Nepali Movie – Agni Jwala

Nepali Film – Agni Jwala
Starring – Nikhil Upreti, Biraj Bhatt, Rejina Upreti, Arunima Lamsal, Poojana Pradhan, Suvekchya Thapa, Dinesh Sharma, Nandu Sribastav etc.
Director – Dayaram Dahal

‘Agni Jwala’ is the second move of Shreebstav Films by Nandu Shreebastav. The multi-starrer movie was a hit movie of the action heroes of the time – Nikhil and Biraj. The movie was shot in Birgunj, Jitpur, Simara, Rampur, Milanchok, Bara and surrounding areas. The movie features the background music of Samrat Thapa, script of Yugesh Rayamajhi, editing of Tara Thapa ‘Kimbhe’, choreography of Shanta Nepali, music of Mahesh Khadka and Sanju Amatya, action of Rajendra Khadgi, and cinematography of Kishor Dhakal.

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Female writers in Nepali film industry

* This feature article is a part of women in Nepali film industry series. Previous article in the series was female directors in Nepali film industry.

Like every other fields, film writing in Nepali film industry is also dominated by males. Only a few writers are female. When the script writing is done by the wife of the director or the producer of the movie, question arises how genuine the writer is. For example, wife of noted director Sambhu Pradhan’s wife Nutan Pradhan and actor and producer Bhuwan KC‘s ex-wife Sushmita KC have also written scripts.

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Actress Arunima Lamsal wrote the script of ‘Deepsikha‘. When the movie failed to impress audience, Arunima’s career as a writer is considered to have ended. Another writer, Kusum Anshal is also known to write the script of a movie made jointly by Nepal and India – ‘Panchawati’. Last year, actress Benisha Hamal had told about writing the script of a movie but, nothing is heard about that again. 

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Friday release, Miss Nepal, Jodi No. 1 and Luki Luki

Three new Nepali movies ‘Miss Nepal’, ‘Jodi No. 1’ and ‘Luki Luki’  have released in theater in Nepal on Friday May 30, 2014. While ‘Miss Nepal’ had been very controversial and was been a focus of media for some time, other two movies were relatively unheard of.

Miss Nepal

The movie based on beauty contest Miss Nepal is titled ‘Miss Nepal’ and features the producer Suvekshya Thapa as Miss Nepal. The movie directed by Surendra Tuladhar is going to release in 23 theaters in Kathmandu and 40 theaters out of Kathmandu. With Suvekshya, the movie also features Sabin Shrestha and Kshitiza Shakya in lead roles.

The movie got in limelight when Miss Nepal organizer Hidden Treasure tried to block it. Suvekshya also posed topless to get the media attention. She had been actively using social media sites to promote the movie and share the poster for the last few months.

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Friday Release, Aawaran, Thulo Manche, Khudkilo and Pipal

Four new movies are being released on May 16, 2014 in theaters all over Nepal. Director Subash Koirala‘s movie ‘Aawaran’,  director Prashant Tamang’s direction ‘Thulo Manche’, Niranjan Kasaju’s movie ‘Peepal’ and Janakraj Khakurel’s movie ‘Khudkilo’ are releasing in theater this Friday.

Aawaran

The most publicized movies among the four new releases is ‘Aawaran’. The movie directed by Subash Koirala is also told to be made by using latest graphic technology. The movie features actress Priyanka Karki in leading role and other actors in the movie include Divya Dev, Sushil Raj Pandey, Naresh poudel, Anubhav Regmi and others. The movie made on horror suspense thriller is produced by Anil Yonjan.

Thulo Manche

A movie made on a story of children, ‘Thulo Manche’ is directed by artist Prashant Tamang. The movie produced by Pradeep Khadka features a number of child artists. Actress Keki Adhikari is featured in guest role in the movie.

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Holi plans of Nepali actors

The festival of colors is special occasion to organize parties in different individuals and organizations. Because of the celebrations, it is special for the artists of Nepali movie industry. On the occasion of the festiaval, we have compiled the plans of Nepali actors.

Karishma Manandhar

Like previous years, Karishma is organizing a huge Holi party in her home. She has invited more than 300 guests for the party that starts at 11 AM in her home at Godavari.

File photo – Holi 2067 BS

Actor Rajesh Hamal is allergic to colors. He doesn’t look forward to participating in Holi parties. This year, he has a lot of invitations to celebrate the festival, but he is yet to decide.

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Nepali Movie – Malai Man Paryo

Nepali Movie – Malai Man Paryo
StarringRaj Ballav Koirala, Niruta Singh, Bijaya Luitel, Mithila Sharma,Sushma Karki, Bijaya Deuja, Abhinaya Regmi, Arunima Lamsal etc.
Director – Bhadra Bhujel

‘Malai Man Paryo’ is the presentation of Himalayan Films, the second movie of Rameshjung Rayamajhi. The actress Arunima Lamsal is featured in a special appearance in the film. The script of the film is written by Bikash Acharya.

