RIP Shree Krishna Shrestha mother

The mother of late actor Shree Krishna Shrestha, Jagat Kumari Shrestha, has died suddenly at a hospital in Kathmandu. 88-years old Jagat Kumari was taken to Om hospital for regular checkup on Tuesday. She died at the hospital on Wednesday night, on September 16.

sweta khadka with jagat kumari

Photo – Sweta Khadka poses with Jagat Kumari after returning from the USA in July 2015.

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Nepali Movie – Nothing Impossible

Nepali Movie – Nothing Impossible
StarringRagini Khadgi, Kushal Thapa, Romi Khadgi, Rajendra Khadgi, Rabindra Khadka, Sapana Shrestha, Kushal Thapa etc.
Director – Rajendra Khadgi

Watch ‘Nothing Impossible’ in full in a single part:

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Rekha choses Sabin Shrestha for Rampyari

UPDATE on September 18, 2015

“Rampyari’ is inaugurated

Rekha’s movie ‘Rampyari’ is inaugurated on the auspicious occasion of Bishowkarma Puja. According to Hindu belief, Bishowkarma is the god of tools. On every Shrawan 1st god Bishowkarma is worshiped and the tools like vehicle, computer, camera etc. are worshiped for them to work properly. Rekha has chosen the day to start the shooting of her movie. Rekha’s statement on the start of the shooting:

Post of September 16 continues…

Why not Kishor Khatiwada?

Rekha Thapa has chosen actor Sabin Shrestha to be featured opposite to her in her upcoming movie ‘Rampyari’. Although she took a long time to choose the actor in the role, the relationship between the two is still good. Rekha is known to drift away from the actor who debut in her movies. Rekha Thapa had introduced in Sabin Shrestha in ‘Andaaz’ (watch ‘Andaaz’ here) in 2011.

Rekha’s nephew Avash Adhikari was chosen for a main role in March and his opposite in the movie is going to be Ashma DC according to a report published on the first week of September. After signing the agreement with Sabin, the movie is going to floor on Ashoj 1 (September 18). After a lengthy stay in the USA, Rekha had returned back to Nepal on July 27 to start the shooting of the movie.

Rekha Thapa relation with actors

When we look at the history of the actors Rekha had introduced in her banner, Rekha Films, most of the actors don’t even talk to her these days. We are discussing the adverse relationship of Rekha with actors:

  • Kishor Khatiwada
  • Aryan Sigdel
  • Nikhil Upreti
  • Birja Bhatt
  • Rajesh Hamal

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Nir Shah, list of movies in xnepali

Actor, director, producer, script writer, lyricist, poet and a businessman; Nir Shah is a multifaceted personality in Nepali movie industry. Nir helped in establishing Nepal Television in 1984. After that, he started acting, directing and producing movies. After he left Nepal Television, he also started his own cable television network and a television channel Shangrila Channel in 2003. Nir Shah is one of the co-producers of Oscar nominated 1999 movie ‘Himalaya’ (or ‘Caravan’). He had produced movies like Jeevan Sathi, Siudo Ko Sindoor, Seto Bagh and Masan.

All the movies of Nir Shah available in xnepali:

