Yes, Priyanka Karki has made a new record of four films of hers running simultaneously in theatres in Nepal. Two those new films, ‘Kohalpur Express’ and ‘Happy Days’ were released on Friday 27, 2018 joining two others which were released a few weeks earlier. Shatru Gate and Lily Bily have been doing good business in theatre weeks after they were released.
Priyanka told that she tried her best not to let two of her movies clash at the time of the release. Priyanka suggested viewers to watch ‘Happy Days’ first then they can watch ‘Kohalpur Express’. If both of them become houseful, you could watch ‘Shatru Gate’ or ‘Lily Bily’.
The sixth NFDC National Film Award 2074 was held in Kathmandu on April 27, 2018 at Hayat Hotel. The best film in the award ceremony was ‘Shatru Gate’. The film also won best editing, script, and sound effects. The best director award was awarded to Milan Chams for his film ‘Lily Bily’. Actress Benisha Hamal became the best actress and Anmol KC was awarded the best actor award.  ।
The award ceremony was held outside. But, when it started raining all of a sudden, everything became difficult to manage. One of the organizers, Nikita Poudel had told that the event was held outside because indoor halls were not available.
Because of the heavy rain, cultural program in the award ceremony were cancelled.
Best Film – Shatru Gate
Best Director – Milan Chams (Lily Bily)
Best Actor – Anmol KC (Kri)
Best Actress – Benisha Hamal (Blind Rocks)
Best Assistant Director – Prashanta Tamrakar (Aishwarya)
Best Supporting Actress – Keki Adhikari (Aishwarya)
Best New Actor – Ashirman Deshraj Joshi (Gangster Blues)
Best New Actress – Jassita Gurung (Lily Bily)
Best Comedy Actor – Kedar Ghimire (Chhakka Panja 2)
Best Script – Deepak Raj Giri and Pradeep Bhattarai (Shatru Gate)
Best story and dialogue – Deepak, Jitu Nepal, Kedar Ghimire, Abhmanyu Nirabi (Chhakka Panja 2)
Best Cinematography – Sudeep baral (Lily Bily)
Best Editing – Mitra D Gurung (Shatru Gate)
Best Musician – Rajan Raj Siwakoti – Kutu Ma Kutu (2 Rupayia)
Best Lyricist – Dr. Krishna Hari Baral (A Mero Hajur 2)
Best Singer – Anju Panta and Sugam Pokharel – Timi Royeko Pal (Aishwarya)
Best Choreographer – Kabi Raj Gahatraj (Shatru Gate)
Shrinkhala Khatiwada visited her hometown Hetauda, for the first time after winning the Miss Nepal 2018 crown. Talking to journalists there, Shrinkhala told that she has no interest to become an actress because, “I don’t know acting and I can’t dance either.”
An architect by profession, Shrinkhala is planning to pursue her career in architecture. She told that, her background is different from those of the previous Miss Nepal. She told, “After being Miss Nepal, I will continue to work in the profession I am trained in.” She told that although her grandfather, father and her mother are active in politics, she has no such plans. He father Birod Khatiwada is the parliament member and her mother Munu Sigdel in the member of Pradesh Sabha.
She told, “Miss Nepal is not a model, she is a role model instead.” Continue reading
The first college in Pokhara was Prithivi Narayan Campus. Affiliated to Tribhuwan University the college was the only higher education institution for a long time. These days, Pokhara has it’s own university and other education institutions.
Now, Pokhara has more than eight hundred private and public high schools. Most of the private schools are boarding schools.
Institutions of higher learning offer up to doctorate level of eduction in social sciences, business, and science and technology.
Some of the eduction institutes are:
Pokhara University
Pokhara University was established in 1997 as Nepal’s fifth university in Nepal. Along with Purbanchal University, Pokhara University was formed as part of the government’s policy for improved access to higher education. The prime minister is the university chancellor and the minister for education is the pro-chancellor. The vice chancellor is the principal administrator of the university.
