Day: January 1, 2018

2018 – Artists we lost in 2017, Bina Thapa, Yama Buddha and others

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UPDATE: Year in review video report:


The video features the last scene of Bishnu Bhakta Phuyal when he fell down and was rushed to hospital.

The year started with the sad demise of Bishnu Bhakta Phuyal. The death of senior comedy actor, aged 80, was sudden and surprising as he was performing on-stage while he died. Phuyal died on January 3, 2017 on stage at Rastriya Naachghar. He was pronounced dead when he was rushed to the hospital from the stage. (Read full report and video report here)

In the second week of the year, another sad news came from UK. On January 14 well known an young singer, Anil Adhikari, popularly known as Yama Buddha was found dead at the bathroom of his residence in UK. The singer’s death had been one of the saddest incident of the year.
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2018 – Celebrity Marriages in 2017

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Celebrity marriages in 2017 are:

  • Raj Ballav Koirala – Raj Ballav gor married with Pramita Bimali in the last month of the year, on December 7, 2017. (My video report here)
  • Gamvir Bista and Nishma Ghimire – I missed writing the news report on the marriage of this actress and choreographer marriage. Nishma Ghimire is the actress of movies like ‘Rhythm’, ‘Love You Baba’, ‘Janmabhumi’ etc. (Attached at the end of the post is a photo of the two after marriage)
  • Nisha Adhikari – On June 30, actress Nisha Adhikari married cricketer Sharad Veshwakar. On the New Year, she announced her 5-months pregnancy. (Watch my video report here)
  • Chandani Sharma – A new actress in the Nepali film industry who debuted in ‘Stupid Man’ got married with Ajay Pokharel in May of 2017. Chandani lives in Australia and she is also featured in an upcoming movie ‘Lamfu’. (My report here.)
  • Evana Manandhar – The Miss Nepal 2015, Evana Manandhar got married with Pragun. (Video report on the marriage)
  • Tejula Khatiwada – On February 18, actress of films like ‘The Most Wanted’ and ‘Just For You’, Teluja Khatiwada was married to Suman Raj Basnet. (My report here)

Among the five marriages, Nisha Adhikari’s marriage was widely covered in media because both the bride and the groom are celebrities in their own fields. Sharad Veshwakar is the top grade cricket player and Nisha is well known actress who had recently produced a movie as a producer.
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