Friday release – Kabaddi Kabaddi and Jaun Hinda Pokhara

Posted on November 27, 2015November 27, 2015 by Anand Nepal

This week two new movies Ram Babu Gurung’s ‘Kabaddi Kabaddi’ and Shovit Basnet‘s ‘Jaun Hinda Pokhara’ have released in theater. The targeted audience of these two movies are not the same but, one would certainly affect the business of the other.

Kabaddi Kabaddi

The sequel of the hit movie ‘Kabaddi’ by the same team is a highly awaited movie. Set in typical village environment and featuring well known actors like Dayahang Rai and Nischal Basnet in leading role are some of the strongest aspects of the movie. The directional talent of Ram Babu Gurung was seen in ‘Kabaddi’. The movie had won many awards and positive reviews from the viewers and reviewers. Actress Rishma Gurung is also establishing herself as a credible actress in Nepali film industry.

Pashupati Prasad, trailer released (video report)

Posted on November 26, 2015November 26, 2015 by Anand Nepal

In an event held in Kathmandu on November 25, 2015, the first trailer of the upcoming movie ‘Pashupati Prasad’ was released. The movie written and acted by ‘Talakjung VS Tulke’ famed Tulke – Khagendra Lamichane, in the leading role, is featured as Pashupati Prasad in the upcoming movie. The movie scheduled to release on January 29, 2015.

Video report of the event:

The movie ‘Pashupati Prasad’ is a joint presentation of Tukee and Dipendra K Khanal production. The movie directed and made on the story of Dipendra K Khanal, features Khagendra Lamichhane, Barsha Siwakoti, Prakash Ghimire, Bipin Karki, Rabindra Singh Baniya, Mishree Thapa and Ashish Adhikari in main roles.

The movie is a story of a youth from a village who comes to Kathmandu to fulfill the dreams of his deceased parents. The guy who started to make his living in Pashupati temple area is named Pashupati Prasad.

Why did Tito Satya end abruptly ?

Posted on November 17, 2015July 10, 2018 by Anand Nepal

In a Facebook post, the director and the lead actor of the popular comedy television serial, ‘Tito Satya’, Deepak Raj Giri has announced the end of the serial. In the Facebook post, Deepak has not given the real reason of the end of the serial. He has instead told that, the serial had to end because “the team wasn’t able to address the expectations of the viewers.” That might be one of the reasons, but not the real reason.

Read the full announcement below (in Nepali):

Video report:

Media Hub owes Rs. 5 million to Tito Satya team

The real reason behind the end of the serial is the financial transaction between the ‘Tito Satya’ team and the distributor company Media Hub. Media Hub is the company that has purchased the broadcast slot in Nepal Television. The company deals with the collection the money from the advertisement and paying the serial producers.

Anmol KC to produce his mother Sushmita KC comeback movie Ma Ta Timrai Hoon

Posted on November 9, 2015February 17, 2022 by Anand Nepal

A new movie was announced on November 8, ‘Ma Ta Timrai Hoon’ in an even held at Thapathali. The movie marks the comeback of Sushmita KC after 5-years of absence from the Nepali movie industry. The movie is also the first movie to be produced by Anmol KC. Although the movie is made on the story of the relationship between mother and son, Anmol won’t be featured in the movie. He will only be the producer.

video report:

Talking in the event, Anmol told, “The movie is the story of today’s youth and it features the relationship between a mother and her son.”

Sushmita KC had stopped appearing in movies after divorcing Bhuwan KC. She had also insisted on using her maiden name Sushmita Bomjom instead of KC. As Bhuwan KC debuted as a director in his upcoming movie ‘Dreams’, there were reports of Sushmita to direct the movie. She however didn’t want to take risk and has assigned Shree Ram Mahat. The director of small screen telefilms, Mahat is also debuting as the director of big screen movies.

Biraj Bhatt returning in Nepali movie in Rose Rana production, Parshuram

Posted on November 9, 2015July 10, 2018 by Anand Nepal

Producer Rose Rana is bringing back Biraj Bhatt in a Nepali movie after a long time. Both Rose and Biraj had been absent from the movie industry for more than five years. In the mean time, Biraj established himself as a action star in Bhojpuri film industry and Rose Rana got married and settled. (UPDATE – the name of the movie is titled ‘Parshuram’.)

Video report:

The producer Rose Rana has a shady background with various arrests and running dance bars in Kathmandu. He was also accused of mistreating the artists in his movie. He was also accused of forcing dancers in his dance bars to dance in skimpy clothes. The end of Rana’s affair with actress Saujanya Subba also ended up in the police station. In the last few days, he had remained low-key and had got married and has a son. There were also rumors of problems in the relationship between Biraj Bhatt and Rose Rana.

Gajalu to feature Shristi Shrestha, Anmol KC, Salon Basnet, Gaurav and Menuka Pradhan

Posted on November 7, 2015March 31, 2016 by Anand Nepal

The artists to be featured in the upcoming Nepali movie ‘Gajalu’ has been finalized. The movie to be produced by Rohit Adhikari will featured some well-known new-age actors in the movie. According to the report, the movie will feature ‘Jerryy’ and ‘Hostel’ famed Anmol KC, ‘Hostel’ actor Salon Basnet, ‘Manjari’ famed Gaurav Pahadi, and ‘Resham Filili’ famed Menuka Pradhan. In addition to them, Miss Nepal 2012 is also going to be featured in main role in the movie. Other artists include Hritik Shahi.

