Muslim Pooja Lama – ‘show it all’ to ‘hide it all’

It was a very surprising twist in the controversial character in Nepali entertainment industry, Pooja Lama. She has changed her religion from Buddhist to Muslim and renamed herself Amna Faruki.

Pooja told that she has found some good things in Muslim religion, so she has decided to be a Muslim for the rest of her life.

A versatile personality, Pooja Lama, started her career as a model, formed a band and released music albums, and acted in movies. She has equally been in lime lights because of her controversial actions. Some of which are:

  • Marriage at 18 years with Biraj Lepchan and divorce within a year (She has a son out of the marriage).
  • An affair with a Newar guy while she was in Belgium. The guy’s family stopped him to go back to Belgium when he came back to Kathmandu.
  • Affair with Dinesh DC and what happened afterwards
  • Release of a scandal video with DJ Shishir
  • Marriage soon after the release of the scandal video
  • Pooja told she will participate in Indian Idol – which she didn’t
  • After problems in relationship with DJ Shishir she went to Doha some six months back
  • She returned back recelntly as Amna Faruki, a Muslim lady in burka.

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Sudarshan Gautam – Disabled climber to drive across Canada

Have you ever heard of Sudarshan Gautam? If you haven’t, you would better be prepared to be surprised !

Sudarshan is a Nepali guy in his late twenties, planning to climb Mount Everest in 2012. But, this guy doesn’t have hands to hold the rope on those slippery slopes.

That is not all, he also drives car with his feet, does all of his everyday chores without support, and his is hot in Canadian medias these days. Sudarshan is doing fund raising for the Everest summit and other social works he want to do for Nepal.

Sudarshan is all set to drive across Canada with his feet next year, for his fund raising effort.

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Nepal Government to play parent – 5 reasons it may not work

If you are one of those ‘spoiled kids’ who spend most of their online time visiting explicit websites, be prepared to learn about proxies. That is what Kantipur says:

Internet surfers will soon have to scale the telecom firewall to access p0rn sites in Nepal.

Nepal government is mulling over blocking sex related websites in an effort to reduce Nepali traffic on those sites.

Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) is working is preparing to censor websites through internet service providers (ISP) and telecom operators providing GPRS facility in Nepal.

NTA has been coordinating with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Science and Technology and Cyber Cell of the Nepal Police and the preparation on the implementation is expected to be finalized within a week.

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1 man, 1000 stone sculptures, gift to the motherland

Manjul Miteri is a sculptor from Morang in Eastern Nepal. He is carves stone sculptures of famous persons from all around the world. He has been carving the collection for the last five years.

He has a plan to build 1000 of the stone sculptures each measuring 18″x15″  in 10 years and hand them over to the Nepal government as a gift.

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Minister’s business sense – Taxi out of a hospital vehicle

A vehicle to be used for epidemics and rapid-response, is being used by relatives of Health Minister Uma Kanta Chaudhari. The relatives have made good use of the otherwise useless vehicle. Uma Kanta’s father and relatives make Rs. 50 per person per trip from Tamagadhi to Kohlhawi of Bara district.

The vehicle has white number plate (government vehicle) and ‘H’ painted on it to indicate a hospital vehicle. According to Nayapatrika, the minister has taken 8 motorcycle from a department under Health ministry for his friends and relatives.

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Documentary – The Third Generation (Nepali)

The Third Generation (Tesro Pusta, तेस्रो पुस्ता) is a documentary released by Silver Lining Creation on 16 July 2009. The documentary was screened at different film festivals around the globe. The documentary, narrated in Nepali, has subtitles in English.

The documentary is based on a 19 years old Nepali guy who leaves his well paid job at the United Nations to pursue higher degree in the West.

Written, Directed and Edited by Manoj Bhusal
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Hindi Movie – Love in Nepal (2004)

This Hindi movie is posted because the movie is related to Nepal, shot in Nepal, and there are Nepali actors in it.
This is a 2004 Hindi romantic comedy and thriller film directed by Rajat Mukherjee.
Casting: Sonu Nigam, Flora Saini, Jharana Bajracharya, Sweta Keswani, Vijay Raaz, Rajpal Yadav etc.
Note: The movie is removed. Please enjoy the songs from the movie
Trailer of the movie: Filmed in India and Nepal (Pokhara).

Song 1
Ek Anjaan Ladki – by Sonu Nigam
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Sanchita Luitel in Kathmandu for Puja

Nikhil Upreti‘s second wife, Sanchita Luitel, is in Kathmandu these days to finish some of her film jobs and for her family meetings.

Sanchita is also performing a Puja at Pashupati for their happy married life.

Sanchita told that Nikhil is quite busy in Mumbai these days and that he has agreed to do the movie in the condition that the shooting will be done in Sikkim. Govinda Shahi, the producer of ‘Sansar Afnai’ however had previously said that Nikhil will come to Kathmandu to do the shooting.
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Increasing number of Film related Nepali websites

With increased number of films being made in recent time, film related websites are also in increasing trends. I have reviewed some film related websites.

The first film related magazine in Nepal was ‘Kamana‘ but they never made a good enough website to talk about. The group that publishes Kamana is not that interested in website and they are pretty happy with the printed publication. The screenshot on the right speaks volumes on its online presence.

As far as I know, the first dedicated film related website was filmnepal.com. The site is still there but it doesn’t get updated that frequently. The site is full of age-old stories that no one is interested in.

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MaHa, congratulation for a Rs. 100K award!

Congratulation MaHa, for the selection to receive this year’s Basudev Luitel award!

MaHa, the Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya comedy artists duo, is selected to receive this year’s Basudev Luitel award for the theaters category. The award has a cash prize of Rs. 111,111.00.

Basudev Luitel award is given away in three different fields every years and theater is one of the fields. Selection of the winners of the other two fields, literature and cartoon art, is yet to be announced.

The prize is distributed on the birthday of Basudev Luitel on Bhadra 23 (this year, September 8, 2010).

Nihita Biswas and Charles Shobhraj marriage (Hindi)

Charles Shobhraj has tied knot with Nihitain the high security jail in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu. However, the Nepal government has claimed that it is not possible in jail. This video shows the wedding photos of Shobhraj and Nihita.

This video is in Hindi by a Hindi news channel Aaj Tak.
It is to be noted that much of the contents of the video are same in many videos and the reporters are trying to highlight their points by bringing up unnecessary stuffs.

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More news clippings — Charles Sobhraj, at the age of 66, has married to Nihita, a 22-year-old Nepali girl.

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Nihita Bishwas in trouble – SC summon’s Sobhraj’s wife and mother-in-law

The wife and mother-in-law of of convicted murderer Charles Sobhraj have brought themselves trouble due to the after-verdict reaction. Sakuntala Thapa, a lawyer and mother of Nihita Biswas, accused the judges of corruption while taking the decision.

In response to the Shanta Sedhain and Rajan Adhikari’s court application on Sunday, the Supreme Court (SC) of Nepal has ordered the two to be present in SC within three days, with their clarification. If they fail to appear in the court, the police might arrest them.

If convicted, Sakuntala and Nihita will face up to a years behind bars or a fine of ten thousand rupees or both.

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