raju Gurung

History

Raju Gurung is a musician, scriptwriter, director and producer from Nepal. He graduated from the Berklee College of Music in the USA, and from courses focused on film and video from the Boston Foundation. He's worked as both a production assistant and assistant director. In Nepal, he's independently produced nearly a dozen documentaries and made his foray as a director with the feature film Bicycle Dreams (2014). He's also been adept at developing his own music career.

Movies

Mystic Vision, Sacred Art
Mystic Vision, Sacred Art
Director
This documentary provides an excellent introduction to the art of thangka, sacred Tibetan Buddhist painting, in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. Carefully filmed, it takes you through every step of the painting process of thangkas. It offers insight into the symbolic and religious meaning of thangkas and their importance for Tibetan Buddhist life.
Bicycle Dreams
Bicycle Dreams
Screenplay
Bicycle Dreams follows two boys as they come of age in the ancient city of Kathmandu. Like kids the world over, they are pursuing a dream :an electric blue, 18 gear mountain bike. The boys can't possibly afford such a bike, but a poster offering a reward for finding a lost dog raises their hopes. The boys experience adventures and set back in their pursuit of dog and bike, through crowded alleys and market places of the old city, into inner sanctum of a prophetic seer, and to an abandoned temple where a 'holy' man steals their money. Overwhelmed by obstacles, their friendship is tested. Through the pursuit of their dreams, however, the boys discover what's really important in life-something bigger than the bicycle.
Bicycle Dreams
Bicycle Dreams
Director
Bicycle Dreams follows two boys as they come of age in the ancient city of Kathmandu. Like kids the world over, they are pursuing a dream :an electric blue, 18 gear mountain bike. The boys can't possibly afford such a bike, but a poster offering a reward for finding a lost dog raises their hopes. The boys experience adventures and set back in their pursuit of dog and bike, through crowded alleys and market places of the old city, into inner sanctum of a prophetic seer, and to an abandoned temple where a 'holy' man steals their money. Overwhelmed by obstacles, their friendship is tested. Through the pursuit of their dreams, however, the boys discover what's really important in life-something bigger than the bicycle.