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What are 7 Unmarried Miss Nepal doing these days?

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After two Miss Nepal got married last year (in 2016), only seven out of 21 Miss Nepal are still unmarried. Miss Nepal 2009, Zenisha Moktan and Miss Nepal 1997, Jharana Bajracharya got married in 2016. Another Miss Nepal, Miss Nepal 1995, Sumi Khadka also married in 2015. The only two remaining Miss Nepals from the 1990s got married in the last two years. The year 2016 had been special as:

  • All the Miss Nepal of 1990s from Miss Nepal 1994 to 1999 are married after the marriage of Jharana in 2016 and Sumi in 2015.
  • All the Miss Nepal of 2000s got married after Zenisha Moktan got married in 2016.
  • All the Miss Nepal of the 2010s are unmarried.

The list of unmarried Miss Nepal as of now (March 2017):

  • Miss Nepal 2010 – Sadichha Shrestha
  • Miss Nepal 2011 – Malin Joshi
  • Miss Nepal 2012 – Shristi Shrestha
  • Miss Nepal 2013 – Ishani Shrestha
  • Miss Nepal 2014 – Subin Limbu
  • Miss Nepal 2015 – Evana Manandhar
  • Miss Nepal 2016 – Asmee Shrestha

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Jhamak Ghimire biopic, Jiwan Kanda ki Phool premiered

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The movie made on the life story of popular literary figure, Jhamak Ghimire, has been premiered in a program held in Kathmandu on March 6, 2017. The movie was premiered by Jonta Club Kathmandu – on the International Women’s Day.

The movie produced and directed by Binod Bista is an unique movie of a literately figure who is disabled and writes by her foot. Jhamak Ghimire, born in 1980 in Dhankuta wrote ‘Jiwan Kanda Ki Phool’ by her left foot. The book had won the prestigious Madan Puraskar.

Who is Jhamak Ghimire?

Disabled by birth, Jhamak Kumari Ghimire, is awarded the Madan Puraskar 2067 BS (2011) for her book Jeevan Kanda Ki Phool (Is Life a Thorn or a Flower?). She was the second only female writer to receive the award after another woman writer Parijat received the award in 1965.

Born in July of 1980 in Kachide village development of Dhankuta district with cerebral palsy and has to write with her left foot. Ghimire had started writing with her left foot since she was 15 years-old.
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Holi Highlights of the past, Karishma, Rajesh Hamal, Rekha Thapa and others

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The festival of colors is just around the corner. I have revisited the holi celebrations of the past by Nepali celebrities and has compiled a short video of the past years. Some of the interesting things in the following video are :

  • Jyoti Magar’s hot presentation during Holi in Jhapa.
  • Holi events in Karishma Manandhar’s home.
  • Karishma Manandhar applying colours on Rajesh Hamal in a Holi celebration a few years ago.
  • Dance of Rekha Thapa on a song of her movie ‘Rampyari’
  • Dance of Pooja Sharma and Rekha Thapa in the promotion event of Aakash Adhikari’s film.
  • Dance actress Rajani KC and Ramesh Upreti in one of the hit songs of their movie, ‘Bracelet’.
  • Some other stage shows and interesting dances

What is ‘Holi’?

The festival commonly known as Fagu Purnima as it is celebrated on the Purnima of Falgun month in Nepal. The festival is known for friendship and close relationship with friends and family members.
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Who are the new actors in Darpan Chhaya 2 – Shraddha Prasai, Sahara Karki and Puspal Khadka?

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Three new actors are debuting in the sequel of the hit movie ‘Darpan Chhaya’ named ‘Darpan Chhaya 2’. The movie doesn’t have the original star cast and the director Tulsi Ghimire also says that the two movies aren’t linked with each other. The movie ‘Darpan Chhaya 2’ is going to release on Falgun 16, 2073 BS (March 10, 2017).

