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
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
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
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
Nepali actress Mithila Sharma is one of the senior most artists in the Nepali film industry. She started her entertainment career in 2030 BS at the age of nine by dancing in a program. One of the audience of her first public show was the King Birendra.
Name : Mithila Sharma Date of Birth – Ashoj 30, 2020 BS Place of Birth – Kathmandu Education – Diploma in Dancing and Home Science
Mithila is usually featured in serious character roles. While other actresses preferred the leading roles, Mithila chose character roles. She was featured as mothers, sisters, sister-in-laws and similar characters. With movies she was also featured in various television serials.
(Mithila Sharma during the shooting of her 2020 release movie, ‘Aama’)
In addition to acting and dancing she had also worked as a teacher in various schools and dance schools. She had taught a lot of actors and dancers in her career as a teacher. In addition to working in other institutions he has also established her own training institute – Mithila Kala Kendra. Continue reading
One of the most popular husband-wife couple of Nepali music industry is Uday and Manila Sotang couple.
The husband and wife have already released more than 11 albums. Their popular songs are Aadi Bato, Maya Namara, Aaja Timro, Bhijyo Sirani.
Originally from Darjeeling, Udaya and Manila came to Nepal in the late 80s to do voice tests at Radio Nepal. Today, they are some of the most celebrated artists, with huge attendance in concerts. One of Uday’s cousin was a huge fan of late Narayan Gopal. Uday used to sneak into his cousin’s room to practice in the harmonium secretly. Uday started singing early. He sang in his school and there were many fans of his in his school days. He started sining in contests in his grade eight, nine and tenth grade. Before he graduated from the school, the school offered him to release an album called Filingo. He was a successful singer even before he finished his grade ten.
On the other hand, Manila was trained by her uncle, to sing bhajans. When Manila heard Uday’s songs, she liked his voice even before she met him. When she finally met Uday, she was surprised to find him so young. Because of his voice he had expected Uday to be a lot older. They later were in the same group of singers to perform in various events. Uday was having an affair with somebody else when Manila met him. She tried to help him patch up with his girlfriend when they broke up. That instead brought her closer to Uday and they ended up marrying while Uday was studying in Grade 11. By the time he graduated from Grade 12, they already had their first child, Shreya Sotang. Now, Shreya is also a new sensation in the Nepali music industry. Shreya has already released her own album. Continue reading
A lot of Nepali people know Udit Narayan Jha as the most successful Nepali singer in Bollywood. But, many don’t know similarly successful Nepali singer, Poornima Shrestha. May be that is because Udit was a celebrity in Nepal before he debuted in Bollywood. In case of Poornima, she was born in Mumbai and lived her whole life in India.
[Biography Video] will be ready by Poornima’s birthday on September 5.
Poornima debuted as a child singer in early 1970s, as Sushma Shrestha. Sushma was born to a musical family of late Bhola Shrestha. Bhola Shrestha was an accomplished music composer and a tabala player. He was active in the music industry in the 1950s and 1960s. The father was really excited about launching his daughter in Bollywood as a successful singer. He had organized a big launch event of Sushma Shrestha with high profile Bollywood guests. A day before such a great event, her father died of heart failure. That was 11 April, 1971. That was after half-a-year of the release of the film Andaz (1971), and the debut song of Sushma.
Although her father died on the day before, 10-years-old Sushma was forced to perform in the event on April 12. The event couldn’t be cancelled because of all the preparations. At the event, Bollywood personalities took note of Sushma’s talent and she also got a music scholarship to help in her music career.
At the time of her first public performance, Sushma was just 7-years old. When she sang for the Bollywood movie ‘Andaz’, she was 9 years old.
She also worked with another musical duo Kalyanji Anandji who helped her in making a successful child singer of the 70s. RD Burman also helped her to give voice to hit songs of that time. RD Burman had composed unforgettable songs for Sushma like “Tera Mujhse Hai Pehle Ka Naata Koi†of film Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1973) and “Kya Hua Tera Vaada†of film Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahi (1977).
A well known Bollywood singer Udit Narayan Jha went to Mumbai in the Embassy of India scholarship in 1978. He was an employee of Radio Nepal prior to going to India for music studies. Apart from a well known singer, he was also an actor of superhit movie ‘Kusume Rumal’.
Udit Narayan Jha struggled in India for 10 years before he got successful. The movie ‘Kayamat Se Kayamat Tak’, the debut movie of Aamir Khan became successful helping both Aamir and Udit to establish themselves in Bollywood.
Full biography of Udit Narayan:
Birth
He was born in Saptari, Bhardaha to Nepali father and Indian mother. He later claimed that he was born in his maternal uncle’s home in Bihar after the Indian government honored him with the biggest civilian award – Padma Shree Award and Padma Bhusan Award.
Udit Narayan Jha left Nepali citizenship to get Indian one and is now Indian passport holder.
