Category: Artists

Rajesh Hamal – the yes-man superstar

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rajesh-hamal The success story

Rajesh Hamal, also known as Mahanayak of Nepali film industry, started his career with the movie, Yug Dekhi Yug Samma, and till now he is ruling the industry, continuously. During that period, many talented actors and actresses raised to fame and everyone expected the newcomers to replace Rajesh Hamal. But, none of them could show their magic. Their fame was short lived and couldn’t sustain for long in the top position. For example: Sushil Chettri, Ramesh Upreti, Nikhil Upreti, and Saroj Khanal were considered to be candidate for the next superstar in Nepali film industry. But, their craze dwindled after a short time. At the same time, craze of Rajesh Hamal is still as huge as ever in Nepali movie industry.

It’s not that there were no downs in his career.

A few reason for his successful career are:

  • Great acting (I am a great fan of his acting.)
  • Looks and physique
  • Versatile acting – good in all types of roles like action, romance, comedy and dancing.

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What can we expect when Bhuwan KC becomes a Prime Minister?

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Bhuwan KC made news when he joined a political party, Nepal Communist Party United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML). Almost every media had their own reasoning on the this political gamble of Bhuwan KC. As Bhuwan has a track record of doing something controversial before the release of his movies, many assumed it to be a promotion tool for his upcoming Saathi Ma Timro. But, when asked, he denied the allegation.

Views of various insiders of the Nepali movie industry were also published in the media. Many of those think politics is out of the scope for the artists. Movie artists should serve the country by being a politically neutral person. Few others say that in a democratic country, artists are free to choose whether they join political parties or not. In our neighboring movie industry, Bollywood, and Hollywood there are many examples of actors taking top posts after winning elections.

I called Bhuwan KC to know his version of the story on what caused him to join that particular party.

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Flashback 2010 – Nepali movies, behind the scene

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Articles in the Flashback 2010 series.

Nepali Film Directors

Simosh Sunuwar’s First Love was one of the most successful  in 2010. Although, the work of Alok Nembang on the movie Kohi Mero was appreciated by film critics and audience, the movie couldn’t do a good business. New director, Narayan Raymajhi and Sabir Shrestha were also appreciated by film critics and media for their works in Gorkha Paltan and Kasle Choryo Mero Mann respectively. Suraj Subba Nalbo’s work in the movie Bato Muni Ko Phul was also appreciated by the viewers and media. 

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Flashback 2010 – Nepali celebrities – Actors

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Nepali Actors in 2010

This year, chocolaty actor Aryan Sigdel and action hero Biraj Bhatta ruled the movies. Aryan was common in most of the digital format movies released this year. Those were the movies targeted to young generation. In most of the action movies, Biraj Bhatta was featured. This year, Rajesh Hamal was mostly featured in supporting actor role. Another super hit actor, Nikhil Upreti, was mostly talked about his affair with actress Sanchita Luitel rather than the roles he played in movies.

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Flashback 2010 – Nepali celebrities – Actresses

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After the analysis of the movies released in 2010 (in Part 1 and Part 2), let’s look back to 2010 and analyze the works of actors and directors to see who were successful and who were unsuccessful in the Nepali film industry.

Nepali Actresses

With two hits movies and an appreciable performance on Bato Muni Ko Phul, Rekha Thapa is the front runner in the list of successful persons in Nepali movie industry in the year 2010. Rekha’s role in Hifajat, Kasle Choryo Mero Mann and Bato Muni Ko Phul were appreciated by the viewers. Her glamorous role in other movies couldn’t leave a long lasting impression in the viewers.


