Popular actress of comedy telefilm ‘Bhadragol’ and later in ‘Sakkigoni”, Rakshya Shrestha, has become a mother to a daughter. Rakshya Shrestha had secretly married and she had also kept the birth of the daughter for about two months. Although some online reports had reported about her child to be son. But in reality, Rakshya has told that the newborn is a girl child.
Rakshya has named her daughter Mahira Gurung. Rakshya has shared the photos of her daughter in social media on July 7, 2021 on the occasion of her birthday. Continue reading
It’s a sad news – actress and producer Jenny Kunwar is no more. According to police, she was found hanging in her apartment at Sunrise Apartment, Thapagaun, Kathamandu.
video report (update):
According to Minbahadur Lama, DSP of Baneshwor Police office, she was found at her apartment on July 8, 2021.
Jenny Kunwar had acted in a number of Nepali movies including ‘Dhoom’, ‘Maidan’ ‘Don’ and other films. I have shared a number of her movies in the past.
In addition to acting she had given voice to a number of songs and had also made music videos in past. Last year, she was seen in Pashupati area dancing in prayers. Based on her activities in the past, it is believed that she was depressed.
I will update this post with more details after a while.
Rest in peace Jenny Kunwar.
Jenny’s original name is Janaki Kunwar.
(A part of 2010 Dec 22 report) After producing Ghayal and Hulchal, the female producer and actress Jenny Kunwar has decided to halt the production business. She has started to spend more time in meditation and spiritual studies. None of the two movies with names copied from Hindi movies could leave any impression to the audience. Although Ghayal could raise it’s investment, Hulchal was a total loss.
Jenny says that it was much more difficult to market the movie than producing. Film critics say that movies produced by Jenny have no originality as the name themselves were borrowed from Hindi movies.
According to Jenny, film production is a stressful job. She hopes meditation relieve the tension related to various problem she has and she had plans to go to India and other countries to continue in her spiritual journey.
That is a big milestone for ex-kings in Nepal. Being 75 is huge because, no other kings in Nepal had been that old.
According to the historical record in Wikipedia, Rajendra Bikram Shah lived the most in the past. He died at the age of 68.
Gyanendra was born on 7 July 1947 as the second official son of King Mahendra. He reigned as the King of Nepal from 2001 to 2008. As a child, he was briefly ascended the throne to become the king from 1950 to 1951, when his grandfather, Tribhuvan, went on exile in India with the rest of his family. Continue reading
Bisharad Basnet is an actor, writer and director in Nepali Film Industry has died of corona on July 2, 2021. The last rituals of Basnet was done on the same day at Pashupati Aryaghat. He was being treated at Medacity Hospital in Lalitpur. Bishard Basnet was 39 years old.
Basnet directed nepali movie Mr. Virgin and was also the assistant director of Yeta Na Uta. He was the Creative Director For Nepal Film And Television Academy. He had acted in Ashim Shah’s movie Dui Rupaya and Subrat Acharya’s movie ‘Sushree Sampati’.
Born in India, Basnet has his roots in Nepal due to his mother. He had over 20 years of professional theatre experience and is trained teachers in India and abroad. He was instructor a the Everest Film Acadamy, Minbhaban.
Basnet’s family had faced two more tragedies four months ago when his maternal grand mother and his father had died of Covid. Bisharad is survived by his 1 year old daughter, wife, sister and mother who had survived after being tested Covid positive.
Although he had tested Covid negative, his health didn’t imporved and he was kept in ICU for 40 days prior to his death, that was after being tested Covid negative.
On May 16 he wrote: “Why So Serious ? It’s Just Corona”
UPDATE: When the pandemic began Dr. Bisharad Basnet had started working on a new project – Lal Salaam. He had also done expeditions with Clowns without Borders, Sweden to Nepal. He was the founder of Acting School of India, Mumbai and had trained more than 1000 actors, writers and directors in different part of India and Nepal. In addition to that, he was guest faculty to different film schools in India & Nepal.
This is an update of Queen Aishwarya Shah of Nepal. Originally she was Chandani Rana before marriage. King Birendra used to call her Chandani or the Queen.
