Nepali Movie – Kathmandu

Nepali Movie – Kathmandu (2012)
Starring – Aakash Adhikari, Resh Marhatta, Gauri Malla, Samyukta Rana, Arjun Shrestha etc.
Director – Aakash Adhikari

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Movie Review – Kathmandu

Background

Thousands of people enter Kathmandu, the capital, from different parts of Nepal for the search of opportunities and fulfill their dreams. At the same time, many leave to tend their wounds when their dreams get shattered. Akash Adhikari’s movie, "Kathmandu", released today in Kathmandu, the city, is based on such types of different dreams, different problems, and varieties of people.

Story

The movie, "Kathmandu", is made on the story a character, Aryan Rana (played by Akash Adhikari) who comes back to Nepal from USA after completing his study of film making. He competes in Nepal to get an opportunity to make movie and during his struggle, he faces different problems, typical of Kathmandu. Although he tries to fight with every problems, a problems in his family forced him to return back to the USA.  Apart from the family problem, "Kathmandu" tries to portrays problems in teens caused by the misunderstanding between their parents. Drugs abuse in teens and problems in them caused by the carelessness of their parents. The movie also deals with the problems of street children, problems of youth, unemployment, negligence of the government, the games played by politicians, and girls being exploited to make indecent movies.

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Bollywood Dhoom in Kathmandu

On the evening of Saturday, December 10, 2011, various artists including various singers and comedy artists of Bollywood presented various programs. The main attraction of the program was the singer Mamata Sharma and comedy artist Raju Srivastav.

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Street patrolling cows in Kathmandu Metropolitan City

It is strange, how come cows are roaming around in the roads of capital city. Due to traffic congestion, there are various restrictions for some vehicles in many roads (some vehicles that are restricted are – Chinese tractor, hand driven cargo carts, diesel auto-rickshaw, pedal driven rickshaw, big trucks, buses and so on).

But, cows are free to roam around without any restrictions.

Balkrishna Dahal took some photos to show some examples of how the cows roam around the city – unrestricted. There isn’t any statistics on how many accidents have occurred due to the presence of animal on the road. But, it should be something the authorities should be concerned about.

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Earthquake in Nepal that killed 5 people – Is the epicenter in Sikkim?

Condolence to the 5 people killed in today’s earthquake and wish for speedy recovery of the 27 injured persons.

The epicenter of the 6.9 magnitude earthquake is told to be in Sikkim, India. But in the map it is shown within the border of Nepal.

Rescue workers at the site of the fallen British Embassy wall. Three people were killed at the site.

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22 Dhara-sculptures in Balaju Park, Kathmandu

When I was a little, we used to go to Balaju Water Garde park to bath. The Balaju Water Garden is known for its 22 stone waterspouts (hiti) carved in the shape of sea-dragons. The artistically designed traditional taps 22 Dhara (means 22 tap in Nepali) were fed by the Nagarjun Hill watershed, located in about five-kilometer northwest of Kathmandu City. But, due to urbanization and higher water demand in the valley, the taps are empty these days.

Now, these are only the beautiful sculptures – that are of no use.

The park also houses religious shrines, fishponds, and a replica of the statue of Budha
nilkantha. The swimming pool located inside the park is one of the few swimming public pools in Kathmandu.

'Let the Corrupt Rot'

Indian Yoga-guru asked the corrupt politicians to be hanged!

In Nepal, we are only wishing – "let the corrupt rot"! That is because, there is nobody to ask or tell. Here are some of the posters from Banke, Chitawan, and

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What are footpath for? To park cars!

Don’t let the "Indian Terrain" fool you, it’s not India. It is the photo by the side of the road in capital while going from Kamaladi to Putalisadak.

If you think footpaths are for pedestrian, think again! Here is another example to prove the footpath are made wheelpath in Nepal. The white car is blissfully parked on the footpath!

Photo credits: Kishore Pahadi

Police fired tear gas in Putlisadak

Some students in Putlisadak have burnt a Government vehicle. The police has fired tear gas and the situation in the area is tense.

These protest are going on in response to the arrest of Mahesh Basnet in Eastern Nepal, Itahari. Biratnagar and

We will update the situation as it unfolds.