Photo – Sahara Karki, Puspal Khadka and Shraddha Prasai (Left to Right)

Video of Darpan Chhaya 2 press meet:

The movie is introducing three new actors in the Nepali film industry:

  • Shraddha Prasai – Actress
  • Puspal Khadka – Actor
  • Sahara Karki – Actress

Shraddha Prasai Profile

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Hot actress Aditi Budhathoki featured in a Punjabi music video, Kri shooting yet to start

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The model Adhiti Budhathoki is going to debut in an upcoming Nepali movie ‘Kri’ opposite to Anmol KC. The model struggling in Mumbai had agreed to be featured in ‘Kri’ because of the popularity of Anmol KC and the success of all of his previous movies.

As Aditi lives in India, not much of her activities are released in Nepali media. Although she hasn’t been successful in being featured in big screen movies in India, she has done some music videos there. Aditi is featured in a Punjabi music video of a singer named Sandeep. (The music video is attached at the end of this post)

Aditi’s co-actor in ‘Kri’, Anmol KC,is keeping low profile while in preparation for the movie. Anmol has been away from media eyes for almost a year (with occasional surprise appearances). Aditi in the other hand is living in India and is quite active in social media. She occasionaly share hot photo of herself in Instagram. The scantly clad photos, attract a lot of comments and interaction. I have collected some of the photos to share with the xnepali viewers.

Who is Aditi Budhathoki?

Originally from Damak, Jhapa, Aditi’s home in Kathmandu is at Sinamangal. She mostly lives in Mumbai and works as a fashion model. A Bachelors degree holder in Information Technology, Atiti’s mother, Puspa Budhathoki, is also a fashion designer.
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10 NRN Actresses in Nepali movie industry

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I wrote an article last year – 7 NRN Actresses in Nepali movies, Shristi Shrestha to Meruna Magar. Now, when I go back and read the article, I realize that I had failed to define what NRN actually mean. That is a very crucial factor to determine who is NRN and who is not.

Who is a Non Resident Nepali (NRN) actress?

The term Non Resident Nepali (NRN) is very loosely used in practice. Nepali citizen who go temporarily to foreign countries to work or study are often referred as NRN. If that were the case a lot of Nepali actresses can be termed NRN because, actress Priyanka Karki, Nisha Adhikari, Ashishma Nakarmi etc. had studied in the USA and had lived there for a while. Reecha Sharma had also gone to a foreign country for a training. A lot of other actresses have gone to India for training or work. We have a lot of Indian actresses in Nepali film industry. We don’t consider actresses like Niruta Singh, Tripti Naadkar, or Sushmita KC as foreign or NRN actresses, although they have their parental home in India and might be carrying an Indian passport.
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Rajesh Hamal in Dhamalako Hamala, Will Rajesh Hamla enter politics?

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Rishi Dhamala, the controversial journalist has invited the Nepali supearstar Rajesh Hamal in his program to discuss about his filmy career and the possibility of his entry into politics.

Watch the intersting program ‘Dhamalako Hamala’

Artists in Politics

Almost all the artists have entered in politics. The political parties have also actively pursued the artists as they have a huge fan base. The actress Rekha Thapa, singer Komal Oli etc. have entered Rastriya Prajatantra Party.

Actress Karishma Manandhar, Saroj Khanal etc. have entered Naya Shakti Nepal party. Similarly, actor Bhuwan KC is active as a politician in CPN UML party. A lot of other artists have entered CPN Maoist and its factions. A well known journalist Rabindra Mishra had also entered the politics by starting a new political party, Sajha Party.
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It is time for Shilpa and Chhabi marriage rumours again – Mangalam shooting completes

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The shooting of the movie produced jointly by Chhabi Raj Ojha and Shilpa Pokharel ‘Mangalam’ has finished. The shooting was packed up two days earlier than previously scheduled. According to the report, the movie was scheduled to complete in 35 days but it was finished in 33rd days.

The movie ‘Mangalam’ features the romance of Shilpa Pokharel and Prithivi Raj Prasai. Actress Samragyee RL Shah is also featured in as an actress in the movie. The debut movie of the actress Shilpa Pokharel, as a producer, is scheduled to release on Dashain of this year.

