Himgyap to direct Rekha Thapa’s ‘Kali’

In a press meet held in New York, USA, Rekha Thapa had announced that her upcoming movie ‘Kali’ will be directed by Himgyap Lama, Tasi. Actress Gauri Malla was also present in the press meet.

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Truth about 'Lakhau Kosish …' (with Raju Lama and Jeevan Lama's response)

Raju Lama’s popular song ‘Lakahu Kosish’ is found to be previously sung by another singer Jeevan Lama. Jeevan has accused Saroj Lama of stealing his song and selling to Indira Pun who had hired Raju Lama to sing the song. To know the truth, xnepali.com had contacted both Raju Lama and Jeevan Lama. Here is the summary of the response of the two singers:

Jeevan Lama told that the song was originally written by Ramji Lama and sung by Jeevan Lama. Jeevan told, “Raju Lama is innocent. The song was stolen by Saroj Lama and he sold it to Indira Pun.”

Jeevan Lama also told that he has all the documents including agreement letter to prove the case.

Raju Lama also responded to xnepali’s request to comment and told that he was paid to sing the song and he wasn’t involved in any other dealing.

History:

Jeevan Lama had released an album ‘Anubhav’ with the song “Lakhau Kosish … ” in 2002 (BS 2059) by Dhaulagiri Cassette Center. In 2010 (2067BS) the same song was released in the voice of Raju Lama as a part of the collection album of Indira Pun. Jeevan’s album was released in 2002 by Dhaulagiri Cassette Center. In Jeevan Lama version of the song music is composed by Dipendraman Singh but in Raju Lama version, the music is told to be composed by Saroj Lama.

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Music video 'Fikka Fikka chh…' by Nabin K. Bhattarai

A music video of Nabin K. Bhattarai’s song ‘Fikka Fikka Cha …’ from the music album ‘Kathmandu’ was shot in Sydney Australia, featuring actors Bimalesh Adhikari and Karsha Adhikari. The music video by Australia based Nepali media company, Alternative Arts, was directed by Aashiq Regmi and Amit Aryal.

The lyrics and music of the song was composed by Suresh Kumar and the music video was produced by Suyash Bhattarai. Technical details are as follows:

Singer – Nabin K. Bhattarai
Album – Kathmandu
Lyrics/Music – Suresh Kumar, New Age Music / Ausmandu
Actors – Bimles Adhikari, Karsha Adhikari
Production Assistants – Deepa Ghimire / Ribesh Poudel
Producer – Suyash Bhattarai
DOP/VFX/ Editor – Aashiq Regmi
Director – Aashiq Regmi / Amit Aryal

Alternative Arts is known for some short films it had produced in the past. Its first short film ‘Code Changa‘ and another short movie ‘Mars and Venus‘ were also featured in xnepali.

Teej songs collection, Happy Teej 2012

Information about Nepali Festival Teej and some audio songs were posted in 2010.

We would like to wish a very happy Teej to all our female readers.

For your dance needs, we have collected some of good Teej songs.

Apart from music video we will try to add links to mp3 versions (some songs added at the end of this post) of the songs if you need to copy them to your music player. Songs in MP3 are usually of better quality when compared to the videos.

Teej song from the movie Andaaz
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Comedy – Sisnupani Deusi Bhailo

The comedy version of the popular tradition of Deusi and Bhailo during the festival Tihar is being used by the group of comedians, Sisnupani, to show their creativity and make fun of the current socio-political situation of the country.

The satirical Deusi starts by:

Bhana Bhana Bhai ho Ram Ram
Ramai Ram

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Nepali Movie promo – Loot 2011

A joint venture of Princess Movies and Black Horse Pictures, a film by Nischal Basnet

Nepali movie – Loot
Starring - Saugat Malla, Karma, Reecha Sharma, Dayahang Rai, Sirjana Subba, Prateek Raj Neupane, Sushil Raj Pandey etc.

Director / Story / Screenplay – Nischal Basnet
Producers – Madhav Wagle and Narendra Maharjan

Kathmandu a city of dreams, hopes, greed…
Everyhone has a dream of getting it big
The question is…
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Nihita mom ‘shocked’ by Bigg Boss sex questions (Video)

Shakuntala Thapa, mother of Nihita, the wife of convicted killer Charles Shobhraj, told that she was shocked by the sex question her daughter faced in her appearance in Bigg Boss 5 in Indian TV channel Colors.

