Shakuntala to feature Rajesh Hamal and Anu Shah

Although Rajesh Hamal has slowed down in signing new films, he hasn’t taken break yet. As the release date of his movie ‘Bagmati’ nears, Rajesh has signed to act in movie named ‘Shakuntala’. The news of the signing in of another movie at the time of the release of the movie ‘Bagmati’, on January 8 is a sign that Hamal is still active in movies.

sakuntala nepali movie press meet

The movie ‘Sakuntala’ is being directed by Dinesh Shrestha. The movie features actress Anu Shah opposite to Rajesh. Director Shrestha said that the movie is a female-oriented movie with action and social drama. Anu has told that her role is that of a journalist. Both Anu Shah and Rajesh Hamal didn’t reveal much about the story of the movie. Rajesh told that he has signed up because he liked the concept. All Rajesh told was that ‘Sakuntala’ can be either male or female.

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Fulai Fulko Mausami Timilai music unveiled at Prime Minister residence, Baluwatar

For the first time in the history of Nepali film industry, the music of a movie is released in the Prime Minister’s official residence. The audio/video of the movie by director Dinesh DC, ‘Fulai Fulko Mausam Timlai’ was released on December 28 by the Prime Minister KP Oli and his wife.

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On the request of Dinesh DC, PM’s wife also presented a rose to the Prime Minster. The movie is going to release on theater on Falgun 21. After watching the trailer Prime Minister Oli had asked Dinesh to book 10 tickets for him.

The writer,director and producer Dinesh DC told that the profit from the movie shows to be used to construct a bridge in Dhading. In case the movie fail to make enough profit, DC has promised a sum of Rs. 700,000 to the bridge construction project.

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Dreams, first look poster of Bhuwan KC movie released on Christmas

In 2016, actor Bhuwan KC is debuting as the director of his home production movie ‘Dreams’. The movie featuring his son Anmol KC, Samragyee Rajya Laxmi Shah and Sandhya KC in leading roles, is made on a love story. The first look poster of the movie focuses on Anmol and Samragyee.

The poster of the movie to release on theater on March 4, 2016 was released on the Christmas Day. The movie produced under Kajal Films is a presentation of Bhuwan KC. Diwakar Bhattarai is named the Associate Director of the movie. Diwakar had previously directed two movies – ‘Mero Jiwan Sathi’ (watch ‘Mero Jiwan Sathi’ here) and ‘Stupid Man’ (watch ‘Stupid Man’ here).

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Friday Release – Aadha Page, Dhauli, Tista Pariko Saino (with Trailers)

This week, on December 25, three new Nepali movies are releasing in theater in Nepal – ‘Aadhi Bato’, ‘Dhauli’ and ‘Tista Pariko Saino’. ‘Dhauli’ is a presentation of Sambhu Thapa, Aadhi Bato is presented by Rupak Neupane and  ‘Tista Pariko Saino’ presents the relationship between Nepali in Sikkim and Nepal.

Dhauli

The movie by Sambhu Thapa, ‘Dhauli’ is a story of rural Nepal and is being released in theaters out of Kathmandu. The movie will be released in theaters in Kathmandu on next Friday (January 1, 2016). The movie introducing Bishnu Gautam in leading role features Gita Adhikari in his opposite. The movie also features Anu Shah, Gajit Bista, Prakash Ghimire etc. in main roles.

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Rato Ghar to be shown in various cities in the USA, trailer and posters released

The trailer and first look poster of the movie produced and directed by Suraj Subba Nalbo, ‘Rato Ghar’ is released online. The movie is made on the story of drug dealing with comedy and action as the main ingredients of entertainments.

The action and comedy movie features Wilson Bikram Rai, Menuka Pradhan, Samyam Puri, Gaurav Pahadi, Anurag Kunwar, Mala Limbu, Bikesh Shrestha etc. in main roles. The movie features the music of Mahesh Khadka and Dambar Nepali, action of Roshna Khadka, cinematography of Hari Lama, and editing of Bipin Malla. In addition to the director Nalbo, Wilson Bikram Rai is also the producer of the movie. The movie is made under joint banner of Mang Him Films and Takme Production.