She was known for having a lot of anger. Here is a report on an incident to show how she behaved at times and how King Birendra dealt with her:
Queen Aishwarya Shah was known as one of the most beautiful ladies of her time. She was celebrated as a woman of classical beauty, famous for her hairstyle and the fashion style.
Biography of Queen Aishwarya
Born on 7 November 1949 in Lazimpat Durbar, Lazimpat, Kathmandu and died at the age of 51 in the Royal Massacre at Narayanhiti Palace on 1 June 2001. She was the eldest daughter among the three daughters of General Kendra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1921–1982) and Shree Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah (1926–2005). Continue reading
In a report published on July 1, 2021 Devyani Rajya Laxmi Rana has joined the Coca-Cola India’s leadership team as the vice president Public Affairs, Communications, and Sustainability overseeing the company’s business in India and Southwest Asia. Devyani has more than 25-years of experience working for the government and corporate affairs. She is an expert on business strategy, risk management, CSR, communication and sustainability.
In the past, Devyani had worked as the director of Public Affairs for India, Nepal, Bhutan for Caterpillar India. Before joining Caterpillar, she had worked with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and United Nations (UN) in India and The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Geneva, Switzerland World Economic Forum (WEF). Continue reading
The actress who debuted in Nepali film industry in Nepali movie ‘Ranveer’, Supuspa Bhatta, has married her boyfriend Raunak Bikram Kandel in an event held at Gokarna Forest Resort on July 2, 2021. In the marriage ceremony held among close friends and family members, Raunak applied sacred sindoor on Supuspa’s head. The couple promised to live together through out their lives in front of burning fire in Yagyna.
The couple was engaged to get married on Baisakh 15. Because of the current lockdown condition the wedding ceremony was more like private function. The couple was seeing each other for about a year.
UPDATE: Wedding video report and a review of the engagement video:
Bride, Supuspa debuted in ‘Ranvir’ and acted in ‘Chha Maya Chhapakai’ and ‘Chapali Height 3’. Among her movies, ‘Chapali Height 3’ is yet to release.
The groom, Raunak Kandel, was one of the producers of the superhit movie ‘Kabaddi’ featuring Dayahang Rai in leading role. After the success of the first movie as a producer, Kandel produced a number of other movies like ‘Mr. Jholey’. These days, he is told to be busy in other businesses and has stopped producing movies.
We at xnepali wish Supuspa and Raunak a very happy married life and their love grow as the time passes.
A well known personality of Nepali film industry as a film director, actor and a businessman, Neer Bikram Shah, is commonly known as Neer Shah or Nir Shah. Being related to the former Royal family of Nepal, created a certain aura around him but, that doesn’t undermine his capacity as a talented artist. He has multiple identities – as an actor is is top class actor in negative role, as a producer and director he is the director of many super-hit films. He is a well known poet, lyricist and a successful businessman. In addition to that he has also written scripts of a number of films.
Nir Shah debuted as an actor in ‘Paribartan’ an 2024 B.S. release film directed by Hira Singh Khatri. He was paid Rs. 700 for the role. Continue reading
Miss Nepal Universe 2020 Anshika Sharma couldn’t impress the judges at the Miss Universe 2020 competition. The competition held on May 16, 2021 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, United States. In the event, Miss Universe 2019, Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa crowned her successor Andrea Meza, Miss Mexico as the new Miss Universe 2020. Miss Brazil was placed in second place.
The top five in the competition were:
In the competition, contestants from 74 countries and territories had participated. The host of the competition were Mario Lopez and Olivia Culpo. In the past, Mario Lopez had served as the host of Miss Universe 2007. Olivia Culpo was a previous winner of the competition. She was crowned Miss Universe in 2012.
In the competition, Paulina Vega and Demi-Leigh Tebow served as expert analysts, and Cheslie Kryst had served as a backstage correspondent. Paulina Vega was Miss Universe 2014, Demi-Leigh Tebow was Miss Universe 2017, and Cheslie Kryst was Miss USA 2019. Luis Fonsi, a Puerto Rican singer also performed during the competition. Continue reading
The prime minister of Nepal, KP Oli has released a 3-pages long statement on Madan Bhandari. Madan Bhandari and Jibraj Ashrit died in an accident 28 years ago on Jestha 3, 2050 at Dasdhunga, Chitwan.