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Dharma couldn’t use the full potential of Manisha Koirala

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The most awaited movie, Dharma, featuring Manisha Koirala was released recently (on December 10, 2010) all over Nepal. There were two reasons for the craze among movie goers:

First and the most important reason was the comeback of Manisha Koirala in Nepali film after two decades of absence. Movie lovers had a great expectation from Manisha Koirala based on her immense popularity in Hindi movies and Bollywood experience. The second reason was its director Dipendra K Khanal who had presented Rajesh Hamal in a new look in his movie The Yug Dekhi Yug Samma. Dipendra tried to present something new in his first movie The Yug Dekhi Yug Samma, which the viewers didn’t like as expected. Dipendra says that the movie was made in different trend, and was not suitable on our industry. So, he has tried to come up with a purely commercial themes in his movie Dharma. Dipendra has studied film direction in China. This is also one of the reasons to have high hopes on his movies. In short, Dharma has got educated and experienced team. Dharma starcast Rajesh Hamal and Nikhil Upreti apart from Manisha is also another huge strength.

But, medias and newspapers reviews of Dharma is not as good as expected. They say the movie has nothing new and has the same masala that are used in old Hindi and Nepali movies. The only new thing is the actress, team, location, and presentation of those old subject matters.

When I watched the movie, I found the music was also good apart from the team. But the story had nothing new in it and it was was presented in purely filmy way. In some places, those filmy styles were added by force and it was very obvious. The dialogue delivery of Manisha Koirala was also not that good. Manisha had spoken Nepali language in the tone sounding more like Hindi and English. Manisha had expressed her dissatisfaction with the director and his style of direction during the shooting of the movie.

What might be the reason?

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Manisha Koirala to come up with something new within a month

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Manisha Koirala might be busy in the promotion of her upcoming movie Dharma but, she is also planning what she would like to do next. She has earned name and fame in India and wants to live the rest of her life in Nepal. A decision to do a Nepali movie, Dharma, after 20 years of absence was the first step towards that direction. Marrying a Nepali guy, Samrat Dahal, has made it easier to run away from the lucrative Bollywood limelight. The divorce rumor going around however, is a bad part of it.

Manisha Koirala recently met a reputed literately figure, Narendra Raj Prasai, with whom she confided about some noble plans ahead. Narendra, in his Facebook profile, says that, we will know about her plan within a month.
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Manisha Koirala started promotion of Nepali movie Dharma, no talk on divorce

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Actress Manisha Koirala started her movie career with a Nepali movie ‘Pheri Bhetaula’ some 20 years ago. After that, her second Nepali movie, Dharma, is going to be released soon. After hundreds of successful Hindi movies, Manisha’s second Nepali movie will mark her re-entry in the Nepali movie industry. 

Manisha seemed excited in the press meet organized to formally announce the start of the promotion of the movie. She was wearing the red ‘sindoor’ to imply she is in good relationship with her husband, Samrat Dahal. She, however refused to talk about the issue.

The press meet was organized in Hotel Sangrila, Manisha was present with her mother. Also present were, Dharma director Dipedra K Khanal, producer Durga Pokharel, actor Sanyog Pokharel and other film related personnel.

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Sahana Bajracharya in Miss Earth 2010, final on Dec 4

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Miss Nepal 2010 first runner-up, Sahana Bajracharya, is representing Nepal in the Miss Earth 2010 event being held in Vietnam. The final event is taking place on December 4, 2010 among the beauties from all over the world.

21 year old Sahana is a photographer and travel enthusiast. She wants to work as an investigative journalist in future.

We wish Sahana all the best in the final of Miss Earth 2010.

Update:

Who is Sahana Bajracharya?

The model, Sahana Bajracharys is a well known media personality in the Nepali entertainment industry. Sahana is running an interview show Namaste Nepal and other programs. In addition to TV shows, she also emcees in stage shows.

Apart from being featured as a model, Sahana is quite popular among her fans in social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram.

Visit – for Hot photos of Sahana Bajracharaya.

A scandal including Sahana with Suraj Giri was very popular in Nepali media. It seems, the scandal has brought them even closer and they are seen together in TV shows.

