The shooting of the movie has started on Ashad 1, 2068. Nir Shah had been preparing the set, representing the old setting of the story, for the movie.
Author: Anand Nepal
British Gurkhas fighting for Pension in European court
Now, the British Gurkhas Welfare Society (BGWS) are challenging the Ministry of Defence over pensions and taking the case to Strasbourg, the European Court of Human Rights after defeated in the High Court., rejected the claim by the Court of Appeal and refused to appeal further by the Supreme Court
According to BGWS chairman Tikendra Dal Dewan, Gurkhas who retired before 1997 still get only a third of the pensions received by their British and Commonwealth former comrades, despite winning the right to live in Britain.
(Courtesy: BBC)
Why was Bhuwan KC beaten? Ratna Singh speaks
Previous article on the incident – Bhuwan KC beaten by his girlfriend’s husband (May 14, 2011 incident)
Bhuwan’s proud announcement – Bhuwan KC to marry third time, with Sharmila Dangol
In a latest article, published in Nayapatrika, the 53 year-old husband of Sharmila told the reason behind the beating. Some of the facts revealed in the article are:
Shortest person – Khagendra replaced by Junrey Balawing
Junrey Balawing has been recognized as the world’s shortest person – replacing the previous shortest person, Khagendra Thapa Magar. Khagendra remained world’s shortest person for about 8 months until Junrey turned 18 to claim the title. 59.93 cm tall Junrey is 7 cm shorter than Khagendra.
Make love not… riots – kissing couple in Vancouver
One of the photographs, taken during the Vancouver’s hockey riots, showed a couple lying on the street, kissing, while the chaos erupts around them. Unconcerned about the angry crowd and riot police the couple were acting as if they were in the most romantic place in the world!
The photojournalist, Richard Lam, who took the photograph, was covering the riots, that erupted when the Vancouver Canucks lost 4-0 to the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup.
But, later the couple (Scott Jones and his girlfriend, Alex Thomas) told that, they were knocked down by the security personnels.
Morning shows in theater banned – to stop college students from bunking classes?
But, are the movie theaters the only reason college kids bunk classes?
How about the restaurants? Public parks? or what about the shopping malls where kids can be seen in their uniforms.
Why is it a bad idea ?
Pole and wire – mutual support!
A twitter user, @gogoze, posted the amazing photo below. The engineering principles and rules fail when people build structures like that seen in the photo below.
It is unthinkable, unbelievable to see cable supporting hanging poles in the air. This should be the perfect example of how engineers work in Nepal. Another photo (it should be pretty scary to look up like that):
Save Rhino
A notice-board seen in Parewaswari Samudayak Ban Upabhokta Group, Piple – 6, Mahadevtar, Chitawan to create awareness on the conservation of wildlife.
The one-horned rhinoceros, only found in Nepal, is in the verge of extinction. The poachers kill it for the it precious horn.
Let the rhino live!
World’s shortest Title of Khagendra goes to a Filipino
Nepali Khagendra Thapa Magar was the world’s shortest man till Saturday only. On Sunday, this tile was bestowed on Junrey Balawing from a poor family in the rural Philippines. Guinness World Records declared Balawing the world´s shortest man as he turned 18 and presented him a certificate at his birthday party in the rural town of Sindangan on Mindanao Island in the southern Philippines.
Balawing is more than 7cm shorter than the previous record holder, Khagendra Thapa Magar. Balawing is 59.93cm (23.6 inches) tall. Khagendra had held the record since last October.
Balawing stopped growing when he was two years old and doctors had not been able to say why he stopped growing, his father said.
Nepali Movie – Kaslai Diu Yo Jowan (2010)
Shree Krishna Films presents
Nepali Movie – Kaslai Diu Yo Jowan (2010)
Starring – Dilip Rayamajhi, Jharana Thapa, Nikhil Upreti, Melina Manandhar, Suraj RD etc.
Director – Suresh Darpan Pokharel
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From Sikkim to Nepal: Prashant Tamang brings Angalo Yo Maya Ko
UPDATE: The movie is available to watch here in xnepali. Watch ‘Angalo Yo Mayako’ here.
Former Indian Idol Prashant Tamang arrived in Kathmandu on Wednesday, for two days. He is here for the publicity for his upcoming film, “Angaalo Yo Maya Ko“. The movie is his second film after “Gorkha Paltan“. Gorkha Paltan was a big hit of last year.
The director of the movie, Binod Sereng, is hopeful that the film will be a hit like Gorkha Paltan. He said, “There is plus point in Prashant’s image as well as the film is of high quality in it’s presentation and technology”. Model Harshika shrestha has debuted as an actress in this film.
A Movie, Assassination of the Nepalese Royal Family, to be made
After 10 years of the royal mishap in which, almost all of the members of the Royal family were killed, a movie is going to made on the story. Nirak Poudel, the son of the owner of Gopi Krishna Theater and TV Filmy television channel, Uddav Poudel, has told that the investigation on the subject was going on for the last one and a half years.
First class railway in Nepal
Excuse me, if you think I am making fun of the only railway in Nepal. No, I am not.
The railway and it’s operator, the government, is making fun of me (and every Nepali citizen, for that matter)!
Why don’t they close it down, like the trolleybus, if they can’t operate it properly?
‘I AM’ screened in Kathmandu
A film by Onir, I AM, was screened in the Rastriya Nach Ghar on Sunday, June 5, 2011. The movie financed by the users of social networking sites, has some 400 financers from 46 countries.
The film stars Nandita Das, Purab Kholi, Manisha Koirala, Juhi Chawla, Sanjay Suri and Rahul Bose in different stories including – I Am Afia, I Am Megha, I am Abhimanyu, and I Am Omar.
24 hours speech, Pramila Deuja aims 36 hours record
This lady, Pramila Deuja, had talked non-stop for 24 hours in a Bhutani Refuge camp in Sanischare, Jhapa.
Last time, she had talked for 12 hours in Baitadi.
Pramila wants to break the world record of 28 hours speech soon and is planning to make a new record of 36 hours of continuous speech to register herself in the Guinness Book of World Records. (Photo credits Kantipur)