Marriage rumour between Chhabi and Shilpa

During the release of Shilpa Pokharel’s debut movie, Chhabi intentionally created a rumour about their marriage. In a program by Prakash Subedi, Chhabi and Shilpa admitted that they were going to marry soon. Later, in an interview, Shilpa told, “That was a very good strategy. Many viewers went to see the movie to see Chhabi’s girlfriend.”
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Nepali Movie – Dulahi (Rajesh Hamal, Sumina Ghimire)

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Nepali Movie – Dulahi
Starring – Rajesh Hamal, Sumina Ghimire, Mukesh Dhakal, Karishma Manandhar, Saroj KC, Rabi Giri, Rashmi Bhatta, Surbir Pandit etc.
Director – Baburam Dhakal

About ‘Dulhai’

The movie ‘Dulahi’ is a presentation of OSR Films and is produced by Harshita KC. The movie was well received by the viewers and it had also won some awards. Actress Karishma Manandhar is the special guest artist in the movie. The child artist in the movie is Prajal Neupane. The movie featured the lyrics of Dayaram Pandey / Baburam Dhakal, background music Dinesh Sunam, music by Ashta Lama, choreography by Kabiraj Gahatraj / Shankar BC/ Poonam Rai, action of Asta Maharjan, story by Pratikshya Dhakal, editing of Bipin Malla, and cinematography of Rameshowr Karki.

Full ‘Dulahi’ full movie:
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Husbands of Miss Nepal (and Unmarried Miss Nepal) 1994 to 2017

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Miss Nepal beauty contest started in 1994. 20 editions of the contest have been organized to date. Out of the 21 Miss Nepal so far, only 7 Miss Nepal are yet to get married. All the Miss Nepal crowned before Miss Nepal 2010 Sadichha Shrestha have been married. Before I present the list of the husbands of the Miss Nepal, I would like to share a video, I have prepared, listing all the unmarried Miss Nepal from the year 2010 to 2016 and the video clips of their crowning moments:

Here is the full list of the winners of Miss Nepal beauty contests so far:

Married Miss Nepal and their husbands

  1. Miss Nepal 1994 – Ruby Rana (husband – Prajaya Bikram Shah)
  2. Miss Nepal 1995 – Sumi Khadka (husband – Chiran Basnyat)
  3. Miss Nepal 1996 – Poonam Ghimire (husband – Atulya Risal)
  4. Miss Nepal 1997 – Neelima Gurung (husband photo attached)
  5. Miss Nepal 1997 – Jharana Bajracharya (husband – Rahul Agarwal)
  6. Miss Nepal 1998 – Jyoti Pradhan (Dethroned) Niru Shrestha (husband – Prashant Gurung)
  7. Miss Nepal 1999 – Shewta Singh (husband – Bikash Singh)
  8. Miss Nepal 2000 – Usha Khadgi (Husband – GP Timilsina)
  9. Miss Nepal 2002 – Malvika Subba (Husband – Riyaj Shrestha)
  10. Miss Nepal 2003 – Priti Sitoula (husband – Bijoy Rajbanshi)
  11. Miss Nepal 2004 – Payal Shakya (husband – Sarun Tamrakar)
  12. Miss Nepal 2005 – Sugarika KC (husband – Sanat Neupane)
  13. Miss Nepal 2007 – Sitashma Chand (husband – Ben Price)
  14. Miss Nepal 2009 – Zenisha Moktan (husband – Dikesh Moktan)

Unmarried Miss Nepal
(As of March 2017)
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Rekha Thapa slips down to 7th position – Top 10 actresses chosen by 10 directors

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The Number 1 actress is no longer the top actress in the Nepali film industry – according to a survey among 10 well known Nepali directors. In fact, Shilpa has gone a rank higher than Rekha Thapa. It seems, she is on her path to be the top actress.

Watch the top 10 actresses:

Personally, I think other actresses deserve the top position rather than actress Keki Adhikari. It could be either Namrata Shrestha or Priyanka Karki. Namrata has won all the film awards this year. She has a very good track record of successful movies. Priyanka Karki is also a good actress and one of the busiest actress in the film industry.

Keki is a good actress but, she hasn’t been careful in her choice of movies. Although she has done a very good job, none of her movies have been that successful.