Last 100 movies of Nir Shah :
Nepali Movie – Rakshya
Nepali Movie – Fagu
Nepali Movie – Mamata (Rajesh Hamal, Rekha Thapa, Bipana Thapa)
Nepali Movie – Ho Yehi Maya Ho (Rajesh Hamal, Karishma)
Nepali Movie – Dasgaja (Rajesh Hamal, Nikhil Upreti, Nawal Khadka)
Nepali Movie – Brakefail (2011) Rajesh Hamal, Richa Ghimire
Nepali Movie – Mukhauta (Saugat Malla, Rajesh Hamal, Dayahang Rai)
Nepali Movie – Maya Namara
Nepali Movie – Paradeshi Kancha
Nepali Movie – Kancha (Rajesh, Karishma, Jal Shah)
Nepali Movie – Kasam
Nepali Movie – Nagad Narayan (Rajesh Hamal, Bipana Thapa)
Nepali Movie – Pooja (Rajesh, Karishma)
Nepali Movie – Shakuntala (Rajesh Hamal, Anu Shah)
Nepali Movie – Pareli (Rajesh Hamal, Ramesh upreti, Bipana Thapa)
Nepali Movie – Anamol (Rajesh Hamal, Rejina Upreti)
New Nepali Movie – Ujyalo Nepal (Rajesh Hamal, Bijaya Lama, Gauri Malla)
Nepali Movie – Raju Raja Ram (Bhuwan KC, Rajesh Hamal, Shiva Shrestha)
Nepali Movie – Kina Kina (Na Jaane Kyun) Rajesh Hamal, Karishma Manandhar
Nepali Movie – Insaf (Rajesh Hamal, Nikhil, Jharana Thapa)
Nepali Movie – Maidan (Rajesh Hamal, Biraj Bhatt, Rekha Thapa)
Nepali Movie – Dulahi (Rajesh Hamal, Sumina Ghimire)
Nepali Movie – Jaya Hos (2012)
Nepali Movie – Maryo Ni Mayale Maryo
Nepali Movie – Maato
Nepali Movie – Afnopan
Nepali Movie – Gurudakshina (2011)
Nepali Movie – Dharma (2011)
Nepali Movie – Luv Kush
Nepali Movie – Dobato
Nepali Movie – Chakrabyuha
Nepali Movie – Maryada
Nepali Movie – Mausam
Nepali Movie – Khola Wari Khola Pari
Nepali Movie – Mailee
Nepali Movie – Raghubir
Nepali Movie – Mato Bolcha
Nepali Movie – Bahadur
Nepali movie – Chor
Nepali Movie – Hero
Nepali Movie – Trishul
Nepali Movie – Jindagani
Nepali Movie – Night Queen
Nepali Movie – Tadap
Nepali Movie – Papi Manche (Rajesh Hamal, Nikhil, Sanchita, Karishma, Dilip)
Nepali Movie – Avatar
Nepali Movie – Siudoko Sindoor (Rajesh Hamal, Niruta Singh, Jharana Bajracharya)
Nepali Movie – Aakal
Nepali Movie – Papi
Nepali Movie – Manma Maya
Nepali Movie – Krishna
Nepali Movie – Panchhi
Nepali Movie – Surakshya
Nepali Movie – Chalchitra
Nepali Movie – Adhikar
Nepali Movie – Dautari
Nepali Movie – Sanyas
Nepali Movie – Gham Chhaya
Nepali Movie – Pratikchya
Nepali Movie – Shankar
Nepali Movie – Deuki
Nepali Movie – Manko Tukra
Nepali Movie – Maya Basechha
Nepali Movie – Maya Baiguni
Nepali Movie – Dhuk Dhuki
Nepali Movie – Maya’s Bar
Nepali Movie – Bhagya Le Jurayo
Nepali Movie – Aawara
Nepali Movie – Chatyang
Nepali Movie – Jiwandata
Nepali Movie – Saurya
Nepali Movie – Faisala
Nepali Movie – Goreto
Nepali Movie – Jetho Kancho
Nepali Movie – Sathi
Nepali Movie – Sindoor Pote
Nepali Movie – Shakti
Nepali Movie – Je Bho Ramrai Bho
Nepali Movie – Chor Sipahi
Nepali Movie – Kawach
Nepali Movie – Saubhagya
Nepali Movie – Rajniti
Nepali movie – Ajambari Nata
Nepali Film – Pale Dai
Nepali Movie – Sapana
Nepali Movie – Bardaan
Nepali movie – Dukha
Nepali movie – Sahasi
Nepali Movie – Bhariya
Nepali Movie – Pardeshi
Nepali Movie – Sapath
Nepali Movie – Didi Bhai
Nepali Movie – Aama Ko Kakh
Nepali Movie – Hami Taxi Driver
Nepali Movie – Zanjeer (Bhojpuri)
Nepali Movie – Daanveer
Nepali Movie – Bato Muni Ko Phool
Nepali Movie – Rang
Nepali Movie – Facebook
Nepali Movie – Chandrawati
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Kalo Pothi wins best film award at Venice Film Festival Critics Week (trailer)

The Nepali movie premiered in Venice Film Festival, ‘Kalo Pothhi’ has been awarded the Best Film award at the Critics Week at the 72nd Venice Film Festival. The festival was held from 2nd September to 12 September, 2015. The festival organized by Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean (FEDEORA) is one of the oldest film festivals in the world.

After winning the award, the director Min Bahadur Bham has told, “I want to dedicate this award to the my beautiful but torn country and my fellow Nepalese. I pray that peace prevails in my county and end the political crisis.” In the thank you speech, Bham has also remembered his late mother who had passed away recently.

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Kabaddi wins NFDC Film Awards (full list of winners)

Aryan and Priyanka become the best actors

The 3rd edition of NFDC Film Award ceremony was held in Kathmandu on September 12 at Hotel Hayat in Boudha. TIn the ceremony ‘Kabaddi’ was awarded the best movie of the year 2071. Actor Aryan Sigdel was awarded the best actor for his role in ‘November Rain’ and actress Priyanka Karki was awarded the Best actress for her role in ‘Suntali’.

