Category: Artists

Nisha Adhikari returns Nepal, timed for Lootera promotion?

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After living three months in the USA, actress Nisha Adhikari, has returned back to Nepal. Nisha had left Nepal amidst rumor of her breakup and wasn’t expected to return back so soon. Nisha however had reticulated the break up rumors and had told that it was only a vacation tour. Proving herself right, Nisha has returned back on September 23, 2015. She seems to have timed the return to Nepal such that she could promote her upcoming movie ‘Lootera’ before it goes in theater on November 13. The movie featuring Nikhil Upreti is an awaited movie after the success of his comeback movie ‘Bhairav’.

Nisha shared the following photo of herself with her brother Anush Adhikari at the departure area in the airport:

nisha adhikari on her way back to nepal

Nisha wrote, “Home is where my family is. Traveling from one home to another. Thank you for being there dada.” She has indicated that she is excited to come back to the country with new constitution. Nepal has adopted the new constitution earlier this week.

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What Nepali artists say about Nepal Constitution 2072 ?

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In a special ceremony held in Kathmandu on September 20, 2015, the new constitution of Nepal was unveiled by the president Dr. Ram Baran Yadav at the Constitution Assembly (CA) in Kathmandu. The constitution was written after an 8-years-long writing process spanning two Constitution Assemblies. Although there are still some people who are not satisfied by the new constitution, ninety percent of CA members had endorsed it. The citizens of Terai region have complained that the Constitution hasn’t incorporated their demands. As the new Constitution can easily be amended by 2/3 majority in the parliament, all the concerns can easily be incorporated in future amendments. According to reports, the new Constitution is the most democratic Constitution in the history of Nepal. On the completion of the lengthy constitution writing process, the film artists have welcomed it and have congratulated everybody for the achievement. I have collected some of the responses of Nepali artists on the historic day.

UPDATE – Download the official copy of the Constitution of Nepal 2072.

The following entries are in no particular order. The Facebook Pages referred are listed in this post.

Comedy actor Hari Bamsha Acharya had welcomed the finalization of the constitution and wished the Madhesh issues be solved soon.

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Rekha choses Sabin Shrestha for Rampyari

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UPDATE on September 18, 2015

“Rampyari’ is inaugurated

Rekha’s movie ‘Rampyari’ is inaugurated on the auspicious occasion of Bishowkarma Puja. According to Hindu belief, Bishowkarma is the god of tools. On every Shrawan 1st god Bishowkarma is worshiped and the tools like vehicle, computer, camera etc. are worshiped for them to work properly. Rekha has chosen the day to start the shooting of her movie. Rekha’s statement on the start of the shooting:

Post of September 16 continues…

Why not Kishor Khatiwada?

Rekha Thapa has chosen actor Sabin Shrestha to be featured opposite to her in her upcoming movie ‘Rampyari’. Although she took a long time to choose the actor in the role, the relationship between the two is still good. Rekha is known to drift away from the actor who debut in her movies. Rekha Thapa had introduced in Sabin Shrestha in ‘Andaaz’ (watch ‘Andaaz’ here) in 2011.

Rekha’s nephew Avash Adhikari was chosen for a main role in March and his opposite in the movie is going to be Ashma DC according to a report published on the first week of September. After signing the agreement with Sabin, the movie is going to floor on Ashoj 1 (September 18). After a lengthy stay in the USA, Rekha had returned back to Nepal on July 27 to start the shooting of the movie.

Rekha Thapa relation with actors

When we look at the history of the actors Rekha had introduced in her banner, Rekha Films, most of the actors don’t even talk to her these days. We are discussing the adverse relationship of Rekha with actors:

  • Kishor Khatiwada
  • Aryan Sigdel
  • Nikhil Upreti
  • Birja Bhatt
  • Rajesh Hamal

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Nir Shah, list of movies in xnepali

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Actor, director, producer, script writer, lyricist, poet and a businessman; Nir Shah is a multifaceted personality in Nepali movie industry. Nir helped in establishing Nepal Television in 1984. After that, he started acting, directing and producing movies. After he left Nepal Television, he also started his own cable television network and a television channel Shangrila Channel in 2003. Nir Shah is one of the co-producers of Oscar nominated 1999 movie ‘Himalaya’ (or ‘Caravan’). He had produced movies like Jeevan Sathi, Siudo Ko Sindoor, Seto Bagh and Masan.