Pokhara University has four Constituent Schools where Bachelor’s, Master’s degrees and PhD programs are running,
There are 57 academic institutions under its affiliation with Bachelor, Master, M.Phil and PhD. degrees programs,
Pokhara University has a Central Office building, Examination Office building, and Academic building in Khudi-Dhungepatan, Lekhnath Municipality.
Prithivi Narayan Campus
Prithvi Narayan College, was established in Sept. 1, 1960 as the first community college of the Kaski district for post secondary education. At the start, the classes were run in Ratna Rajya Laxmi High School. In 1961 it was a public land in Bagar was assigned for the college. It is one of the largest affiliate campuses of Tribhuvan University and is a major center for post secondary education in the western region of Nepal.
Institute of Engineering Western Region Campus
The Pashchimanchal campus started in 1987 with an assistance from the World Bank and UNDP/ILO. Initially only technician courses were offered at the campus offering diploma degrees. After Tribhuvan University Institute of Engineering phased out the diploma stream in 2069 BS. Now, the institution offers engineering courses in six disciplines at bachelor level and three disciplines in masters level. The institution is affiliated to the IOE, TU.
Miss Nepal 2018 performed a spoken word poetry in the talent round of the contest. The poetry titled ‘Colors’ was about violence against girl children. After she was crowned Miss Nepal, she has decided to probe into the problem and try helping girls escape such crime.
In a Instagram chat with her followers, Shrinkhala talked about her experience and how such problems can be dealt with. I have created a video report with the main points of her discussion in the following video:
In the video, Shirnkhala has talked about how to deal with eve-teasing problem in the streets in Nepal. Although she didn’t give a solution, she sure has thought about it in detail and gave two different scenarios : Continue reading
Actress Karishma Manandhar has passed grade 9 exam and has been promoted to grade 10. The actress in her late 40s has started going to school to complete her studies. She started in grade 8 and now she is in her third year in school.
Karishma had been studiying in Triveni School, Maitidevi since grade 9. Now, she is continuing in the school in grade 10. After the result, Karishma told, “I was sure to pass but, I din’t expect such a good grade in the examination. Karishma told that the year was good. In Grade 10 she is planning to take extra classes to prepare herself for the SSE examination. Continue reading
One of the actresses of Nisha Adhikari’s production ‘Jhyanakuti’ , Sumi Moktan, isn’t better knowen as Miss Tamang of 2012 than actress. The movie had Benisha Hamal in leading role. Actress Nisha Adhikari preferred to remain in the background. Although the movie didn’t make a huge success, it could recover the investment. The movie was lucky in the life of Nisha. She got married while the film was being produced. She also got pregnant at the time of the film’s release.
This is about Sumi rather than Nisha. Sumi Moktan is known for bold avatar and she prefers to show off her body whenever she can. While travelling to Veitnam recently, Sumi had done some bikini photoshot in the beach there.
Director Prasanna Poudel has got married recently. The ex-husband of well known actress and model Simpal Khanal was single after they divorced a long time ago. Simpal Khanal married a UK resident, Nadeem Sewar. She has given birth to a daughter and is living with her husband in UK.
Two years after Simpal got married, Prasanna also found Shristi Khatiwada of Sarlahi to get married. According to reports, the marriage ceremony was held on Baisakh 4 at Ram Mandir of Kathmandu. The marriage ceremony was organized according to Hindu tradition.
Prasanna Poudel is a well known music video director. He debuted as a feature film director by directing ‘Swor’. He had also directed ‘Mero Best Friend’. The next project of Poudel, ‘Kamaleko Bihe’ is yet to release.
I wish Prasanna Poudel and Shristi Khatiwada a very happy married life and wish them all the best for a good future.
After a number of Miss Nepal trying their luck in the Nepali film industry, another Miss Nepal, Nikita Chandak, is debuting in an upcoming movie.