Shakuntala said, “People don’t ask such questions, especially to people they have known only for 15 minutes. Nihita is young and led a sheltered life. We encouraged her to join the show thinking she would make friends with people from different cultures and broaden her horizon.”

Lets analyze what happened in the show:

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Nepal Unites' 'No Work No Pay' event in London on 27 May

To pressure the Nepal government in writing the constitution within the time frame and for better coordination and cooperation between the top three parties in Nepal for the progress of the country, an event is set to take place on 27th MAY from 12-2PM outside the Embassy of Nepal in London.

In the following video Lex Limbu explains what the event means to Nepal and Nepali:

More information is available in the the event page in Facebook.

The organizers have informed the local police station about the event and the Embassy of Nepal and The Kensington Borough Council have also granted the permission to host the event in the area.

The Nepali community in Sydney, Australia is also planning to do a similar event on the same day, 27 May, 2011 from 12 am to 12 pm. 

Kumar Kancha couldn’t be saved – can’t artists be insured?

Nepali singer, Kumar Kancha, has lost his battle against spinal-cord tumor on January 17, 2011. Monday morning’s heart attack took his life in the hospital. He was being treated in SL Raheja Hospitalm, Mahim West in Mumbai, India for the last seven months.

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Canadian PM advisor wants WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange killed

WikiLeaks has created a ripple in the diplomatic circle all around the world and China has already blocked the website. Now, a Canadian politician wanted the founder of the website, Julian Assange, dead.

In an interview with CBC news, an adviser to Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister of Canada, Prof Tom Flanagan, said, “I think Assange should be assassinated actually … There is no good coming of this.”

A t the end
of the interview, Prof Flangan added, “I wouldn’t feel unhappy if Assange disappeared.”

Interpol has issued a “Red Notice” alert for Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, in relation to two rape charges issued by Swedish police.

The 39 year-old Julian Assange, is already facing legal problems on an unrelated case. Interpol has issued "Red Notice" alert for him in charge of two rape charges issued by Swedish police.

Krishna Bhajan – Prayers of Lord Krishna in Nepali

Videos of prayers of Lord Krishna feature Krishna Bhajan in Nepali.

One of the most romantic gods in Hindu mythology, Lord Krishna, was told to have 1,600 girlfriends, Gopinis. Krishna is considered to be one of the incarnation of Lord Bishnu. Apart from Krishna, Rama and Buddha (sometimes) are also considered the incarnation of Lord Bishnu.
Krishna’s Birthday is celebrated as Krishna Janmastami.

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Tihar – Deusi Bhailo songs (videos)

UPDATE:Introduction to Tihar festival was posted previously. The post featured all the details of the five days of Nepali festival Tihar.

Tihar, the second biggest festival in Nepal, is just around the corner. We sing Deusi and Bhailo songs and it is a right time to remind ourselves about how those songs are sung. we have collected som Deusi Bhailo songs for you to prepare yourselves for the festival:
UPDATE Deusi Bhaili songs

Bhai Tika Maa Aaunu Hai Raju Lama

Adhar Ma Aaja Unkai Cha (Tihar Song from Anyaya Movie)

bhailini aayin agana

More video posted here

Schoolgirl call girl, ABC TV and journalism ethics

In a latest news about a couple of schoolgirls being arrested for prostitution in Kathmandu, a local TV has been criticized for divulging too much information of the girl while dramatizing the issue.

On October 2, 2010 police arrested two girls from Town Plazza in Naxal. Two pimps named Sanjiv Lama and Som Bahadur Tamang were also arrested with the girls. It is told that they used to charge Rs. 50,000 for a night to customers, however, the girls got only Rs. 10,000. But, the issue is not about prostitution or, cheating the prostitutes, it is about how our journalist cover the news.

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Pooja Lama's sexy dance in Japan

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Miss Nepal 2010 Final – Live recording

This is the live recording of Miss Nepal 2010 program broadcasted in Nepal TV.
The photos and details of the event is posted in Miss Nepal 2010 news posting.

Part 1

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