National Film Award 2016 to Pashupati Prasad, Dayahang Rai and Namrata Shrestha

The winners of the National Film Award 2073 (2016 AD) is announced. The winners were selected from the movies released in 2072. ‘Pashupati Prasad’ won three awards, ‘Classic’ and ‘Dreams’ won two awards.

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The winners are:

  • Best Film – Pashupati Prasad
  • Best Writer – Khagendra Lamichhane (Pashupati Prasad)
  • Best Director – Dipendra K Khanal (Pashupai Prasad)
  • Best Actor – Dayahang Rai (Kabaddi Kabaddi)
  • Best Actress – Namrata Shrestha (Classic)
  • Best Cinematographer – Sanjay Lama and Purushottam Pradhan (Dreams)
  • Best Editor – Surendra Poudel (Classic)
  • Best Ethnic film – Yamfu Dewarali (Gurung language movie)
  • Jury Award – Bhuwan KC (Dreams, Director)
  • Lifetime Achievement Award – Basundhara Bhusal.

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What was the first pay of Nepali actresses Keki, Shristi, Neeta, Gauri, Jharana, Deepa?

I have compiled the list of seven Nepali actresses with the first pay they got for their role in a movie. The actresses include: Gauri Malla, Neeta Dhungana, Shristi Shrestha, Keki Adhikari, Neeta Dhungana, Surabina Karki, Jharana Thapa, Deepa Shree Niraula

Watch the video report:

In addition to these actresses the following list contain some of the Nepali actors who had told their first income:

Dayahang Rai was paid Rs. 10,000 for the role in his first movie, ‘Anagarik’. Actor Aryan Sigdel had worked for free in ‘Kismat’. The producer Chhabi Raj Ojha hadn’t paid any money to Aryan. Similarly actor Jiwan Luitel also worked for free. He also debuted in Chhabi Raj Ojha’s movie. Based on these facts, I can safely tell that all the actors who debuted in Chhabi Ojha’s movies didn’t get any pay for their roles.
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Nepali Movie – Jeevan Saathi (first movie of Jharana Thapa)

Nepali Movie – Jeevan Saathi
Starring Nir Shah, Jharana Thapa, Nabin Shrestha, Bhuwan Chand, Bijaya Giri, Arjun Shrestha, Deepak Shrestha, Mohan Mishra, Bijaya Deuja etc.
Director – Deepak Shrestha

Full movie ‘Jeevan Saathi’ in a single part:

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Richa Ghimire gives birth to a daughter

Actress Richa Ghimire has given birth to a healthy daughter on June 23, 2016. She is the third child of the actress currently living in Baltimore, USA. The father of the newborn, director Shankar Ghimire has told that both the mother and the daughter are healthy.

Richa and Shankar couple had moved to the USA with their first child (born in 2012). The second child was born in the USA in 2014. After going to the USA both Richa and Shankar have left the Nepali film industry.

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Nepali Movie – Pal

Nepali Movie – Pal
Starring  – Raj Ballav Koirala, Nisha Adhikari, Tripti Nadkar, Ramesh Budhathoki, Biren Shakya, Anup Baral, Dinesh DC, Sanu Tamrakar, Shailaja Acharya, Mahahdev Tripathi, Laya Sangraula, Karishma Manandhar etc.
Director – Ramesh Budhathoki

Watch Nepali movie ‘Pal’ full in a single part:

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Friday Release – Lukamari

This week, on June 24, 2016, Nepali movie ‘Lukamari’ is the solo release. The movie on the story of a tenant in a Kathmandu home, ‘Lukamari’ is a suspense comedy movie. The actor Saugat Malla is featured in the role of a Madhesi guy. Actor Karma Shakya is featured in the role of the son of the home owner. Actress Surabina Karki is featured in the role of another tenant.

The appearance of Saugat Malla and Karma had been popular even before the release of the movie. Saugat is featured as a Madheshi youth with crooked eyes and Karma is a typical Newar guy of Kathmandu and he has yellow hair. The movie directed by Shree Ram Dahal features Saugat Malla with Bikram Singh Tharu, Karma Shakya, Surabina Karki, Rista Basnet, Krishna Bhakta Maharjan and others.
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I don’t have a degree but I love my country, Karishma Manandhar responds

Actress Karishma Manahdar has written a long statement in response to the backlash she was receiving after numerous mistakes she did during the inaguration of Dr. Baburam Bhattarai’s new party, Naya Shakti Nepal. In the Facebook post, Karishma had mocked the so-called educated people who only complain about others and don’t do anything for the country. She had challenged them that she will win election and do good for the country and they should start preparing for the criticism for that future. The following video report has the full statement (in Nepali), a rough translation follows:

A rough translation of Karishma’s statement (written originally in Nepali):

I feel like writing something. There are a lot of scholars here. Those scholars become active when somebody makes a mistake or when they identify somebody else’s mistake. Naya Shakti Nepal inauguration program was the target of everybody to find the mistakes. I did some mistakes in the program. There might be a lot of other shortcomings in me, there might be a lot of things I might not know…

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Highest paid actress, Samragyee RL Shah signs Jharana Thapa, A Mero Hajur 2

In a latest report, ‘Dreams’ actress Samragyee RL Shah has signed in the actress Jharana Thapa‘s directorial debut movie ‘E Mero Hajur 2’. According to reports, Samragyee was paid Rs. 5 lakh for her role in the movie. The amount is a huge amount to be paid to an actress in the Nepali movie industry. Video report:

The original ‘A Mero Hajur’ was directed by late director Shiva Regmi and featured Jharana Thapa and late Shree Krishna Shrestha in leading role. The new movie will feature new actors but, there has been no words on who the lead actor be to be featured opposite to Samragyee.

Watch ‘A Mero Hajur’ here. There is another movie with similar title titled ‘Mero Hajur’ (watch ‘mero Hajur’ here).
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