A music award named ‘Music Khabar Music Award 2012’ was recently held in Kathmandu. But, to the surprise of the professionals in music industry, very few knew about the award. In the award ceremony, there were more non-musicians than musicians.
Although only awards for 22 categories were to be awarded in the ceremony according to a press released previously, 25 awards were distributed during the actual event. After the event, many complained that the award winners were not the deserving candidates. Some of the award winning creations wer
e even previously unheard of.
Miss Nepal Shristi Shrestha has managed to secured herself in the top 40 list of ‘Beach Beauty’ contest held in the Miss World contest being held in China.
In another category of ‘Multimedia Award’ based on the votes in her personal page in Facebook, Shristi is in the second position with more than 114,000 likes.
Although Nepali viewers weren’t impressed by the movie ‘HIghway’, film festivals have liked the movie. Now, the movie is selected for the 12th Osian’s-Cinefan competition – held among movies from Indian, Asian and Arab cinema. The festival is being held in New Delhi, India from 27 July, 2012.
There is high possibility that ‘Highway’ is the first Nepali movie to compete in the festival. The movie is screened in the Asian and Arab section competing with eleven other movies from
various Asian countries.
The movie made on a common problem in Nepal but relatively unheard-of topic in the foreign – Nepal Bandh. The movie portrays the hardship of a number of individual characters of diverse background.
The winner of the Best Film-Asian Arab Competition will be screened on August 5, 2012.
Highway was previously selected in Berlin Film Festival and it also received some reviews in international medias.
Nepali movie ‘Bansuli’ has been selected in the 69th Venice Film Festival, to be held in Italy from August 29 to September 8, 2012. The director of the movie, Min Bahadur Bham, has also written the story and the screenplay of the movie.
The short movie produced by Black Horse Pictures in association with Underground Talkies, is 15 minutes long. Out of the total of 1752 short movies submitted, ‘Bansuli’ was one of the 18 movies selected in the festival. The movie features a 12-year-old Bijuli from remote Jumla in Nepal. The movie features Nikita Budha Thapa, Ghanashyam Giri, Naresh Bhandari and Hira Bijuli Nepali among others.
xnepali.net team would like to congratulate the ‘Bansuli’ team for the selection of the movie in the prestigious film festival.
Miss Nepal 2012, Shristi Shrestha, is currently in China to participate in Miss World beauty contest. The contest started on July 18 and the final is going to be held on August 18, 2012.
23-year-old Miss Nepal Shristi is almost 6 feet tall and has international modeling experience.
Here are some photos of Shristi with other beauty queens from all over the world.
In the contest held in Pokhara on July 7, Saturday, Miss Ranjana Thapa Magar is crowned the Miss Magar 2012 title.
There were a total of 23 contestants in the second edition of Miss Magar beauty contest. Miss Magar Ranjana Thapa Magar was awarded the crown and a cash prize of Rs. 25,000. 20-year old beauty Ranjana hails from Tanahun, Dulegauda and has completed plus two.
In the contest, 21-year-old Miss Anita Thapa Magar was awarded the first runner-up title and a cash prize of Rs. 15,000. The second runner-up Shanti Tilija Magar was awarded a cash prize of Rs. 10,000.
Miss Rai 2012 beauty pageant is going to be held on Ashad 23, 2069 (July 7, 2012). Miss Rai contest is organized by Kirat Rai Sanskritik Kendra. The contest will be held in Rastriya Nachghar in Jamal, Kathmandu. The event starts at 2:00 PM on Saturday July 7.
List of contestants in the beauty contest:
Contestant No. 1 – Sarada Rai
Contestant No. 2 – Yuma Rai
Contestant No. 3 – Yokki Rai
Contestant No. 4 – Eljina Rai
Contestant No. 5 – Sushma Rai
Contestant No. 6 – Shrijha Rai
Contestant No. 7 – Seli Rai
Contestant No. 8 – Aruna Rai
Contestant No. 9 – Ganita Rai
Contestant No. 10 – Goma Rai
Contestant No. 11 – Poonam Rai
Contestant No. 12 – Amrita Rai
Contestant No. 13 – Chhila Rai
Contestant No. 14 – Anu Rai
Contestant No. 15 – Anita Rai
Contestant No. 16 – Uma Rai
In an article published in Korea Times, the Indian Ambassador to South Korea, Vishnu Prakash, argued that one of the reasons the North-Eastern part of the country is beautiful because of the existence of Mt. Everest.
