‘Girls’ in controversy before inauguration

Even before its inauguration, Girls, a movie to be directed and produced by Prince is dragged into controversy. Invitation card of the inauguration ceremony of the Trends Nepal’s first venture featured the lead actress Jenisha with bare back.

But, Jenisha claimed that the body of the girl featured on the invitation card and poster is not hers. She claimed that her head was attached to somebody else’s body digitally.

The producer and director, Prince, however said that they didn’t do any Photoshop tricks on the actress’s body. He also told that if Jenisha doesn’t admit the truth, she might even be out of the project.

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Giraftaar – Nepali Movie

Cast: Rajesh Hamal, Mausami Malla, Biraj Bhatta, Richa Ghimmire, Umesh Dhungana etc.

Story: Sandesh Man Shrestha
Script / Dialogue : Maunata Shrestha
Direction: Rajendra Upreti

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Je Bho Ramrai Bho – Nepali Movie

Nepali Film: Je Bho Ramrai Bho

Casting: Hari Bansha Acharya, Rajesh Hamal, Jal Shah, Sunil Thapa, Subhadra Adhikari, Laxmi Giri etc.

Story/Script/Dialogue/Direction : Hari Bansha Acharya

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Madan Bahadur Hari Bahadur – Feb 9, 2010

Casting: Madan Krishna Shrestha, Hari Bamsha Acharya etc.

Previous episodes of Madan Bahadur Hari Bahadur 3:

Nov. 24, Dec. 1, Dec. 8, Dec 15 | Dec 22 | Dec 29 |  Jan 5 | Jan 12 | Jan 19 | Jan 26 | Feb 2

Part 1

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Green rice – Soak to eat

The rice I am talking is not ‘green’ in color but is green in terms of saving the environment.

Agricultural scientists in India claim that they have developed a variety of rice that doesn’t require cooking. The soft rice is invented in Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, India.

The rice, named Aghoni Bora, looks similar to other varieties but it can simply be soaked in cold water for about forty-five minutes before it can be eaten.
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Jessica Alba to wannabe plastic surgery look-alike – don't do it

A woman in China wanted to do a plastic surgery to look like Jessica Alba and Alba responded with a positive message, after a month.

I am wondering if it has anything to do with the upcoming romantic comedy movie ‘Valentine’s Day’, featuring Jessica Alba, and arriving in theaters on Feb. 12.

Last month, Xiaoqing, the 21 year-old Chinese student, told a newspaper in Beijing about her plan to undergo a surgical transformation to look like Jessica Alba. She told that her ex-boyfriend was a huge fan of Jessica Alba’s films and wanted his girlfriend to look like Alba. She wants to win back her Jessica Alba obsessed boyfriend by converting herself to Jessica Alba look-alike.
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First Nepali actress in Hollywood – Sweta Lamichhane

Sweta Lamichane is the first Nepali woman to join the US Marines and probably the first Nepali actress in Hollywood. She sure is doing great in the US and making us proud. Her IMDB page has her bio-data and her acting career details. We wish her all the best in her desire to win an Oscar.

News about her is spreading like fire in Nepali news sites (almost all of them copied from Kantipur). It started with her coverage in Kantipur newspaper. Sweta announced in her facebook page:

Sweta Lamichhane I will be featured in the Kathmandu Post on either Friday the 29th or Saturday the 30th. Extra Extra Read all about it! Thank You Sajag Rana & Keshav Koirala!

It was published on 30th of January 2010:

Her achievements so far include leading roles in Destiny, a New York Film Academy production and in the short film Shoot ‘em Up, which will be pitched with Disney Channel. She has featured in MTV’s Freedom Writers and has also worked in TV shows like ER, Greek, and Glee.

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Children of God – Documentary

• Winner – Best Documentary – Jeonju 2009 International Film Festival
• Winner – Best Documentary – Japan, Korea, China Producers Forum
• Official Selection – 2009 Hot Docs International Film Festival, Canada

Children of God explores the life of the children who live beside the Baghmati River in Nepal. The children rob the corpses for food and dive into the river to grab coins used as funeral offerings by the mourners.

The film exposes the social conditions of the suppressed Nepalese people through the plight of their children, where reverence for the old and dead far outweighs the care for the young and living. Experiencing their innocence and their hardship through songs, stories and heartbreaking living conditions, exposes the contradiction of the material world that rests upon perhaps the most spiritual culture on earth.

Children of God will remind you of scenes from Slumdog Millionaire and is reminiscent of Charcoal People released by Vanguard Cinema.

Single part movie
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Condolence to Actress Mahima Pokharel

Actress Mahima (Laxmi) Pokharel has died on a motorbike accident while returning from a movie shooting at Kabhre, East of Kathmandu. Actress Pokharel was riding back to Kathmandu with actor Dinesh Khadka when a cargo truck dashed their motorcycle from behind on BP Highway.

Pokharel died at the scene and Khadka is admitted in Dhulikhel hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. They were acting in a movie named “Adhikar”.

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The unique, disabled teacher

The person in the photo above, being carried by the little girl, is her teacher. The 55 years-old, about 10 Kg in weight, Krishna Prasad Poudel, has been teaching in the local school, Bhagavati Lower Secondary School, for the last 39 years. One team of the students carry him to the school in the morning and another team brings him back home in the laps of his old mother. The old mother is the only person to take care of him at home.

Almost everybody i
n the Thulopokhara village of Arghakachi district, Western Nepal, is taught by Krishna Prasad. The 8 class pass, longest serving teacher in the school, is still in a temporary status while his previous students are permanent teachers in the school. (source – kantipur)

Madan Bahadur Hari Bahadur – Feb 2, 2010

Casting: Madan Krishna Shrestha, Hari Bansha Acharya etc.

Previous episodes of Madan Bahadur Hari Bahadur 3:

Nov. 24, Dec. 1, Dec. 8, Dec 15 | Dec 22 | Dec 29 |  Jan 5 | Jan 12 | Jan 19 | Jan 26

Part 1

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Miss Mangol in March 20, 2010

To help bringing out the talents in the young ladies of ethnic communities in Nepal, Miss Mangol will be held on March 20, 2010.

The audition round will start on 13th of February. Action International, the organizer, has called 16 – 25 years old unmarried ladies from Mangol communities to participate in the event.

After sucessful organization of the first Miss Mangol last year, this is the second time the beauty contest is being held in Kathmandu. The first Miss Mangol, Shristi Rajkarnikar, was present at the announcement ceremony held in Kathmandu.

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Two Grammies for AR Rahman

“This is insane, God is great again.’’

That is what AR Rahman said after receiving his second Grammy Award at Los Angeles.  The 44-year-old Indian musician pocketed the Best Compilation Soundtrack and the Best Motion Picture Song at the 2010 Grammy Awards for scoring the tunes of Slumdog Millionaire.

Before that, Rahaman had won the Best Original Music Score and Best Original Song at the Academy Awards, Best Original Score at the Golden Globe Awards, Anthony Asquith Award for Best Film Music at BAFTA for his musical contribution for the movie.

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