[Watch ‘Kabaddi’ here and watch ‘November Rain’ here. ]

The best director award was handed over to the director of ‘Kabaddi’, Ram Babu Gurung. The full list of winners is as follows:

  • Best Movie – Kabaddi
  • Best Director – Ram Babu Gurung (Kabaddi)
  • Best Actor in lead role – Aryan Sigdel (November Rain)
  • Best Actress in lead role – Priyanka Karki (Suntali)
  • Best Supporting Actor – Anup Bikram Shahi (Hasiya)
  • Best New Actor (Male) – Sanjog Koirala (Utsav)
  • Best New Actor (Female) – Ashma DC (Aavash)
  • Best Script – Chetan Gurung (November Rain)
  • Best Cinematography – Shailendra Dhoj Karki (Jerryy)
  • Best Editing – Surendra Poudel (Aavash)
  • Best Action – Tarakumar Upreti (Hasiya)
  • Best Music – Taraprakash Limbu (November Rain)
  • Best Choreography – Kabiraj Gahatraj (Hawaldar Suntali)
  • Best Backgroun Music – Ramji Lamichhana (Tathastu)
  • Best Sound – Uttam Neupane (Mukhauta)
  • Kusume Ruma Commercial Success – Kohinoor
  • MaHa Jury Award – Sudeep Singh Bhusal (Mala)
  • Puskar Film Journalism Award – Bijaya Ratna Tuladhar

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Nepali actor in Hollywood wins Best Leading Actor award

Nepali actor in Hollywood, Jaswant Dev Shrestha, has won the Best Leading Actor award in the Accolade Global Film Competition. The award was awarded to Shrestha for his role in the short film, ‘The Treason’. In addition to the best actor award he was also awarded Award of Merit for script writing.

Those were awards in addition to a number of awards other film festivals including:

  • Winner of Best Actor in Leading Role in Blissfest333 Film Featival 2014, Denver, Colorado
  • Winner of Best Audience Award in Blissfest333 Film Featival 2014, Denver, Colorado
  • Winner of Best Audience Award in New York International Independent Film festival, 2013

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Nepali Movie – April Fool

Nepali Movie – April Fool
StarringSumina Ghimire, Kumar Lamichane, Manoj Lamichane, Mahima Silwal, Rishi Neupane, Binod Neupane, Desh Bhakta Khanal etc.
Director – Bhadra Bhujel

Hot Nepali movie ‘April Fool’ is a presentation of Third Team Films by Kamal Keshav Lamichhane. The censor board has given an ‘A’ rating for the movie – suitable only for viewers 16-years-old and older for the contents in the movie. The movie is produced by Tikaram Bista and made on the story of Muskan Dahal and script by Prakash Puri. The cinematographer is Ramsharan Upreti, choreographer is Kabiraj Gahatraj and action by Surya Thokar.

The theme of the movie is sex and comedy. Both the actresses Sumina Ghimire and Mahima Silwal are considered the liberal actress in showing off their bodies and offering steamy scenes.

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Nepali Movie – Premika

Nepali Movie – Premika
StarringSuman Singh, Jharana Thapa, Sushil Pokahrel, RL Maharjan, Sarika Lamichane etc.
DirectorRamji Lamichane

The movie ‘Premika’ is a presentation of Shuva Shanti Films. The movie ‘Premika’ was released on the Valentine Day of 2014. The movie went through the controversy when its poster was found to be an exact copy of a South Indian film. After the protest, the film makers re-designed the poster.

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Friday Release – Luv Sab and Dhoon

This Friday, on September 11, 2015, two new movies are releasing on theater. The movies previously scheduled to release earlier had been pushed back by the earthquake of April 25. The movies releasing this Firday are Krishna Poudel’s ‘Dhoon’, and Dev Kumar Shrestha’s movie ‘Luv Sab’.

Earlier, Shovit Basnet‘s movie ‘Jaun Hida Pokhara’ was also scheduled to release on the date. But it seems, the movie is not going to release this Friday and actor Jaya Kishan Basnet is promoting ‘Luv Sab’. The change makes sense as the director of ‘Jaun Hida Pokhara’, Shovit Basnet is the father of Salon Basnet, the lead actor of ‘Luv Sab’.

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Kalo Pothi premiered in Venice Film Festival

Nepali movie ‘Kalo Pothi’ (The Black Hen) was premiered in a Venice Film Festival in Italy on September 5, 2015. To be premiered in the festival, considered to be one of the oldest film festivals in the world, is an honor to the Nepali film. This year’s Venice Film Festival is the 72nd edition of the festival.

The movie ‘Kalo Pothi’, a story of two kids during the hardship of Maoist civil war in Nepal, is 1 hour and 30 minutes long. The movie however doesn’t support any political views. The movie mostly shot in Mugu featues Khadka Raj Nepali, Benisha Hamal and Sukra Raj Rokaya. The director, Min Bahadur Bham, says that he has no immediate plans to release the movie in Nepal. The movie was produced in collaboration of the producers from Germany, Switzerland and France. The cinematographer Aziz Zhambakiyev had previously won an award on cinematography in Berlin Film Festival.