The movie is titled ‘Rani Mahal’. Earlier, actress Barsha Siwakoti was selected to be featured in the film. But, after Barsha left the film, Nikita has got the opportunity in the film. The announcement has come within a week of the selection of the new Miss Nepal.
According to the agreement with Hidden Treasure, the organizer of the Miss Nepal contest, the contest winners are not allowed to work in any projects that are not approved by the organizer. Nikita is freed from the agreement as soon as the new Miss Nepal is selected. In the event held on April 11, 2018, new Miss Nepal, Shrinkhala Khatiwoda was elected the new Miss Nepal. After that, Nikita has been set free from the exclusivity agreement with the Hidden Treasure.
Miss Nepal in Nepali Films
First Miss Nepal Ruby Rana, Sumi Khadka, Jharana Bajracharya, Malvika Subba, Jenisha Moktan, Malina Joshi tried their luck in acting, None of these beauties were successful. Miss Nepal 2011 Shristi Shrestha’s debut movie, ‘Gajalu’ was successful. The movie featured Anmol KC and his presence in the film helped Shristi in her acting career. The second film of the actress is yet to be released. Continue reading
Let me share photos of the mothers of some of the celebrities. First the video report:
Apart from the photos used in the video I had shared the photos of the mothers of Nepali celebrities in the past.
And some celebrities became mothers this year:
Simpla Khanal gave birth to a daughter. Simple is a model, actress and VJ. She however has left Nepal and is living in the UK these days. (Read in detail)
Nepali Film – Parva Starring – Namrata Shrestha, Koshish Chhetri, Mala Limbu, Jebicca Karki, Priya Rajal etc. Director – Dinesh Raut
A presentation of Gopi Krishna TV Filmy production in association of Subas Entertainment, this movie was another movie of hit director of ‘Classic’ – Dinesh Raut. The movie however wasn’t as successful as expected. But, one of the songs of the film, ‘Kale Dai’ was one of the most successful songs of the year.
Nepali Film – Karkhana Starring – Barsha Siwakoti, Sushil Shrestha, Nabin Lamsal, Jebicca Karki etc. Director – Amardeep Sapkota
About the film: This is a romantic movie with a social message. This is a story about a women’s wrong choice in life and the difficulties she faces to come to terms with and to overcome these challenges. The film is about a social issue and the character’s challenge to the stereotypes on womanhood and its boundaries.The movie was released in July of 2017. (Release news)
This is complete family entertainment package with romance, hatred, friendship, humor and action with a social message. The editor is Ananta Ghimire, DOP by Nabaraj Uprety. Action by Chandra Pant, music by Anil Shahi, Hercules Basnet, Kalyan Singh, choreography by Kabiraj Gahatraj, background score by Shailesh Shrestha and directed by Amardeep Sapkota.
Nepali Film – Purano Dunga Starring – Dayahang Rai, Priyanka Karki, Menuka Pradhan, Maotse Gurung etc. Director – Ram Babu Gurung
A production of Cinema Art in association with Maotse Gurung Films, this movie is about the relationship between two brothers. A social drama movie is about the lives of two brothers who own a boat. The movie by well known director Ram Babu Gurung was relatively less successful when compared to his previous movies ‘Kabaddi’ and ‘Kabaddi Kabaddi’. One of the songs of the film ‘Nira Jahile Risaune’ was very popular.
The Miss Nepal 2018, Shrinkhala Khatiwada is a smooth speaker. Apart from being an architect, she is a poet and a writer. She is in control when she speaks. It can be clearly seen in the following interview video of the beauty with brain.
First, watch the following video – an introduction to Miss Nepal.
In the following interview, Shrinkhala has clearly stated that she is not interested in acting or modelling. As she is an architect she is going to work in engineering field. She also talks about the controversy of Miss Nepal International 2017, Niti Shah. She tackled in such a diplomatic way that, it is pretty clear she can deal with such issues if she were in the receiving end.
Interview:
In the interview, Shrinkhala shows her talent to tackle the question, her clear vision of her future and her views and clarity in politics of the country. Continue reading