Marriage
Udit was married before he went to Mumbai. His wife was living in Saptari. But, in India he met Geeta Gahatraj, a well known singer. They got close and got married. Geeta and Udit have a son, Aditya Narayan Jha. Continue reading
Bollywood actor of Nepali origin, Danny Denzongpa is known for him being a Nepali speaker from Sikkim. A lot of Nepali people think he might be a Nepali. In fact, he is Indian citizen, but he has directed a superhit Nepali movie ‘Saino’. She had also sung a lot of superhit Nepali songs.
I have done a biography video on the actor:
0:00 star of biography
1:10 – Real name of Danny
1:23 – Birthday of Danny
2:56 – Acting career
6:25 – Singer Danny
8:08 – Wife, son and daughter of Danny
9:31 – Asha Bhosle singing Aage Aage Tapaiko
Today is Poush 14 – the birthday of late king Birendra Shah – the last king Nepali actually loved was King Birendra.
A rare photo of KP Oli, prime minister, with King Birendra in the following video:
Although I am no fan of monarchy, I appreciate King Birendra as a person. The royal massacre, that killed almost all of the royal family, was one of the most deadly and mysterious incident in the history of the world.
On his birthday, let me wish his soul rest in peace. Let’s go back in time and watch a few remarkable photos of the late king and the royal family of that time. Continue reading
In the past, when you call Karishma Manandhar an “uneducated actress”, she would respond in anger. Now, the situation has changed. She accepts, she is uneducated and she is doing all she can to change that. She had lived her whole life being tagged “uneducated”.
But, Karishma had always taken the accusation a challenge. A 6th grade passed actress (she was in grade 7 when she stared acting). She never appeared in grade 7 exam. In the Nepali education system, where English language teaching starts at grade 4, Karishma had only studied English for 2 years. The same Karishma went to the USA, studied English language and wrote articles in her personal blog (it is sad, I didn’t save her blog posts at that time. I couldn’t find any saved archives of her blog yet.) When I read her posts at that time, she seemed to be well in command of the language. She passed the English language test to get the Green Card. It is another story that, she might have relinquished the card now.
Karishma Manandhar is a history in herself. She has faced the struggle nobody else in the Nepali film industry might have faced. She is a fighter who knows how to take the right step and succeed in what she does. Continue reading
Actress Pooja Sharma’s second movie as a producer, ‘Ramakahani’ is releasing in theatre this week on Friday. The beautiful actress of ‘Prem Geet’ and ‘Ma Yesto Geet Gauchhu’ is well known for her natural acting. The actress works only in the films of director Sudarshan Thapa. Pooja Sudarshan team started with Pooja’s first film as the leading actress=’Madhumash’. After that Sudarshan and Pooja were featured as actors in ‘Ajhai Pani’. After that Pooja hasn’t acted in any films that are not directed by Sudarshan.
Watch the following video to know the real story of Pooja Sharma, her filmy career and her personal details:
After the success of ‘Ma Yesto Geet Gauchhu’ the team had announced the sequel of the movie. But, before the start of the movie, the team decided to do another movie, ‘Ram Kahani’. In the movie, Pooja is seen opposite to Aakash Shrestha. Continue reading
Priyanka Karki Biogarphy: The following video gives the details about Pirynaka Karki
Priyanka Karki family : Details about Two mothers, Father, Brother
Priyanka Education : How she went to USA for her undergraduate degree
Priyanka Films : Acting career, first film, debut film and other films
Priyanka Relationship : First marriage, divorce, affairs, and engagement
Priyanka won the Miss Teen Nepal 2005 title and started acting in telefilms and hosting TV programs. She is now the the busiest actress in the Nepali film industry. After deciding to make a career in media and Nepali film industry, she went to the USA for film studies. While doing her Bachelors in University of North Alabama she met her senior Rochak Mainali. They fell in love and got married in 2010. That was before she completed her undergraduate studies. But, right after the completion of their studies, they were having problem in their relationship. Mainali wanted to live in the USA but, Priyanka wanted to go back to Nepal and act in movies.
The ‘Ma’ of Ma-Ha, Madan Krishna Shrestha, lost his dearest wife to colon cancer on April 2, 2018. Yesodha Subedi was 67 years old. Madan and Yesodha have a son and a daughter. The son, Yaman Shrestha, is named after the parents “Ya” for Yasodha and “Man” for Madan.
UPDATE from Pashupati Arya Ghat:
Watch the video report (and their love story):
Madan Krishna’s love story:
Madan Krishna remembers found and tied the knot with his partner Yasodha Subedi when he was 23 years old. That was in the early 70s – a time when people of different caste were not allowed to marry, by the society. Subedi and Shrestha shared a common workspace at Sanchaya Kosh. At the time, Yasodha started to work as an assistant accountant, Madan had been working there for three. Continue reading