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Kishmat 2 inagurated, to release with ‘Nai Labhannu La 4’

In a program held at Ganesh Mandir at Kamaladi, the shooting of the upcoming movie ‘Kismat 2’ was officially inaugurated. The movie is a sequel of the successful movie by Chhabi Raj Ojha, ‘Kismat’. In the event, the script and the clap-board of the movie were worshiped in the temple of the god, Ganesh. In Hindu culture, god Ganesh is considered the god to help during the initial stage of any work.

The shooting of the movie is scheduled to start on September 10 in locations in Jomsom. Director Rishi Lamichhane is directing the movie. Shyam Bhattarai was the director selected to direct the movie initially. But, as Shyam headed towards the USA and is not expected to return back anytime soon, Rishi is chosen to direct the movie. The director Shyam Bhattarai had gone on the refuge of Chhabi Ojha when he was kicked out of Rekha Thapa‘s movie, ‘Himmatwali’. To compensate for the unjust caused by Rekha, Chhabi had promised to let Shyam direct one of his movies.

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Dying Candle, Nibhna Lageko Diyo, an introduction

A friend in Twitter asked if I had heard of the movie ‘Dyning Candle’ or ‘Nibhna Lageko Diyo’ in Nepali language. I hadn’t. But, I did a quick search and loved the trailer available in IMDB website (trailer is embedded at the end). The movie set in a remote location seems to be the story of a loving sister and her varied emotions towards her brother and others. I am writing about all the stuffs I could gather from the trailer and the information available online. There is no definitive release date of the movie as the post production and re-shooting seem to be going on.

The movie ‘Dying Candle’ is written and directed by Naresh Kumar KC. The original screenplay was 145 pages at the time of the start shooting. But, first 88 pages completed the movie although the ending was an unplanned one. The crew lived in the remote village for 45 days to complete the shooting. Every food item except potato had to be imported from Kathmandu. So the crew had mostly to live on potato throughout the shooting.

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Film artists in Teej Songs of 2015

The greatest festival of women, Teej, is mostly a musical festival. The women wear attractive jewelries and clothes in red and dance to the songs composed specifically for the festival. Because of the commercial value of the songs, a lot of new songs are produced this year. It is surprising that the movie actresses have modeled in a lot of those movies. I have compiled a list of songs featuring various actresses.

Among the actresses featured in Teej songs, actress Neeta Dhungana is featured in a lot of them. Other actresses include Sushma Karki, Karishma Manandhar, Reema Bishowkarma, Melina Manandhar, Nandita KC, Benisha Hamal and others. Its not only the actresses, actor Rajesh Hamal is also featured in one of the latest Teej songs.

Teej Song featuring Rajesh Hamal

It has been quite a while since Rajesh Hamal has acted in a movie. He has however acted in a teej song titled ‘Hong Kong ko Lahure….’ by Bishnu Majhi. The video features Binu Subedi and Kajal Pandey with Rajesh. The video is directed by Shiva BK and made on the music and lyrics of Sundarmani Adhikari. Watch the video:

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Movies of Jiwan Luitel

Actor Jiwan Luitel is known as one of the most popular actors in Nepali film industry these days. The movies of Jiwan Luitel available in xnepali:

Here is the list of full movies featuring Jiwan Luitel in xnepali:

Nepali Movie – Sukulgunda (Jiwan Luitel, Khusbu Khadka)
Nepali Movie – Radha (Jiwan Luitel, Sanchita Luitel)
Nepali Movie – Blackmail
Nepali Movie – Lakeside (Only description )
Nepali Movie – Tirkha (Jiwan Luitel, Poojana Pradhan, Nandita KC)
Nepali Movie – Refugee
Nepali Movie – Baazigar (2016)
Nepali Movie – Kafal Pakyo
Nepali Movie – Thuli
Nepali Movie – Jaun Hinda Pokhara
Neplai Movie – Kasam Hajurko
Nepali Movie – Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Nepali Movie – Stupid Man
Nepali movie – Mero Euta Sathi Chha
Nepali Movie – Nai Nabhannu La 2
Nepali Movie – Bindaas 2
Nepali Movie – Deep Shikha
Nepali Movie – Rhythm
Nepali Movie – Nasib Afno
Nepali Movie – Malati ko Bhatti
Nepali Movie – Sano Sansar (2008)

Profile of Jiwan Luitel

Jiwan is married to Anjali Luitel. They have two children – a daughter (Zara Luitel) and a son (Hridaan Luitel). Jiwan’s daughter was born on June 22, 2015. His son is a year and half older than the daughter (news of the birth of Jiwan’s son).

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