Right after the accident, CPN (UML) formed an investigation committee headed by KP Oli. The report by the committee had asked the government to do a detailed investigation on the issue. After 22 years, of the incident, KP Oli was appointed the Prime Minister of Nepal in 2072. He didn’t do anything to re-open the case at that time. Now, it is the 3-rd time Oli has been the prime minister of Nepal. Madan Bhandari’s wife, Bidhya Devi Bhandari, is the President of Nepal.
Both Oli and Bhandari have largely ignored the report prepared at that time.
A video report:
KP Oli’s statement (May 17, 2021 – on the 28th remembrance day): Continue reading
In a latest report, actress Shweta Bhattarai’s husband Milan Sapkota has died of COVIC-19. Sapkota was being treated in a hospital’s high dependency unit in Chabahil. Milan Sapkota was rushed to the hospital after his oxygen level had reduced. The doctors’ attempt to treat Sapkota failed and he is reported dead at 3:00 PM on May 11, 2021.
Deepak Shrestha’s comeback movie shooting is in trouble after actress Keki Adhikari tests positive for COVID-19.
Well known director, Deepak Shrestha is making a comeback after 7 years of absence by directing a movie titled ‘Ghingtang’.
Actress Trouble
1. The movie was told to feature Aliza Gautam in leading role. But, Aliza left the movie citing her father’s health concerns. That was a week prior to the inauguration of the shooting of the movie (Muharta). The movie team had to find a new actress to be featured in the leading role.
2. Deepak Shrestha signed in Laxmi Bardewa. The replacement actress Laxmi Bardewa later told that she has scheduling issues with the shooting of another movie. Laxmi also left the movie before the shooting started. The movie team had to search for another actress for the role.
3. Keki Adhikari was signed the leading role for the movie. Keki was all ready to go to the shooting but, on the day, the COVID test result came positive and she had to quarantine herself.
Deepak Shrestha’s initial movies were successful but, in later days, his movies were unsuccessful. He is known for superhit movies like Sadak, Himmat.
The movie to be made on a story titled ‘Masuko Mulya’ written by Mandria Madhushree. The movie features Gaurav Pahadi in leading role while Nir Shah and Madan Krishna Shrestha are also featured in special roles.
At least four celebrities are expecting child in coming few months. The celebrities include :
A video report on it:
Reecha Sharma and Deepekshya Bikram Rana
Reecha got married with Deepkakshya last year. After a year of marriage, the couple has decided to welcome the third member in their family. Reecha shared the good news in Facebook while watering a plant she had planted in her home to welcome the new member of the family. Continue reading
Chhakka Panja 3 became the best film while actress Menaka Pradhan for her role in film ‘Saili. Bipin Karki is awarded the best actor for his role in ‘Prasad’.
Deepa Shree Niraula was awarded for being the best director of her super hit seris ‘Chhakka Panja’. The Deputy President of Nepal Nanada Prasad
Makeup and Hair – Romeo and Muna (Shumsher Lama)
Best Costume Desgner – Intu Mintu Londonma (Yubi Thapa)
It has been a decade since Malina Joshi was crowned Miss Nepal. Here is the historical details of the winner of Lux Hidden Treasure Miss Nepal 2011, was Malina Joshi. The information about Malina, during the participation in the contest, was published in The Himalayan Times in 2011.
Originally From: Dharan, Sunsari
Age in 2011: 23
Height: 5’ 6’’
Education: M.B.A.
Malina was born on 27 January 1989, in Dharan. She did her secondary education from Dharan Higher Secondary School. She has received a MBA degree with specialization in Marketing from Ace Institute of Management.
In 2011 Malina told that she had a desire to work in the field of advertising, Malina Joshi, decided to be an actress instead later. Her hobby is to dance , likes to watch cricket and loves to eat rajma and rice. Continue reading