All the movies of Nir Shah available in xnepali:

Last 100 movies of Nir Shah :
Nepali Movie – Rakshya
Nepali Movie – Fagu
Nepali Movie – Mamata (Rajesh Hamal, Rekha Thapa, Bipana Thapa)
Nepali Movie – Ho Yehi Maya Ho (Rajesh Hamal, Karishma)
Nepali Movie – Dasgaja (Rajesh Hamal, Nikhil Upreti, Nawal Khadka)
Nepali Movie – Brakefail (2011) Rajesh Hamal, Richa Ghimire
Nepali Movie – Mukhauta (Saugat Malla, Rajesh Hamal, Dayahang Rai)
Nepali Movie – Maya Namara
Nepali Movie – Paradeshi Kancha
Nepali Movie – Kancha (Rajesh, Karishma, Jal Shah)
Nepali Movie – Kasam
Nepali Movie – Nagad Narayan (Rajesh Hamal, Bipana Thapa)
Nepali Movie – Pooja (Rajesh, Karishma)
Nepali Movie – Shakuntala (Rajesh Hamal, Anu Shah)
Nepali Movie – Pareli (Rajesh Hamal, Ramesh upreti, Bipana Thapa)
Nepali Movie – Anamol (Rajesh Hamal, Rejina Upreti)
New Nepali Movie – Ujyalo Nepal (Rajesh Hamal, Bijaya Lama, Gauri Malla)
Nepali Movie – Raju Raja Ram (Bhuwan KC, Rajesh Hamal, Shiva Shrestha)
Nepali Movie – Kina Kina (Na Jaane Kyun) Rajesh Hamal, Karishma Manandhar
Nepali Movie – Insaf (Rajesh Hamal, Nikhil, Jharana Thapa)
Nepali Movie – Maidan (Rajesh Hamal, Biraj Bhatt, Rekha Thapa)
Nepali Movie – Dulahi (Rajesh Hamal, Sumina Ghimire)
Nepali Movie – Jaya Hos (2012)
Nepali Movie – Maryo Ni Mayale Maryo
Nepali Movie – Maato
Nepali Movie – Afnopan
Nepali Movie – Gurudakshina (2011)
Nepali Movie – Dharma (2011)
Nepali Movie – Luv Kush
Nepali Movie – Dobato
Nepali Movie – Chakrabyuha
Nepali Movie – Maryada
Nepali Movie – Mausam
Nepali Movie – Khola Wari Khola Pari
Nepali Movie – Mailee
Nepali Movie – Raghubir
Nepali Movie – Mato Bolcha
Nepali Movie – Bahadur
Nepali movie – Chor
Nepali Movie – Hero
Nepali Movie – Trishul
Nepali Movie – Jindagani
Nepali Movie – Night Queen
Nepali Movie – Tadap
Nepali Movie – Papi Manche (Rajesh Hamal, Nikhil, Sanchita, Karishma, Dilip)
Nepali Movie – Avatar
Nepali Movie – Siudoko Sindoor (Rajesh Hamal, Niruta Singh, Jharana Bajracharya)
Nepali Movie – Aakal
Nepali Movie – Papi
Nepali Movie – Manma Maya
Nepali Movie – Krishna
Nepali Movie – Panchhi
Nepali Movie – Surakshya
Nepali Movie – Chalchitra
Nepali Movie – Adhikar
Nepali Movie – Dautari
Nepali Movie – Sanyas
Nepali Movie – Gham Chhaya
Nepali Movie – Pratikchya
Nepali Movie – Shankar
Nepali Movie – Deuki
Nepali Movie – Manko Tukra
Nepali Movie – Maya Basechha
Nepali Movie – Maya Baiguni
Nepali Movie – Dhuk Dhuki
Nepali Movie – Maya’s Bar
Nepali Movie – Bhagya Le Jurayo
Nepali Movie – Aawara
Nepali Movie – Chatyang
Nepali Movie – Jiwandata
Nepali Movie – Saurya
Nepali Movie – Faisala
Nepali Movie – Goreto
Nepali Movie – Jetho Kancho
Nepali Movie – Sathi
Nepali Movie – Sindoor Pote
Nepali Movie – Shakti
Nepali Movie – Je Bho Ramrai Bho
Nepali Movie – Chor Sipahi
Nepali Movie – Kawach
Nepali Movie – Saubhagya
Nepali Movie – Rajniti
Nepali movie – Ajambari Nata
Nepali Film – Pale Dai
Nepali Movie – Sapana
Nepali Movie – Bardaan
Nepali movie – Dukha
Nepali movie – Sahasi
Nepali Movie – Bhariya
Nepali Movie – Pardeshi
Nepali Movie – Sapath
Nepali Movie – Didi Bhai
Nepali Movie – Aama Ko Kakh
Nepali Movie – Hami Taxi Driver
Nepali Movie – Zanjeer (Bhojpuri)
Nepali Movie – Daanveer
Nepali Movie – Bato Muni Ko Phool
Nepali Movie – Rang
Nepali Movie – Facebook
Nepali Movie – Chandrawati
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Kabaddi wins NFDC Film Awards (full list of winners)

