Meet the Director of “Broken Wings”

Episode 23, Series 2: "Bring Body, Speech & Mind to Life.”

Featuring: film director Shenpenn Khymsar, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, and host Jhama Lhamo.

Meet Shenpenn Khymsar, director of Broken Wings, the first Bollywood feature film directed by a Tibetan and the first feature to come out of Darjeeling in the Indian/International cinema world. Inspired by true events, it’s a tragic love story set in the post-1986 Gorkhaland agitation in Darjeeling, India. The film can be viewed in theaters throughout India (and later Nepal) beginning Friday, April 29, 2022; and will be released on streaming platforms by fall 2022. Produced by Monk and the Warrior Productions.

The conversation can be considered a family affair, as Shenpenn Khymsar is the nephew of Tenzin Rinpoche’s wife, Khandro Tsering Wangmo Khymsar; and host Jhama Lhamo is Rinpoche’s half-sister.