Ujeli is the tragic story of a 10 year-old girl from an impoverished family in Nepal, who is forced to marry at the age of ten, depriving her of an opportunity to go to school and forcing her to act as an adult married woman with responsibilities. This film depicts the gender discrimination that exists in Nepal between sons and daughters in terms of opportunities for education, access to medical care, and the ability to enjoy childhood itself. Ujeli also shows the link between child marriages and the high maternal mortality rate in Nepal. Ujeli is a classic Nepali film, and enjoys immense popularity whenever it is screened.