Judge Directors

This list of top 10 actresses was chosen from the views of the following directors by ‘Today’, a weekly of Annapurna Post:
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Malvika Subba, Biography of Miss Nepal 2002

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Malvika Subba is a multi-talented personality. She has a multifaceted identity – here are some:

  • Miss Nepal 2002 Malvika Subba
  • Video jockey Malvika Subba
  • Actress Malvika Subba (Acted in two movies, but neither were released)
  • Motivational speaker and trainer
  • Model Malvika Subba
  • Emcee Malvika Subba (one of the most liked)
  • Businessperson, sales and marketing personality
  • Film and TV Program Producer Malvika Subba
  • Chief Editor of a monthly magazines – Wave and Navyata
  • Youth leader, social worker Malvika Subba


I will update this post with a video (it is still in making) in a few days.

Malvika Subba Biography

Born on July 19, 1981, Malvika Subba was the third child of her parents. After two boys, her mother gave birth to Malvika in her 40s on the pressure of her father for a daughter. Malvika’s father a Subba was a police officer and her mother Sashikala was a Brahmin. In their time, intercaste marriage was a tabbo. That was the reason, Sashikala’s parents cut-off their ties with the daughter after she married Malvika’s father.
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Welcome to the 30s club Priyanka Karki!

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Priyanka Karki, the busiest actress and one of the most attractive women in Nepal (according to a Saphahik poll), has turned 30 on February 27, 2017.

The video also includes the birthday wishes of actress Keki Adhikari to Priyanka Kakri. Keki Adhikari is currently busy in the shooting of her upcoming movie ‘Razza Rani’. The Razza of the movie, Najir Hussien is also seen with Keki wishing best wishes to Priyanka Karki.

The actress born on Saturday, February 27, 1987 (Fagun 15, 2044 BS) had become Miss Teen in 2005. After that she started her career in media and entertainment industry. Although she had also worked as a child actress in a director Narayan Puri movie ‘Mahadevi’, Priyanaka got the lime light only after she started working in TV and entertainment industry.
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Biography of the Wild Prince of Nepal – Paras Shah

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One of the most controversial royal family member in Nepali royalty – Paras Shah has gone trough a very tough time in his life. A prince without a hope to ascent to the throne – suddenly and unexpectedly became the crown prince. But, before he could enjoy the princehood and wait to be crowned – monarchy was abolished.

Here is the full biography of the unlucky crown prince:

Paras as a Person

Family timeline:

  • 30 December 1971 – Born to Gyanendra Shah (father) and Komal Shah (mother)
  • 25 January 2000 – Married Himani Shah
  • 12 December 2000 – Purnika Shah was born (Daughter)
  • 30 July 2002 – Hridayendra Shah was born (Son)
  • 16 October 2003 – Kritika Shah was born (Daughter)

Paras was uncontrollable. He wouldn’t listen to his parents or anybody else. When sober he behaves perfectly normally. But, under the influence of alcohol, he becomes uncontrollable. Every time he makes a mess, he usually is drunk. So, most of the incidents have happened in restaurants and hotels.

His relationship with his wife doesn’t seem to be that good. But, Himani seem to be living comfortably with her in-laws.

Education – Paras was educated in Budha Nilakantha School and St. Joseph College in Darjeeling. He also attended a US college and a British College. But, he never completed his undergraduate degree. One of the professors had told that was a mediocre student (ser ref 2).

– Paras did his Junior High from North Point, Darjeeling.

– High School from Budhanilkanta School, Kathmandu.

– Schiller International University and The United Kingdom for further studies in Business Administration.

In music paras loves the rock and heavy metal of Metallica and Guns and Roses. In sports he’s into swimming and basketball. He’s also a keen player in Chess and Monolpoly.
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Nepali Movie – Jaya Hos (2012)

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Nepali Movie – Jaya Hos
Starring – Rajesh Hamal, Biraj Bhatt, Sumina Ghimire, Saujanya Subba, Dinesh DC, Nabin Shrestha, Krishna Bhatta, etc.
Director – Dr. Ghanashyam Khatiwada

About ‘Jaya Hos’

The Nepali movie ‘Jaya Hos’ was released in 2012. The movie isa a presentation of Sudhan Dhital for GSM Media Camp. The movie is made on the story written by the director Dr. Ghanshyam Khatiwada.

The movie featuring two super-stars of Nepali movie industry also features well known actresses Sumina and Saujanya.

Full movie ‘Jaya Hos’ in a single part:
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