World’s Smallest Person: Khagendra finally gets recognized

Guinness World Records has finally verified Khagendra Thapa Magar, Nepal’s shortest man, as the shortest man in the world after verifying his height and weight last night. Thapa Magar was awarded a certificate and a medal in Rome on Feb 26, 2010.

The Guinness verification team found that Khagendra is 56 cm tall and weighs just five kg. Khagendra is given a temporary registration now and he will be officially registered as the shortest man of the world in Guinness World Records after six months when he turns 18.

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Manoj Ranjan – Manoj Gajurel Comedy

Best of Manoj Gajurel: ManojRanjan
Casting: Manoj Gajurel with Bhanja Paudel, Nirajan Sigdel, Gopal Dhakal, Kumar Gajurel, Jhuliram Thapa.

This is the placeholder of Manoj Gajurel comedy videos. One of the most popular comedian of the modern times, Manoj Gajurel is popular for the caricature of CPN(Maoist) chairman Prachanda, Baba Ramdev and others.

Manoj Gajurel in Pokhara street festival 2014

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Pramila Adhikari, a different kind of actress

Prema Adhikari (Pramila Adhikari) is a different kind of actress.She doesn’t represent the professional film making and she doesn’t represent the glamorous world of Nepali movies.

Here is a photo of simple and down to earth Prema Adhikari with her child.

The ‘Lal Salam’ actress was the CPN-Maoist cine worker. She believed in simple living and work for the party and the country. That is why she is not seen in commercial movies.

With Pramila ‘Lal Salam’ featured actors like Bijaya KC, Indra B. Thing, Dipa Sapkota etc. The movie was made on the story and the concept of Prabhakar. The director of the movie was Shivaji Lamichane. The CPN Maoist leaders Mohan Baidya (Kiran) and Ram B. Thapa (Badal) were the advisors of the movie. The ‘Lal Salam’ was produced by Revolunatory Cine Workers Nepal, a wing of CPN (Maoist).

The movie ‘Lal Salam’ is shared here.

Nepali Movie – Sundar Mero Naam

Nepali film – Sunder Mero Naam (2010)
Starring – Ramit Dhungana, Deepak Raj Giri, Garima Pant, Deepa Shree Niarula (Guest), Shyam Rai, Ramesh Budhathoki, Rama Thapaliya etc.
Director – Vijaya Thapa

A presentation of Uddhab Poudyal for Gopi Krishna movies the movie ‘Sundar Mero Naam’. The movie featuring comedy actor Deepak Raj Giri also features Deepa Shree Niraula in a guest role. According to a comment from one of our readers (siva prasad) – This movie is a copy of a Malayalam movie titled “Kunji Koonan” directed by Sashi Shankar. The script and dialogue is also written by the director Vijaya Thapa .

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Happy Valentine Day

We wish you a very Happy Valentine Day!

I wasn’t brought-up with Valentine Day culture but I choose to differ in views with some people in Nepal who think the day as a cultural encroachment from the western world.

As long as it is symbolizes love and affection there is nothing wrong in adopting a festival of another culture/religion. Presenting rose to one’s lover is a blissful event.

Definition of the Day : Saint Valentine’s Day is an annual holiday held on February 14 to celebrate love and affection between intimate companions. The day is named after Christian martyrs named Valentine. In the day, lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, greeting cards and other gifts.

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‘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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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

Update on May 17, 2015 – Mahima (Laxmi Pokharel’s) debut movie – Watch ‘Jungalee Babu’ here.

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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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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