More posts related to Sahana:

Bikini photos of 10 Miss Nepal Earth from 2009 to 2017

Sahana Bajracharya and Suraj Giri arrested, again

Sahana Bajracharya and Suraj Giri protest media report

Sahana Bajrachary and Suraj Giri found making it out in a car

Actresses and Models unveiled Hyundai Grand i10

Miss Nepal Cake in Annapurna for Christmas

Sahana Bajracharya – helping to get over ‘Bikini Taboo’

Sahana Bajracharya in Miss Earth 2010, final on Dec 4

Khagendra and Miss Nepal – NTB's Goodwill Ambassadors

Miss Nepal 2010 is Sadichha Shrestha

Namrata to organize a concert to help Kumar Kancha

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In a latest news, Namrata Shrestha is told to be organizing a huge concert on December 18, 2010 to raise fund for the treatment of bed-ridden singer Kumar Kancha. Well known singer, Kancha, had recently went through spinal cord surgery and

Namrata has recently finished shooting of one of her movies “Miss U…” and another movie, “Purle Days”, is yet to commence. She has made a wise use of her free time by hosting the concert featuring the popular singers in Nepal. Currently, Namrata is searching for the sponsors of the event.
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Dinesh DC denies wrongdoing allegation

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In response to the news about refusing to handover the charity money to the rightful owner and his arrest in the case, Dinesh DC has denied any such wrongdoings.

Dinesh is running a reality TV show called "Pratibha ko Khoji" and he had collected money to help treat a sick child. The mother of the child accused Dinesh DC of trying to avoid handing over the money to them. A television ran an interview with the child’s mother, Laxmi Parajuli, who accused Dinesh of keeping the charity money to himself.

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Artist Dinesh DC arrested

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Accused of collecting money in the name of disabled people and keeping it for himself, artist Dinesh DC was arrested by the police on November 28, 2010.

Dinesh was released after he handed over the amount to the person in the presence of DSP Dipak Thapa of Mahargung police station.

Dinesh DC had been collecting money through a Kantipur television program named "Khoji Prtibhako" for the treatment of Sanjog Parajuli, a disabled person . He had collected a sum of Rs. 35,000 for the treatment but he kept the money to himself instead of handing over to Sanjog.

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Did media fuel Manisha Koirala divorce rumor ?

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Times and again it is proven that, nothing is private in the life of a celebrity. In a latest example, Manisha’s minor disagreement and a hasty Facebook post has created further headache to Manisha’s married life. The original Facebook post was deleted within a few hours and the current post is much better saying, she was “super happy” with her partner.

In the context of divorce rumor in media, the sources closer to Manisha are suspecting one of the Indian medias for not letting the rumor subside. The unnamed Indian media is told to be particularly interested in Manisha Koirala gossips and was responsible to blow the minor event out of proportion. I suspect, they might be pointing towards a Nepali daily, Himalaya Darpan, published from Silgudi, India. Himalayan Darpan, in its Nov. 23 Tuesday’s edition, published a front page article with title “Manisha wants divorce”.

The Manisha family source however, couldn’t deny the misunderstanding between Manisha and Samrat. But, it is also told that the event was minor misunderstanding, not big enough to warrant divorce. Manisha’s parents are told to be saddened by the divorce rumor in the media.

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"Haat Lagyo Sunya" – first comedy movie of Rajesh Hamal

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A comedy movie "Haat Lagya Sunya" will be the first comedy movie of the top actor Rajesh Hamal. The movie on script/dialogue of Diwakar Mainali will be made in the direction of Bijaya Bikram Basnet.

The movie will star Rajesh Hamal, Jharana Thapa, Kiran KC, Sushil Pokharel, Shiva Acharya, Gopal Dhakal (Chhande), Babir Parajuli among others.

Following photos were taken at the inauguration ceremony of the movie (photo credits – Purushhottam Basnet).

Other photos can be viewed in our Photo Gallery.

Gopal Bhutani – A Nepali who could never became a Nepali Citizen

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It’s a sad day, a successful Nepali film personality, Gopal Bhutani, has died. I am more saddened by the fact that the Nepal government never offered him his birthright of Nepali citizenship.

After pressure from the persons in film sector, the government had agreed to fulfill his “last wish”. But, the officials from the Home Ministry called an hour after his death to offer the citizenship certificate.

Born as Gopal Tamang in Ilam, Eastern Nepal, Bhutani went to work in Bollywood in 1940s. When he returned back, the government officials refused him the citizenship due to the title “Bhutani” in his name.

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