Sick City, also known by the Nepali title Birami Sahar, is a 2011 Nepali drama film written, directed, produced and edited by the England-born filmmaker Murray Kerr, under the production of Naresh K. Thapa. The film was released in theaters on 18 March 2011 with a runtime of 75 minutes. The film stars Arpan Thapa in the lead role of Krishna, with Sara Lama as Maya, Manu Thapa, Jayananda Lama, Binod Paudel, Sudin Bastola, Radha Lamsal and Harisha Baniya in the cast. The original music of the film was composed and performed by the musician Shyam Nepali, and the cinematography was also handled by the filmmaker himself. The film received the Best Nepali Film Award in the Nepal Panorama category of the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival in 2010, before its theatrical release.

Sick City is the story of a poor man named Krishna, who enters the world of drugs in the tourist hub of Thamel, Kathmandu, for fast and easy money and a luxurious life. Krishna is a petty hustler who gambles with his life, living in the attic of a rundown house and dreaming of making it big in life. He walks the streets of Kathmandu, where poverty, sex and drugs rule the tourist area of Thamel. His dreams and his family - Maya, his wife, and the people around him - all become part of his story, and the film honestly portrays the reality of life in Kathmandu. Yet sometimes things do not work out the way you want them to: Krishna's dreams of a prosperous life collide in a single night, the film ends in tragedy, and it shows the regret and the crime of the city along with the tiny hopeful moments that sparkle in between the scenes.

Sick City is a realistic, unconventional Nepali film that came out of Kathmandu: the film was made in the MiniDV format with a small camera, funded, scripted, directed, produced and edited by the England-born filmmaker Murray Kerr, who had been making commercials and short films before this, his first feature film. The film is honest: it has no hero who can beat a dozen goons, no exotic village of the mountains and no sensational scenes; instead, it brought the gritty picture of Kathmandu - the Basantapur, the Thamel, the Rickshaw, the streets, the songs of Narayan in the shops - to the screen of the audience.

With the strong script, the natural acting of Arpan Thapa, and the award-winning direction, Sick City is regarded as a milestone in the general quality of the Nepali film: more Nepali than the regular films of the cinema halls, and an honest, unforgettable story of the city of Kathmandu that was presented to the audience in a style that was then new to the Nepali film industry.