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Aryan and Priyanka become the best actors

The 3rd edition of NFDC Film Award ceremony was held in Kathmandu on September 12 at Hotel Hayat in Boudha. TIn the ceremony ‘Kabaddi’ was awarded the best movie of the year 2071. Actor Aryan Sigdel was awarded the best actor for his role in ‘November Rain’ and actress Priyanka Karki was awarded the Best actress for her role in ‘Suntali’.

[Watch ‘Kabaddi’ here and watch ‘November Rain’ here. ]

The best director award was handed over to the director of ‘Kabaddi’, Ram Babu Gurung. The full list of winners is as follows:

  • Best Movie – Kabaddi
  • Best Director – Ram Babu Gurung (Kabaddi)
  • Best Actor in lead role – Aryan Sigdel (November Rain)
  • Best Actress in lead role – Priyanka Karki (Suntali)
  • Best Supporting Actor – Anup Bikram Shahi (Hasiya)
  • Best New Actor (Male) – Sanjog Koirala (Utsav)
  • Best New Actor (Female) – Ashma DC (Aavash)
  • Best Script – Chetan Gurung (November Rain)
  • Best Cinematography – Shailendra Dhoj Karki (Jerryy)
  • Best Editing – Surendra Poudel (Aavash)
  • Best Action – Tarakumar Upreti (Hasiya)
  • Best Music – Taraprakash Limbu (November Rain)
  • Best Choreography – Kabiraj Gahatraj (Hawaldar Suntali)
  • Best Backgroun Music – Ramji Lamichhana (Tathastu)
  • Best Sound – Uttam Neupane (Mukhauta)
  • Kusume Ruma Commercial Success – Kohinoor
  • MaHa Jury Award – Sudeep Singh Bhusal (Mala)
  • Puskar Film Journalism Award – Bijaya Ratna Tuladhar

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Nepali actor in Hollywood wins Best Leading Actor award

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Nepali actor in Hollywood, Jaswant Dev Shrestha, has won the Best Leading Actor award in the Accolade Global Film Competition. The award was awarded to Shrestha for his role in the short film, ‘The Treason’. In addition to the best actor award he was also awarded Award of Merit for script writing.