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Nepali Movie – Deep Shikha

Nepali Movie – Deep Shikha (2010)
StarringJiwan Luitel, Niraj Baral, Arunima Lamsal, Bishnu Sapkota, Mukunda Shrestha, Radha Lamsal etc.
Director – Naresh Poudel

The movie ‘Deep Shikha’ is the presentation of Amatya Arts . This movie was highly publicized as the movie made on the story of the lead actress, Arunima Lamsal. Because of the failure of the movie, Arunima never wrote script of movies again.

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Namrata Shrestha writing a movie, planning to direct it herself

One of the versatile actresses of Nepali movie industry, Namrata Shrestha, is writing the story of a movie. The model turned actress is a very good actress and dancer is known to work in movies that have stories that appeal to her.

According to an online magazine, Namrata has finished writing the first few chapters. Apart from being the writer of the movie, she is also planning on testing her directorial skills in the movie. It seems to be shaping up, to be a complete Namrata Shrestha movie with writing, direction and acting. The desire to direct  movie came from the fact that her some of her friends have already started film direction. But, she is willing to wait a while and establish herself in the acting career.

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Nepali Movie – Sapoot

Nepali Movie – Sapoot
StarringBiraj Bhatt, Dilip Rayamajhi, Sanchita Luitel, Arunima Lamsal, Hemanta Budhathoki, Mukunda Thapa, Pragya Joshi, Gobind Rai etc.
Story, Script, Dialogue – Pradeep Bhardwoj
Director – Yogesh Ghimire

‘Sapoot’ is a presentation of Pragya Joshi for Pragya Films Pvt. Ltd.

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Nepali Movie – Bandi

Nepali Movie – Bandi, the Prisoner
StarringDilip Rayamajhi, Suman Singh, Aryan Sigdel, Sanchita Luitel, Arunima Lamsal, Sanjita Gurung, Tika Pahadi, Hemanta Budhathoki, Bijay Deuja, Hiuwala Gautam etc.
Story, Director – Bijaya Kerung

The movie ‘Bandi’ is the presentation of Ramesh Gurung (Karma) for Defacto Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

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Mothers day – Mother actresses

We wrote and posted photos of the mothers of some actresses. Some actresses are mothers themselves and  we have collected the photos of some of the mother actresses and their son/daughters.

Actress Karishma Manandhar has a daughter in her late teens, Kabita Manandhar. Kabita is currently in the US for further studies.

Actress Melina Manandhar and actor Mukesh Dhakal have a 3-years old daughter.

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Nepali Movie – Dilmaya

Nepali Movie – Dilmaya
StarringNIkhil Upreti, Arunima Lamsal, Ashok Phuyal, Pawan Basnet, Shaligram Khadka, Elija Rijal, Raju Giri, Rashmi Bhatta etc.
Director – Raju Giri

The movie ‘Dilmaya’ is made on the story of the director Raju Giri. Giri is also the producer of the movie. The script and dialogue of the movie is written by Pradeep Bhatta.
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Mother actress Arunima Lamsal gets a mother’s role in Pipal

After giving birth to her first baby, Nepali Actress Arunima Lamsal hasn’t been able to get a good movie for the last couple of years. The only movie she had done after 19 months of giving birth to her child was ‘Urvashi’. In the upcoming movie, Arunima will be featured as a Dalit mother.

Arunima is excited about the character as it is the first time Arunima is featured as a Dalit woman. She is also satisfied that the producers have fulfilled all her demands. The movie is directed by Sachinraj Amatya and the shooting will start on the Holi day. Arunima confidently told that she will actively start acting in movies in coming days.

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Sanchita Luitel’s daughter’s pasni, father Nikhil didn’t show up

Actor Nikhil Upreti, the father of Sahisha Upreti didn’t show up in a ceremony held on the 5th month of her birth (pasni) in Kathmandu. A ceremony was held by the mother, actress Sanchita Luitel to celebrate the Pasni of Sahisha  with noted personalities of Nepali movie industry.

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'Urvashi' is the comeback movie of mom Arunima Lamsal

After taking a break from the film world for more than a year, actress Arunima Lamsal is returning back in her upcoming movie “Urvashi”.  This is going to be her first movie after she gave birth to her first child. Arunima is currently shooting at the location in Butwal.

In the movie, Lamsal is playing in a role of a lover girl – told by the director Manish Pant to be a small and catchy role. In addition to Arunima Lamsal, actor Kishor Khatiwada, actress Nita Dhungana and actor Kishor Shrestha will also have main roles in the mvoie. The music of the movie is composed jointly by Bikash Chaudhary, Birendra Agrahari and Arjun Pokhrel.  Continue reading