UPDATE: The clash happened in front of Shankar Dev College when a car Ba 1 Jha 5471 was burned. The students affiliated to ANSFU are throwing stones and bricks from the college.

It was reported that another vehicle was burnt in Jamal in the morning. (Photo credits – various
sources)

TaTa Nano in Nepal for Nano Yatra campaign

The car considered to be the cheapest in the world, Nano, will be available for purchase in Nepal after two months. Sipradi Trading, the authorized distributor of Tata vehicles in Nepal, unveiled the two Nano cars to be used for Nano Yatra Nepal campaign.

In the 35 days Nano Yatra Nepal campaign, the car will be driven an approximate length of 10,000 km covering different parts of Nepal. After the completion of the first campaign, another campaign is planned to complete 35,000 km covering almost every parts of the country.

Sipradi is planning to sell three variants of the car – Nano, Nano CX and Nano LX. Nano, the basic model, and Nano LX, the luxury model,
will be available in three colors, and the intermediate model, Nano CX, will be available in five colors.

Features available in the three models are:

Although the retail price of the car is not fixed, the 4 seats model is expected to cost between Rs. 8 lakh to 12 lakh (Is that cheap?).

Standard and manner

When people can’t appreciate what they have got – a photo of the 6 lane highway from Kathmandu to Bhaktapur:

Beekalpa Paudel posted this photo in his Facebook profile.

A dump truck – seems like ready to fly

A tipper truck (dump truck) seems to be ready to fly when the heavy load on the back caused the front wheels to raise in the sky. The photo is taken in a construction site where filling material is being dumped in the low-lying area.

Photo credits – Mohammad Rabbani

Grand Music Festival 2011 gone bad

This music festival was told to be grand in the history of Nepali music by the organizers.

• First grand Music Festival with 16 artists in a single location
• Two helicopters used to transport the artists
• Ticket rate Rs. 150 and include a noodle, a juice, and a NTC discount of Rs. 50 (dirt cheap)

First, there weren’t many listeners. The area looked empty during the concert. The singers were also disappointed by the small number of people in the audience. Apart from less ticket sales, one another reason for the small crowd size is the relative size of Tundikhel area. I think, it is a huge area, only suitable for political meets where people can come and ‘have fun’ for free.

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Nepal Bandh, Anti-strike rally in Kathmandu, British money

On Friday the 13th of May, Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) had organized a Nepal Bandh (Nepal strike). The streets in Kathmandu were empty and more people were walking to go to their jobs.

The police has told that they have nabbed 73 workers of NEFIN who were forcing the businesses to close and stopping vehicles. By 11 in the morning the police has told that it has already arrested more than a 1000 people all over Nepal.

At the same time, some youths have organized a motorbike rally against the strike, in Kathmandu. The strike was organized by using social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter and mobile phone SMS message:

Enough is Enough. Nepalese want constitution NOT Bandhs. Come one. Come all, with your motorbikes & cycles and ask for Constitution & defy Bandhs. Rally starts at 10 am. May 13. Friday, from Tridevi Marg, Thamel. Alliance against Bandh. Please forward to all

Kantipur has reported that, in response to the strike, the British government agency has withheld the support equivalent of Rs 110 million to NEFIN. The British agency has told that such strike violates human rights and they can’t help organizations involved in violation of human rights.

It seems, with the popularity of social network in Nepal, any future such strikes will fail. Following photos were taken by Shreedeep Rayamajhi. (more photos of artists in anti-bandh rally)

Anti-strike rally in Kathmandu

Youths in Kathmandu have organized a anti-strike motorbike rally in Kathmandu. The event organized in part with the help of Facebook group named "DIE Nepal Bandh DIE" and through the exchange of SMS with message:

Enough is Enough. Nepalese want constitution NOT Bandhs. Come one. Come all, with your motorbikes & cycles and ask for Constitution & defy Bandhs. Rally starts at 10 am. May 13. Friday, from Tridevi Marg, Thamel. Alliance against Bandh. Please forward to all

Nepali director has uploaded the following photo of him in his Facebook profile from the rally:

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