The northeastern part of the country where it borders China offers the most beautiful scenic views thanks to Mt. Everest.
The newspaper hasn’t specifically quoted the Ambassador saying the exact words but, it seem to imply that one has to go to India to see Mt. Everest. Mt. Everest h
owever is in the border of Nepal and China, at least 200 km away from the Indian border.
Nepali print and online media have started protest to the statement.
After three years of marriage to director Shankar Ghimire, actress Richa Ghimire has given birth to a son on June 24, 2012. After the childbirth, new father Shanakar posted a message in his Facebook stating that the day was the happiest day in his life after the marriage.
The 3700 gram child was delivered after a cesarean section. Although the delivery date was supposed to be Ashad 24, the
child was delivered two weeks earlier because of sudden high blood pressure of the mother.
UPDATE: This is the photo of the proud parents with their newborn gem (Photo credits – Shankar Ghimire):
xNepali team would like to offer our heartfelt congratulation to the new parents for their first child!
Actress of Nepali movies Jeshika Khadka has ended her life by hanging in her own home in New Road. Previously known as Jyoti Khadka, she was engulfed in a controversy on a sex scandal involving popular comedy singer Prakash Ojha.
According to Jana Aastha weekly, the police have told that they are waiting for the postmortem report to determine if if was suicide or murder. The police has told that she had an conversation with film maker Baldip Rai at 2 AM. The police has told that they have arrested Rai for further investigation.
Jeshika had acted in movies like ‘Jungle Queen’, ‘Mero Maya Timlai’, ‘Jungle Love’, ‘Gahirahi’, and ‘Lucky Seven’ among others.
Jeshika’s death is a sad moment of Nepali movie industry. It is also the time to look at the open secret – sex exploitation in the Nepali movie sector.
Nepali actresses Richa Ghimire and Sanchita Luitel and going to give birth within a couple of months. Richa is expecting in a month and Sanchita in two months. To welcome the new child, Nepali movie artists organized a special ceremony. In Nepali tradition, to be moms are fed beaten rice and yogurt (dahi chiura) before the childbirth.
After ex-king Gyanendra was forced to leave the palace and live like a general citizen, Paras had reportedly blamed his father for the trouble and is not in good terms with his family since. The father of three children lives alone in Thailand for almost two years while his wife Himani lives in Nepal. He had also taken his children Purnika, Kritika and Hirdayandra with him for their study. It is told that he hasn’t returned back to Nepal for the last ten months.
According to a report in a daily, Saurya Daily, Paras is living with a Thai mistress in Thailand. At the time when his wife Himani w
as in Thailand, Paras didn’t want to meet her during her week-long stay there. He has reportedly changed his mobile number and hasn’t contacted his family in Nepal for the last three months.
As a result of the fear in Nepali movie makers, caused by Nepali political situation, a lot of movies have postponed their movie release date. Some awaited movies like ‘Apabad’ and ‘Malati Ko Bhatti’ are notable among the postponed Nepali movies. Now, another most awaited movie, ‘Highway’ has also announced that it’s release date has been postponed. The movie was supposed to be released on Ashad 1st.
According to the movie’s Facebook page, the release date was postponed due to the current political situation in our country. ‘Highway’ has been one of the most awaited movies because
of its selection in Berlin Film Festival and its international popularity. The movie is said to be made on the story of current political situation and hardships caused by near-sighted political forces.
As far as we know, ‘Highway’ shows the problems created on the life of different peoples due to regular strikes (Nepal bandh). And due to the similar fear of Nepal bandh, Highway had postponed its release date. Directed by Deepak Rauniyar, the movie features Karma, Saugat Malla, Reecha Sharma, Dayahang Rai, and Binaya Shrestha in lead role. The revised release date of Highway is yet to be fixed.
In a latest news, popular Nepali singer Rajesh Payal Rai is also trying his magical voice in Bhojpuri songs.
Nepali artists have been trying their luck in Bhojpuri entertainment industry for a long time. One of the most successful of them all is Biraj Bhatt who has established himself as an action superstar in Bhojpuri film industry. From past experience, success in Nepal doesn’t guarantees success Bhojpuri industry. So, we need to wait for some time to see if Rajesh can be successful in Bhojpuri entertainment industry or not.
T-Series music company is releasing Rajesh’s debut Bhojpuri album titled "Shiela Ke Jawani".