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Phagu, music released, movie to release on Falgun 7

The first look of the comeback movie of actress Karishma Manandhar as a producer after about one and a half decade, ‘Phagu’ was released in a program held in Kathmandu on December 18. The movie featuring actress Shilpa Pokharel in leading role don’t have Karishma herself in it. The second venture movie of the director Samjhana Upreti Rauniar, ‘Phagu’ features Rajesh Hamal, Shilpa Pokharel, Subash Parajuli, Gauri Malla and others in main roles. Subash is debuting in Nepali film industry in this movie.

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The movie made on the story of a Terai-resident girl is a social drama and love story movie with Shilpa featured as the main and the central character. The movie is scheduled to release on Falgun 7 (Refer movie release calendar of 2072). The date is the same as the release of actor Bhuwan KC‘s movie ‘Dreams’. The movie marks the debut of Bhuwan as the film director. It is a coincidence that both the actors – Bhuwan and Karishma won’t be seen in the movie as actors.

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D Cine Awards 2015, November Rain wins the most award (full list)

The winners of the Digital Cine Award 2072, organized by Chhaya Chhabi Creation was announced in a special program held in Kathmandu on December 21, 2015. In the award ceremony, the movie ‘November Rain’ bagged the most award – a total of eight awards including the best actors, best actress, best director awards.

While ‘November Rain’ became the best movie, ‘Bhimdatta’ was awarded the Critics Award and ‘Sunpani’ became the Special Film. Late actor Shree Krishna Shrestha‘s movie ‘Kohinoor’ was awarded the public choice award. Producer and film distributor Gopal Kayastha and actress Gauri Malla were awarded with Chhaya Chhabi Film Artist honor award. Film journalist Dabbu Chhetri was awarded the Chhaya Chhabi Film Journalism Award of value Rs. 7,777.

Watch Award winning movies

This is a partial list of the winners. Only the full movies available in xnepali are linked to the page to watch them:

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Priyanka and Dayahang to romance in Laltin

Actress Priyanka Karki and actor Dayahang Rai have signed in the upcoming movie of director Dev Kumar Shrestha, ‘Laltin’. The movie to be produced by Bhanu Pratap will be made on the story reflecting the current situation of Nepal. The movie is scheduled to start the shooting in a couple of weeks.

Priyanka and Dayahang are two of the most busy actors in Nepali film industry. Apart from being co-artists in a number of movies, Priyanka Karki and Dayahang Rai are good friends in personal level.

Dayahang and Priyanka had romanced in a previous movies ‘Jholey’ (Watch ‘Jholey’ here). They had worked together in movies like ‘Woda Number 6’ and ‘kabaddi Kabaddi’.

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Dhauli, first look released, movie to release on the Christmas Day

On the Christmas Day Nepali movie ‘Dhauli’ is going to release in the theaters out of Kathmandu. The movie will come to Kathmandu on the New Year day, January 1, 2016. The first look trailer of the movie was released in a program held in Kathmandu on December 13. In the press meet, the director told that ‘Dhauli’ team will present the pure organic Nepali taste.

The movie made in a rural setting featuring Bishnu Gautam and Gita Adhikari in the leading roles. Two posters released by the film team feature Bishnu and Gita in them. The movie is set in Bhurjung village in Kaski.

The actor Bishnu Gautam says that the movie also shows the desire of love in the people of feudal in nature. Gautam is a professor and he had also worked as a journalist. In the movie he is featured as the feudal landowner. The actress Gita Adhikari had previously worked in more than a quarter century feature films and telefilms.

Other main actors in the movie include Gajit Bista, Anu Shah, Prakash Ghimire, Shambhu Thapa and Bidhya Karki.

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Friday release, Lati and Agni

This week on December 11, 2015, two new Nepali movies are released in theater – ‘Lati’ and ‘Agni’. Unlike other movies at the time of the release, these movies were not promoted much. The movie ‘Kabaddi Kabaddi’ is still running in theater with considerable viewers in its third week of release. The last week’s release ‘Chocolate’ has lost some theater because of less interest in viewers. ‘Chocolate’ actress and producer Poojana has expressed her surprise in the last of viewers in spite of excessive promotion of the movie.

