Nepali actress Rekha Thapa inaugurated the publication of a local bi-weekly, ‘Dodhara Chandani’ newspaper on December 17 at Mahendranagar. Other well-known personalities like Puskar Bhatta and Sudarshan Gautam had jointly unveiled the newspaper.
The news-based newspaper will also cover research based news and view in the local level.
In an upcoming movie, ‘Hasiya’ two actresses – Priyanka Karki and Hema Shrestha are featured as item girls. The shooting of the movie has recently concluded. One of the item dancers, Hema is the lead actress of the movie.
The director of the movie Milan Chams says that the dance is not only an item dance but an action item song. The choreographer of the dance, Renasha Rai claims that it was the first time two major actresses have done an item song in Nepali movie.
Actress Rekha Thapa is currently in Far Western region of Nepal for the social works under Rekha Thapa Foundation. On Sunday, Rekha was honored at Bal Jagirti College in Mahendranagar. In the college she raised the National flag of Nepal and lighted candle to inaugurate the program.
During the event Rekha Thapa donated Rs. 50,000 on behalf of Rekha Thapa Foundation to support disabled students in the college. The 10+2 college educates a number of disabled students.
This is an award-winning documentary – titled “Seeds of Death” – prepared to educate public about the serious health and environmental risks of genetically modified crops and industrial agriculture.
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Starring – Sushil Chhetri, Prerana Sharma, Kunjana Ghimire, Kedar Ghimire, Sitaram Kattel (Comedy serial Meri Bassai’s Suntali, Dhurmus, and Magne Budho) etc.
Writer/Director – Kamal Mainali
The 2007 movie ‘Daud’ is the presentation of Raj Basnet for Indrini Films and produced by Rabindara Thapa. Special thanks to Madan Krishan Shrestha, Hari Bansha Acharya, Narandra Kansakar and others.
Actor Jiwan Luitel‘s wife Anjali gave birth to a son at around 11:15 PM on December 14, 2013. The birth occurred one months earlier that the earlier scheduled date. The health of both the mother and the child are said to be normal. The child born underweight because of early delivery is being kept in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). He is expected to remain in hospital for about a week.
The couple, Jiwan and Anjali, had married 6-years ago. They waited for six years to devote their time to their career. Jiwan says, "Now, we have realized the need of a child." Jiwan’s last movie was ‘Bindaas 2’ and his upcoming movie ‘Nai Nabhannu La 2’ is being produced.
The MaHa duo, Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya and other artists are going to perform in various cities of Australia under a tour titled MaHaYatra 2014.
The artists comprising of MaHa, Kiran KC, Basundhara Bhusal, Narendra Kansarkar, Shiva Hari Poudel, Kunti Moktan and Mohit Bamsha Acharya (Haribansha’s son) will also be in the MaHaYatra tour.
The artists are scheduled to reach Australia on January 16. The tour will start from the Australian city Perth on January 18 and will conclude in Sydney on February 2. The events will be conducted in the major cities like Perth, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane, Alidade, and Sydney.
While in Hong Kong, Rekha Thapa had announced to support the backward communities like Raute and Chepang. Now, she has converted her words to deeds by meeting the members of the community and supporting them with materials of their daily needs.
Rekha Thapa shows her love for the Raute community
To meet the people of Raute community actress Rekha Thapa had headed towards Surkhet on Friday. Rekha and the Rekha Thapa Foundation members met 52 families of Raute in remote Surkhet. She distributed 52 sacks of rice and some money to the families of the community. The people in the Raute community appreciated Rekha for the community and told that now she has become one of the community member.
The eleventh edition of Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF) is running in Kathmandu since December 11 and will conclude on December 15. The film festival features 47 short films from 20 countries all over Nepal in the City Hall, Kathmandu.
On the inauguration day, Wednesday, a short film by Shahara Sharma ‘Indreni Khodai Janda’ was premiered. The film is made on the struggle of three sisters.
During the premier of ‘Kali’ in Hong Kong, Rekha Thapa had announced her desire to start active participation in social work. In the event, Rekha had announce about spending some quality time with Raute children and help the children in their upbringing and education. As per the announcement, actress Rekha Thapa has headed towards Western Nepal, Surkhet on Friday, December 13. She will spend 24 hours in the area.
Rekha is planning to adopt four Raute children in her non-government organization, Rekha Thapa Foundation (RTF), for the upbringing and to provide education. Raute is a primitive community living mainly in forests in the Western Nepal. They mainly live in Surkhet and Mahendranagar area. Rekha will choose four 5 to 9 years old children to give shelter in RTF in Kathmandu.
The producer of ‘I am Sorry’, Hari Lamsal, has announced a new movie titled ‘Punte Parade’. The movie to be made on a social drama story will feature actor Samyam Puri in the leading role. Samyam is going to be featured as an 18-years-old guy who has his own vision of the society and the environment.
Other actors in the movie include Nattu Shah, Rabindra Khadka, Anjila Dahal, Gita Adhikari, Sweta Thapa. Nattu has gained popularity by posting videos in YouTube. The movie being directed by Subash Koirala and written by Shan Basnet will also feature actress Priyanka Karki in a special appearance.
Actress Diya Maskey is considered one of the most serious actress in Nepali movie industry. An excellent dancer, Diya, thinks acting is a form of art and likes to take challenges.
In an interview published in a weekly magazine, actress Diya Maskey has told that she considers herself as an artist and feels odd when people address her as an actress. Maskey says, “I know, the word artist has a much wider meaning and actress usually means glamour, show-off and like that. Artists however, have all of them in them.”
When she started acting, she used to think that the actresses were nothing but a glamorous item. But, after entering the field she has realized that acting is much more than that.
Nepali actress and well known music video model Keki Adhikari has prepared a video to explain the meaning of her name. The name ‘Keki’ is unique and most of the people she meet ask her the meaning of the name.
The name actually comes from the father language of Nepali language – Sanskrit. In Sanskrit language, Keki means a beautiful bird, peacock. In the video, apart from explaining the meaning of the name, Keki has also addressed other questions that follow.
In a program held in Kathmandu on December 10, 2013 the trailer, poster and music of upcoming movie ‘Jholay’ was released. The movie is scheduled to release on Falgun 9 (February 21, 2014). The movie directed by Dipendra K Khanal features well known actors like Dayahang Rai, Priyanka Karki and Arjun Gurung in main roles.
Video of the ceremony:
xNepali team wishes noted director Shiva Regmi rest in peace.
He died at 5:30 AM on December 9, 2013 at the Bayodha Hospital in Kalanki, Kathmandu. We have prepared a life story video of Shiva Regmi to pay tribute to his contribution to nepali entertainment industry.:
On December 7, the doctors had given hopes and predicted him to die within hours. The condition improved and he lived in ventilator for a couple of days before giving up on life.
Shiva Regmi was air lifted from Chitwan when his condition worsened. Both of his kidneys had failed and the medical conditions didn’t allowed him to perform the kidney transplant operation. His brother was willing to donate his kidney but, the donation operation never occurred.
