November 14, 2026 
Kathmandu: An unexpected scene unfolded at the trailer launch of the comedy film ‘Kakakiki’ on Saturday, leaving journalists and audiences surprised. Several police officers suddenly entered the venue and appeared to arrest the film’s director and cast members.
The incident took place towards the end of the programme, which had already been running for nearly an hour. As event host and film journalist Gopi Krishna Chapagain invited journalists to ask their final questions, four to five police officers suddenly entered the hall.
The officers asked the programme to stop and approached director Bikki Agarwal and actress Gauri Malla, along with actors Manoj Gajurel and Shishir Wangdel, among others. They held the artists and instructed them to come along.
The police then escorted the artists out of the hall, took them downstairs and put them into a police van parked outside the venue.
The unexpected incident left journalists and onlookers confused. Many wondered why the police had suddenly arrived at a film trailer launch and taken the director and actors away. The scene also sparked discussions on social media, with some claiming that the artists had actually been arrested during the event.
However, the reality was quite different.
The entire sequence was a promotional stunt designed by the film’s production team. The scene was inspired by an incident in the film’s storyline, in which the characters are similarly taken into police custody.
By recreating the sequence during the trailer launch, the team aimed to give audiences a glimpse of the film’s narrative and generate curiosity through an unconventional promotional approach.
Thus, the apparent arrest was not a real police action but a staged promotional scene connected to the film’s storyline.
‘Kakakiki’ is scheduled to release in theatres on Mangsir 11 (November 27).