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Ujjwal Ghimire hattrick in Chhabi Raj Ojha films, is it Kismat 3?

The director of the move that has celebrated its 71 days in theater recently, Ujjwal Ghimire, has landed in the next project of the popular film maker, Chhabi Raj Ojha. Although Chhabi is known to stick with one actress for a long time, he keeps on changing the directors of his movies.

Ujjwal Ghimire had directed of two of Chhabi’s previous hit movies – ‘Kismat’ and ‘Andaaz’. They were made under Rekha Films banner.

(Watch ‘Kismat’ here and watch ‘Andaaz’ here)

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Chocolate flopped, says the producer Poojana Pradhan

The producer, writer and the actress of ‘Chocolate’, Poojana Pradhan has expressed her frustration in Facebook after the movie failed to attract enough viewers. The debut movie of Poojana as a producer was made on the story of street children was released in theatre on Friday, December 4. Poojana had been supporting orphan children in her home and was also involved in Jayasangat movement. She had written the story based on her experience with the children and had high hopes from the movie.

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In a Facebook post Poojana wrote, “‘Chocolate’ flopped because you didn’t watch it.” She had claimed that she has written a very good story and she had good intentions from the movies, but she didn’t get the support from the viewers. She has also told that the  status is the last status she will update in Facebook.

‘Chocolate’ is the debut movie the director Nirmal Sharma. Known as ‘Gaida’ in popular comedy serial ‘Tito Satya’, Nirmal has also directed another upcoming movie ‘Bracelet’. In a Facebook post, Nirmal has written, “Hold on, god knows what he is doing!”

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Woda Number Chha celebrated success party, bonus distributed

In a program held in Kathmandu, the ‘Woda Number Chha’ team honored the artists and the technicians involved in the movie. The program organized in Indreni Foodland, the bonus of the income was also distributed. According to the production team, the movie had made a profit of Rs. 16 million.

In the event Deepak Raj Giri and Deepa Shree Niraula distributed the bonus and The Token of Love to the artists and technicians of the movie. Among the artists honored in the ceremony were Dayahang Rai, Priyanka Karki, Kedar Ghimire, Jitu Nepal, Rajaram Poudel, Wilson Bikram Rai and Deepa Shree. The theaters who had earned them the most profit were also honored in the ceremony.

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Movie Songs – Chocolate, audio jukebox (Friday Release)

UPDATE – Watch the full movie here.

The debut movie of actress Poojana Pradhan, as a producer, ‘Chocolate’ is releasing on theater on December 4, 2015. The movie made on street children is also the debut movie of comedy actor Nirmal Sharma, as a director. The movie featuring Poojana in the leading role was shown in various countries before being released in Nepal. Poojana’s was also planning to show the movie in the USA but the plan failed when she failed to get the US visa.

There are 6 songs in the attached audio jukebox. One song, ‘Hadh Bhanda Badhi’ has three versions – duet, male and female versions. The list of songs and the singers are as follows:

  • Dubi Sakeko Ghamlai … at 00:00 (by Nabin K Bhattarai)
  • Hadh Bhanda Badhi (duet) at 5:21 (by Bishow Nepali and Milan Amatya)
  • Byatha Bhulera Aau at 10:26 (by Astha Raut)
  • Dui Ekan Dui at 14:05
  • Hadh Bhanda Badhi at 18:42(Female version by Milan Amatya)
  • Hadh Bhanda Badhi at 23:47 (Male version by Bishow Nepali)

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Jhola piracy, complaint lodged against Mountain River Films

UPDATE: Sairam Pictures has uploaded the movie in YouTube claiming it to be the official upload. The full movie is available here.

The popular movie ‘Jhola’ was released in YouTube by an unauthorized party. The film production team has lodged a complaint against the owner of Mountain River Films Pvt. Ltd., Chandrakanta Jha, at the Police station, Hanumandhoka. According to the film production team, the company had uploaded the copy of the movie provided to the company for foreign shows.

After the complaint, the police’s attempt to to arrest Jha wasn’t successful as he is currently in New Delhi. The police has already taken control of the computer and other equipment from company’s office at Kalikasthan for investigation.

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