Namrata Shrestha and You Hike They Rise campaign ask tourists to visit Nepal

Nepali actress Namrata Shrestha is promoting the #YouHikeTheyRise campaign to promote tourism in Nepal. After the earthquake of April 25, there are still confusion about the safety of travel to Nepal. To break these confusions, the campaign is promoting the facts that:

  • 65 out of 75 districts in Nepal have no earthquake effect.
  • 9 out of 10 national parks are open.
  • 33 out of 35 trekking routes are open for exploration.
  • 5 out of 8 UNESCO heritages are still enchanting their beauty.
  • 90% highways are intact.
  • All the international and domestic airports are in operation.

Video statements:

Namrata says, “I am hiking, what about you?”

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What do Nepali artists say about the first International Yoga Day

On the proposal of the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, starting this year, June 21 is being celebrated as the International Yoga Day. Although the popularity of yoga in our Nepali celebrity circle doesn’t seem to be that much, we have collected and shared the experiences and best wishes of some celebrities on the Yoga Day.

Actress Namrata Shrestha says that, her father had introduced Yoga to her. These days, she practices meditation and relaxation – one of the branches of yoga.

namrata shrestha yoga day message

The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu had organized a Yoga workshop to mark the International Yoga Day. The comedy duo MaHa (Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bamsha Acharya) participated in the event. In his Facebook post, Madan Krishna has said, “Happy International Day of Yoga. We did Yoga today in Indian Embassy and in Pashupati area. Yoga is good for health, brain and prosperous life.”

Actor Raj Ballav Koirala says, Yoga is necessary to ‘cleanse your body, mind and soul…’ He wishes peace and serenity prevail in our lives through prayers, meditation and yoga.

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Nepali Movie – Chimeki

Nepali Movie – Chimeki
Starring – Kishor Sambhahampe, Roshani Pradhan, Puspa Shrestha,Shradha Shakya, Prem Subba etc.
Director – Mausam Imbung

The movie made on the story of Manoj K Shakya features the cinematography of Yubraj Rai, screenplay of Krishna Acharya, editing of Krishna Raja Shrestha, choreography of Nagendra Loharung and produced by Prabisha Shakya / Nibisha Shakya.

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Nepali Comedy – 22 Putali (Kamal Gaunle)

Nepali Comedy – 22 Putali
Starring – Kamal Gaunle and various comedy artists
Director – Kamal Gaunle

A presentation of Mahabuddha Records, a Kamal Gaunle presentation comedy ’22 Putali’ is the 9th Gaijatra presentation comedy show of the artist. The comedy cinematogrpher is Durga Poudel, editing by Prabin Bhatta, assistant director Prakash Bhatta and written by Kamal Gaunle himself.

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Reshem Filili in USA tour

The popular comedy movie ‘Resham Filili’ is going to be screened in various cities in the USA. The movie is scheduled to be held in cities including Baltimore, Virgina, Washington, Texas, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francesco and Colorado. The actor and producer Vinay Shrestha has already headed to USA for the shows.

The movie is scheduled to be premiered among the Nepali-Bhutani community in the USA. Vinay will also be one of the judges of the upcoming Miss Bhutan USA beauty contest. The beauty contest among the young girls of Bhutan origin in USA is being held on June 20 (read report on Miss Bhutan USA in Badmasi.com). Actress and Miss Nepal 2011, Malina Joshi, had trained the contestants and will also be the judge of the contest.

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NFDC National Award 2015, Nominations (full list)

The nomination for the third edition of NFDC Award has been released. In the nomination top five in each of 14 categories are released. The awards will be handed over in 20 categories. The nomination is prepared by a jury of four members from the movies released in the past one year.

The movies considered for the nomination include the movies censor cleared by the Censor Board from the first to the last day of 2071, and released in at least five different theaters. 