Those were awards in addition to a number of awards other film festivals including:

  • Winner of Best Actor in Leading Role in Blissfest333 Film Featival 2014, Denver, Colorado
  • Winner of Best Audience Award in Blissfest333 Film Featival 2014, Denver, Colorado
  • Winner of Best Audience Award in New York International Independent Film festival, 2013

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Film artists in Teej Songs of 2015

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The greatest festival of women, Teej, is mostly a musical festival. The women wear attractive jewelries and clothes in red and dance to the songs composed specifically for the festival. Because of the commercial value of the songs, a lot of new songs are produced this year. It is surprising that the movie actresses have modeled in a lot of those movies. I have compiled a list of songs featuring various actresses.

Among the actresses featured in Teej songs, actress Neeta Dhungana is featured in a lot of them. Other actresses include Sushma Karki, Karishma Manandhar, Reema Bishowkarma, Melina Manandhar, Nandita KC, Benisha Hamal and others. Its not only the actresses, actor Rajesh Hamal is also featured in one of the latest Teej songs.

Teej Song featuring Rajesh Hamal

It has been quite a while since Rajesh Hamal has acted in a movie. He has however acted in a teej song titled ‘Hong Kong ko Lahure….’ by Bishnu Majhi. The video features Binu Subedi and Kajal Pandey with Rajesh. The video is directed by Shiva BK and made on the music and lyrics of Sundarmani Adhikari. Watch the video:

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Movies of Jiwan Luitel

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Actor Jiwan Luitel is known as one of the most popular actors in Nepali film industry these days. The movies of Jiwan Luitel available in xnepali:

Here is the list of full movies featuring Jiwan Luitel in xnepali:

Nepali Movie – Sukulgunda (Jiwan Luitel, Khusbu Khadka)
Nepali Movie – Radha (Jiwan Luitel, Sanchita Luitel)
Nepali Movie – Blackmail
Nepali Movie – Lakeside (Only description )
Nepali Movie – Tirkha (Jiwan Luitel, Poojana Pradhan, Nandita KC)
Nepali Movie – Refugee
Nepali Movie – Baazigar (2016)
Nepali Movie – Kafal Pakyo
Nepali Movie – Thuli
Nepali Movie – Jaun Hinda Pokhara
Neplai Movie – Kasam Hajurko
Nepali Movie – Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Nepali Movie – Stupid Man
Nepali movie – Mero Euta Sathi Chha
Nepali Movie – Nai Nabhannu La 2
Nepali Movie – Bindaas 2
Nepali Movie – Deep Shikha
Nepali Movie – Rhythm
Nepali Movie – Nasib Afno
Nepali Movie – Malati ko Bhatti
Nepali Movie – Sano Sansar (2008)

Profile of Jiwan Luitel

Jiwan is married to Anjali Luitel. They have two children – a daughter (Zara Luitel) and a son (Hridaan Luitel). Jiwan’s daughter was born on June 22, 2015. His son is a year and half older than the daughter (news of the birth of Jiwan’s son).

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Rajesh Hamal and Nikhil Upreti to be featured together?

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Actor Rajesh Hamal surprised everybody when he went to watch Nikhil Upreti‘s movie ‘Bhairav’ in theater as a part of the promotion of the movie. Rajesh Hamal is not known to promote movies like that. He usually didn’t participate in the promotion of his own movies. Rajesh went to Astanarayan theater to watch ‘Bhairav’ on Saturday, September 5.

Talking to the journalist in the event, Nikhil revealed that he is planning a movie with Rajesh Hamal. Although they had shared screen in the past, now the time has changed for both of them. Usually a very busy actor, Rajesh Hamal is free these days. Nikhil has proved that he still has his fans and star power with the success of ‘Bhairav’.

