Tibetan resistance film shot covertly in Nepal faces delayed Indian release
Actor Tenzin Rigzin Phurpatsang filmed the historical drama Four Rivers Six Ranges about the 1959 Dalai Lama escape in Nepal's Mustang region, while director Shenpenn Khymsar aimed to portray ordinary Tibetans of the Chushi Gangdruk resistance, and the production was conducted covertly in Nepal because of Chinese surveillance and pressure on the Tibetan community.1
The film's Indian release, originally set for September 11, was postponed by a week after pressure from an unknown source, the Indian government gave no comment, and the timing coincided with Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to India for the BRICS summit.1