The principal photography of the fifth installment of Nai Nabhannu La has started in Jhapa on Monday. The film will be shot around picturesque areas in Jhapa and Ilam in the month ahead before the crew comes back to Kathmandu, the producers said.

Directed by Bikash Acharya, Nai Nabhannu La 5 will mark debut for actors Abhishek Nepal and Sedrina Sharma; Nepal is slated to play the lead alongside actress Swastima Khadka.

“We aim to complete the film within a month, some 28 days in the East and then a week in Kathmandu,” Acharya said, “Sure, the film carries on the flavour of its predecessors but then we are also working hard towards presenting it in a new way.”

Acharya informed that the producers target to release the film on August 24; which will have the film likely to clash at box office with the upcoming Bhuwan KC-production Captain.

Alongside Khadka, Sharma and Nepal, Nai Nabhannu La 5 will feature actors Dilip Rayamajhi, Keki Adhikari and Priyanka Karki, among others.