In the nomination movie ‘November Rain’ has received the most, 8 nominations including the Best Director and Best Movie. The nominations for the best movie are ‘Jerryy’ (watch ‘Jerry’ here), Kabaddi (watch ‘Kabaddi’ here), Nai Nabhannu La 3, ‘November Rain’ (watch ‘November Rain’ here) and ‘Talakjung Vs Tulke’. The directors of these movies were also nominated for the Best Director award.

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Will Rekha Thapa return from USA ?

Actress Rekha Thapa is currently in the USA. She had gone to the USA after the second week of May, supposedly for a few days. In the June 18 status update, she is in Elmhurst, New York.

According to an interview, Rekha Thapa has clearly said that she might leave the country. In the attached interview, Rekha has said that we shouldn’t be too attached to the country and consider the whole earth our place.

(the video is not available anymore)

Rekha says, “In the past, I used to think that I will die with the citizenship certificate of this country on my chest.” She says the earthquake has changed her view toward the country.

Before the earthquake of April 25, Rekha Thapa was preparing for the shooting of her upcoming project ‘Rampyari’. The songs were being recorded. The earthquake disrupted the plans and the shooting of the movie is uncertain. In an interview Rekha told, “How can I dance in the songs of ‘Rampyari’ when the country is mourning after the earthquake?”

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Nepali Movie – Sajaya

Nepali Movie – Sajaya
Starring – Rakesh Ghimire, Pabitra Achary, Sanjiv Pathak, Deepak Chhetri, Surbir Pandit etc.
Director – Basanta Niraula

A presentation of Sanjiv Pathak, Nepali movie ‘Sajaya’ features background music of Prakash Pokharel, choreography of Rupesh Upreti, music of Arjun Pokharel, action of Astha / Dev, cinematography of Rajan Rai, and written by Mohan KC. The editing is done by Prakash Pokharel and Chandan Dutta, produced by Sanjiv Pathak and the concept is prepared by the director Basanta Niraula.

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Namrata Sapkota and Dipasha BC to be featured in Birano Maya

After the completion of the shooting of her upcoming movie ‘Bracelet’ actress Namrata Sapkota has signed in another movie ‘Birano Maya’. The inauguration of the shooting of ‘Birano Maya’ was held on Monday, June 15 in Kathmandu.

The movie by Shree Media Search and Movie Makers is produced by Milan Lama and Sabitri Adhikari. The love story movie will also featured the typical Far Eastern ascent. The movie written and directed by Madhav Kharel will be shot in locations in Kavre, Jhapa, Janakpur and Sindhuli area. The shooting of the movie is scheduled to start next week.

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Shooting of Bindaas 3 starts again, Sushma replaced by Suvekchya Thapa

The shooting of the Raju Giri movie, ‘Bindaas 3’ has re-started after the delay caused by the devastating earthquake of April 25. To produce the third sequel of the movie ‘Bindaas’, Raju has teamed up with actress Suvekchya Thapa. This is the third venture of Raju Giri with the actress after ‘Makhmali’ and ‘Tiger the Real Hero’.

In both of the sex-themed movie’s previous sequels, hot actress Sushma Karki was featured in leading role. In the third sequel, Sushma is being replaced by Suvekchya. (click to watch ‘Bindaas’ and watch ‘Bindaas 2’)

At the end of 2014, Sushma Karki had announced that she will no longer work in sex-themed movie. It is suspected that she had made such an announcement as she wasn’t included in the ‘Bindaas 3’ team (read about it in Nepaliactress).

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Dhauli premiered in Pokhara, a love story against the caste system

A movie made on the story of higher class and lower class citizen ‘Dhauli’ was premiered in Pokhara on Saturday, June 13. The movie featuring Gita Adhikari as the central Character, Dhauli, features the love story of her son, Bir (played by Gajit Bista) and Anjana (Anu Shah), a higher class girl.