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Biraj Bhatt teams up with Shakti Kapoor in a Bhojpuri film

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Nepali actor Biraj Bhatt and Bollywood actor Shakti Kapoor have teamed up to act in a Bhojpuri movie. Being too busy in Bhojpuri movies Biraj hasn’t appeared in Nepali movie for a while. All the recent movies of Biraj released in Nepal are dubbed Bhojpuri films. The last movie of Biraj titled ‘Jungbhumi’ was released on July 10.

Bollywood actor Shakti Kapoor has been quite popular negative and comedy-role actor in Bollywood. Shakti’s daughter Shraddha Kapoor has also made a good impression in Bollywood film industry. Being an influential actor in Bollywood, Shakti Kapoor is believed to be of help to Biraj in debuting in Bollywood films.

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Ashma DC romance with Avash Adhikari in Rampyari

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Actress Ashma DC has signed in to to be featured opposite to Avash Adhikari in Rekha Films’ upcoming movie ‘Rampyari’. Actress Rekha Thapa‘s nephew Avash Adhikari is going to debut in the movie. Rekha Thapa is going to be featured as an auto-rickshaw driver in the movie. The actor to be featured opposite to Rekha is yet to be confirmed.

The social drama movie is scheduled to go to floor on Ashoj 21. There is a possibility of delay in the shooting because of the unrest in Terai region. Although the shooting hasn’t started yet, the release date is fixed for the year end of the Nepali calendar.

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Nikhil Upreti lodges complaint against Gopal Kayastha

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Actor, director and producer, Nikhil Upreti, has lodged a complain against the distributor of his movie ‘Bhairav’ over its removal from the theater without informing him. ‘Bhairav’ distributor for Kathmandu is BK Films, the company of Nikhil’s friend Gopal Kayastha and producer of Nikhil’s upcoming movie ‘Lootera’. Upon receiving the complaint, the Film Producers Association has summoned Kayastha for the clarification on the matter.

An audio report (in Nepali)

Nikhil’s debut movie as a director ‘Bhairav’ was removed from QFX Central, Civil Mall theatre on the second day of the show. The distributor Kayastha has also told that he wasn’t made aware by the theatre management about the removal of the movie from the theatre.

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Loot director Nischal to marry Hostel Returns actress Swastima

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In a latest report the director of super hit movie ‘Loot’, Nischal Basnet, is planning to get married to actress Swatima Khadka. Swastima is one of the leading actresses in the movie in theater, ‘Hostel Returns’.

According to a report, Nischal and Swatima were having an affair before deciding in marrying. Now, the families of both are meeting to finalize the marriage date.

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Resham Filili actor Vinay Shrestha and Aney Thapa engaged

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The lead actor of the movie in theter, ‘Resham Filili’, Vinay Shrestha performed an engagement ceremony with his girlfriend of two years, Aney Thapa. Aney, a resident of the UK had recently arrived in Nepal for the ceremony. (we wrote about the affair of Vinay and Aney earlier.)

According to report, the engagement ceremony was held last week. The marriage is scheduled to be held in Falgun. A student in UK, Aney had arrived in Nepal recently for the engagement ceremony.

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Nisha Adhikari speaks up, returning Nepal on September end

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When Nisha Adhikari left Nepal suddenly and reached USA in in mid-June, rumors and speculation of her break-up with cricketer Sharad Veshwakar were made. When print media also published report of break-ups, both Sharad and Nisha had made fun of them over the issue. While in the US, Nisha shaved her head and shared her bald photos in Facebook and Instagram.

Today, in a Facebook status update, Nisha has listed the answers to the questions raised by her well-wishers. Her answers:

  • Nisha says that she is returning back to Nepal at the end of September.
  • She is scheduled to shot the songs of ‘Lootera’ and will be involved in the promotion of the movie. She also says that she is planning to do two more movies soon.
  • Nisha has to finish some work of ‘How Funny’
  • Nisha clarified that Nisha is not planning to stay in the USA permanently. It was only a vacation tour to live with her brother.

Nisha further clarified that an artist doesn’t need to break up to go to a foreign country.

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