Shristi Shrestha crowned Miss Nepal 2012

Shristi Shrestha hailing from Chitwan has won the Miss Nepal 2012 crown. She is also known as a British Nepali model. In the event, Nagma Shrestha was declared the first runner-up and Nepal’s representative to Miss Earth.  The second runner-up was Subekshya Khadka. Following photo, taken from the television, shows Shristi smiling after being crowned the Miss Nepal. Miss Nepal 2011, Malina Joshi crowned the new Miss Nepal in the event held in Annapurna Hotel in Kathmandu.

UPDATE: Some more photos are added below:

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Other title holders include:

  • Miss Photogenic – Akesha Bista
  • Miss Beautiful Smile – Nagma Shrestha
  • Miss Confident – Shristi Shrestha
  • Miss Talent – Akesha Bista
  • Miss Public Choice – Neelam Chand

List of all contestants was posted earlier today.

Congratulation Shristi and other winners of various other titles!

Should 'Jannat 2' be banned in Nepal?

No, we don’t think so!

Nepali film critics and Film Development Board of Nepal think that a Bollywood movie "Jannat2" be banned in Nepal. The movie shows a scene about illegal weapons being supplied from Pakistan to India through Nepal. The censor board however hasn’t found anything fishy on the scene and has permitted the movie to be shown in Nepal.

In the modern time, some critics think censoring a movie in itself is a questionable practice. Censoring or banning a movie only on the fact that Nepal is shown to be a  transit point of some weapon doesn’t qualify as an issue to
be given of much importance. We all know the lack of proper security in our transit point. Hiding the truth doesn’t solve problem.

We have a few questions to the people who think the movie should be banned:

  • Does banning a movie based on one of it’s scene based on a fiction plot give a good message?
  • Shouldn’t the government learn from such movies and try to stop such practices, if any?
  • Do everything shown in a movie is true ? If it can be untrue, why debate on it?

Miss Nepal 2012

18th Hidden Treasure Miss Nepal 2012 is being held in Kathmandu on Sunday, Baisakh 24 in an open theater of Annapurna Hotel. The contest is being held among 16 beauties from different parts of country including four from Kathmandu, two from Lalitpur, two from Chitwan and one each from Kirtipur, Mahendranagar, Dharan, Jhapa, Butwal, Birgunj, and Pokhara. Contestants of this year’s Miss Nepal are (list credit – xNepali Fashion):

Contestant 1 – Sonam Singh
Contestant 2 – Nirmita Subedi
Contestant 3 – Shristi Shrestha
Contestant 4 – Nagma Shrestha
Contestant 5 – Subekshya Khadka
Contestant 6 – Bandana Tandukar
Contestant 7 – Heena Shrestha
Contestant 8 – Prasansa Rana
Contestant 9 – Neelam Chand
Contestant 10 – Dilasha G.C.
Contestant 11 – Rashmita Maharjan
Contestant 12 – Anjali Pradhanang
Contestant 13 – Pronika Sharma
Contestant 14 – Akasha Bista
Contestant 15 – Sabita Manandhar
Contestant 16 – Alisha Kunwar
Contestant 17 – Indira Rai

The contestant 11 Rashmita Maharjan had withdrawn from the Miss Nepal contest in the last minute because of health problem. Rashmita had fractured her hand  when she fell down her home. The 21-year old model, Rashmita, was the winner of Image Mega Model Season 2.

Miss Nepal contest is held every year amongst unmarried Nepali beauties aged between 19 and 25 years. The contestants should be at least +2 passed and should be at least 5feet 4 inch tall. We will update this page with the winner of the Miss Nepal 2012 crown later today.

The Pashupati Paints Miss Nepal 2012 event will be live broadcasted 8:30 PM onwards tonight on Nepal Television.

'Chaukhat' Actress Ranju Jha declared a martyr

The actress Ranju Jha who was killed on a bomb blast at Ramananda Chowk of Janakpur on Monday is declared a martyr by the government. After the declaration, Ranju’s family receives Rs. 1 million. 35 year-old Ranju’s husband works in Delhi and was the mother of two sons.

The struggling actress has shown a great potential in Nepali acting. She was lead actress in the award winning short film ‘Chaukhat’ by Deepak Rauniyar. Ranju had also acted in some television films and short movies. She was featured in a tele-serial ‘Aama-2’ by Madan Krishna Shrestha and Ha
ri Bansha Acharya, and other tele-serials like "Shristi" and "Kala-azar". A well known actor, director, Nir Shah, was so impressed by Ranju’s talent that he wrote an article in Kantipur daily remembering her.

In total, four people, including Ranju, were killed and more than 18 others were injured when a bomb was blasted at the venue of a sit-in protest by the Mithila State Struggle Committee at Ramananda Chowk in Janakpur on Monday morning.

Movie Review – Phool

Nepali movie Phool is released all over Nepal on May 4, 2012. We had posted a pre-release review of ‘Phool’ earlier.

Featuring a lot of big star casts, New Nepali film ‘Phool’ is released all over Nepal. ‘Phool’ is the directorial venture of Shiva Regmi, popular of directing entertaining and emotional movies. ‘Phool’ features Raj Ballav Koirala, Niraj Baral, Garima Pant, Nir Shah and Yuvaraj Lama in leading roles.

Story:

‘Phool’ is a story of two army officers Dorje Lama and Birdhoj Karki. Both dream of getting married and living happily in a small house. Both of them both fell in love with a owner of a hotel, named Maya. Maya promised to marry both of them but eventually, she elopes with someone else. The frustrated two decided not to marry in their lives. In a temple of Hanuman, Dorje and Birodhoj found a new born child and took the child home as a God gift. The child Ashmi (played by Garima Pant) grows up to become a beautiful young girl.  Attracted to the beauty of Ashmi, two boys, Rahul (Niraj baral) and Avisekh (Raj Ballav Koirala), start chasing her. There is a twist in the story in the movie when Ashmi, Rahul and Avisekh met an unknown women. You need to go to theatre to get all these answers.

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Nepali Movie – Phool, Pre-release review

Nepali movie ‘Phool’ is releasing on  May 4, 2012. The movie directed by Shiva Regmi features Raj Ballav Koirala, Garima Pant, Niraj Baral, Nir Shah, Yuvaraj Lama, and Srijana Basnet in leading roles. The movie features the cinematography of Shambhu Sapkota, music direction of Rekha Paudel, editing of Bipin Malla, story of Shiva Regmi, script of Shiva Regmi and Bikash Acharya, and the dialogue of Shiva Regmi and Bikash Acharya.

Crew Background:

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Actress Yuna Uprety married in the US

Actress Yuna Uprety has got married to Bikash Adhikari in Texas, US on Sunday, April 29, 2012. The marriage ceremony was held in a temple in Texas. The groom, Adhikari, is told to be a student in the US and is originally from Teku, Kathmandu. According to a report, he is also related to actress Jal Shah.

Yuna reached the US to participate in a cultural program and she had been staying there for the last few months. Yuna started her acting career through a role in the movie “Parkhi Base”.

xnepali.net team would like to congratulate Yuna-Bikash couple and wish them a very happy married life.