The movie set in a village features and features village lifestyle. A lower caste woman, Dhauli, is working in a house of a higher caste owner, Kancho Shahu (played by Bishnu Gautam). Dhauli falls for Kancho Shahu and gets pregnant. When the affair is made public, Kancho was sent to the city and Dhauli was forced to leave the village. 

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Cultural program held in UAE to help earthquake victims

Nepali artists participated in a cultural program held in UAE for free to help earthquake victims. In the program held in Abu Dhabi artists including Rajesh Hamal, Deepak Raj Giri, Deepa Shree Niraula, singler Tilak Bam Malla, Indra GC, Samjhana Lamichane, Prajita Gelal and Aastha Raut had given their presentation to the audience. The DID Little Master winner Teriya Magar had also danced in the stage.

More than 3,000 viewers were present in the program held in a school on Friday, July 12. The school had also provided the venue free to help the noble cause of the program. The money collected from the program will be transferred to the Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund.

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Nisha Adhikari and Sharad Veshwkar breakup?

In a latest report, the actress Nisha Adhikari and her cricketer boyfriend have broken up. The rumor as surfaced as Nisha suddenly headed to the USA for a vacation on Saturday. Her travel was revealed when Nisha shared a status on her transit in Abu Dhabi. (read about to rumor in Nepaliactress.com)

In the Facebook status, Nisha has avoided the questions about the breakup rumors although she has replied to other queries. Her silence, sort-of, confirms the problem in the relationship.

As a lot of Nepali actors have relocated to the USA in the past, question arises if Nisha has a long term plan of living there. Her filmy career in Nepal hasn’t been that much exciting as she has failed give any commercially successful movie, so far.

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Saroj Khanal, Nepali actor

Actor Saroj Khanal was considered one of the actors with a lot of potential before he moved to the USA. After going to the USA to participate in a cultural program in 1997, Saroj didn’t return back and was virtually absent from the film industry for over one and a half decade. His comeback in a 2014 movie ‘Manav’ wasn’t that effective as the movie flopped. After that, he decided to return back to Nepal to start a business and continue acting in Nepali movies.

Here is the list of full movies featuring Saroj Khanal in xnepali:


Nepali Movie – Kri (Anmol KC, Aditi Budhathoki)
Nepali Movie – Ma Yesto Geet Gauchhu (Paul Shah, Pooja Sharma)
Nepali Movie – Sangini (Deepa Shree Niraula, Namrata Shrestha, Saroj Khanal)
Nepali Movie – Manakamana
Nepali Movie – Kasam
Nepali Movie – Atit (Saroj Khanal, Bina Budhathoki)
Nepali Movie – Chunauti (Only description )
Nepali Movie – Subba Sab (Jiwan Luetil, Barsha Siwakoti) UPDATE
Nepali Movie – Chokho Maya
Nepali Movie – Jaya Baba Pashupatinath
Nepali Movie – Prem Geet
MaHa comedy – Kantipur
Nepali Movie – Janma Janma
Nepali Movie – Bijaya Parajaya
Nepali Movie – Sarangi (Only description)
Nepali Movie – Dharma
Nepali Movie – Janmabhumi
Nepali Movie – Nai Nabhannu La 2
Nepali Movie – Nirmohi
Nepali Movie – Sannani
Nepali movie – Prem Pinda
Nepali Movie – Mukti Shangarsha
Nepali Movie – Aama

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Mistake charity shows to be held in Singapore and Malaysia to help earthquake victims

A premier show of upcoming movie ‘Mistake’ is being held in Malaysia and Singapore to help earthquake victims. The shows will be held in two locations in Malaysia and one location in Singapore.

The movie released in November of 2014 had an average performance in theater.

A presentation of RB movies, ‘Mistake’ is a movie produced by Bishnu Atharai and made on the story and direction of Rishi Raj Acharya. The movie veatures Nirmal Century, Harshika Shreshta, Sushant Karki, Shree Raj Acharya, Rama Singh and others. The charity shows are being organized by E4 Entertainment.

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