Like ‘Hostel’ and ‘jerryy’ the movie is also going to be directed by Hemraj BC. Hemraj has also written the script of the movie. The movie will feature the cinematography of Shailendradhoj Karki, editing by Surendra Poudel and choreography by Kabiraj Gahatraj. The film makers have yet to approach actress Gauri Malla in a role in the movie.

Friday Release – Nagarik

Posted on November 6, 2015March 13, 2019 by Anand Nepal

This Friday, on November 6, 2015 new Nepali movie ‘Nagarik’. The movie directed by Bimal Poudel features Bishow Basnet, Anu Shah, Puspa Acharya, Sarita Giri, Ganesh Upreti, Ramesh Budhathoki etc. The cinematographer of the movie is Raju Thapa and the movie is produced by Ayushree Rajbhandari and Sarbhani Rajya Dulal. The movie features the music of Laxman Shesh, lyrics of Puspa Acharya.

The movie made on political theme, ‘Nagarik’ is being released in 40 theaters all over Nepal. The movie features the incidents from the political change of 2007 BS to the current condition. The director, Bimal Poudel, says that the movie fits in the current political condition and he expects the viewers to like it.

Sushri, Adhakatti, Thamel Dot Com, Paradeshi releasing on Fulpati

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Anand Nepal

This week, four new movies are releasing on October 19, 2015 – on Tuesday instead of the usual Friday releases. That is because of the biggest festival in Nepal, Dashain. To benefit from the holiday season, these four movies are targeting the people who are free from work and studies. Although the film producers association had tried to stop the unconventional release on Tuesday, its effort wasn’t successful.

Sushri

The movie by director Shivam Adhikari, ‘Sushree’ introduces model Ashika Tamang as an actress. Ashika is also the producer of the movie. With Ashika, the movie features Aryan Sigdel and Surabina Karki in leading roles. It has been a while since Aryan Sigdel’s movie has been released in theater. The movie is made on comedy theme.

The shooting and post-production of ‘Sushri’ was done in 2015, shooting starting in March this year.

Top 5 nominations in D Cine Award 2015 (Full list)

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Anand Nepal

The nominations for the upcoming movie award, D Cine Award has been released. The 7th edition of the cinema award is one of the many Nepali film awards being held by various organizations. The Award has teamed up with CG (Chaudhary Group, the business organization of Binod Chaudhary) this year to rename it LG D Cine Award 2072. The award ceremony is scheduled to be held in Mangsir month.

The nomination list is prepared from the movies released in the year 2071 BS. There will be 38 different categories of the award in the award ceremony. The award organizer has told that most of the 82 movies released in the year have participated in the award.

The jury members of the Award ceremony are writer and director Mohan Niraula, journalist and director Bijayaratna Tuladhar, musician Santosh Shrestha, and the first female cinematographer of Nepal Sabanam Mukhiya. Three movies out of the 5 nominations for best movies are available to watch in xnepali.

Watch the nominated movies:

Watch ‘Kabaddi’ – nominated for Best Movie Award, Best Director, Best Actor (male), Best Editing and others.
Watch ‘Talakjung VS Tulke’ – nominated for Best Movie Award, Best Director award, Action and others.
Watch ‘November Rain’ – nominated for Best Movie Award, Best Director, Best Actor (male), Best Actor (Female), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Script, Best Supporting Actress (Female) and a lot of others.
Watch ‘Birkhelai Chinchhas’ – Nominated for Best Script, Best New Director, Background Music,
Watch ‘Jerryy’ – Nominated for Best Cinematography, Best New Actor (Female)
Watch ‘Lazza’ – Nominated for Best New Actor (Female), Best Singer, Lyricist, Musician etc.

The nominations are as follows:

Nischal Basnet debuts as a singer in Kabaddi Kabaddi, and he is good!

Posted on October 15, 2015March 13, 2019 by Anand Nepal

The director of the super hit movies ‘Loot’ and ‘Talakjung Vs Tulke’, and noted actor of movies like ‘Kabaddi’, Nischal Basnet has debuted as a singer in his upcoming movie ‘Kabaddi Kabaddi’. Unlike most of other actors/actresses who have given voices to songs, Nischal is as good as a professional singer. May be it is the magic of the music composer Kali Prasad Baskota but, after listening to the song, one can be sure that Nischal has a potential of being a singer.

[Here are the links to watch ‘Loot’ and watch ‘Talakjung VS Tulke’ and watch ‘Kabaddi’ – all super-hit movies of Nischal]

The sequel of ‘Kabaddi’, Ram Babu Gurung’s directorial venture, ‘Kabaddi Kabaddi’ is in post production phase. The story of a remote village in Mustang tries to replicate the success of ‘Kabaddi’ and is one of the awaited movies of the current time. The movie features Dayahang Rai, Saugat Malla, Nischal Basnet and Rishma Gurung in main roles. Actor Saugat Malla is a new addition to the characters to the ‘Kabaddi’ team. The romantic comedy movie is fully shot in Mustang. The movie is jointly produced by Nischal Basnet and Sunil Chand Rauniyar under Black Horse Pictures banner.

INAS Film Award 2015, winners (full list)

Posted on October 12, 2015October 12, 2015 by Anand Nepal

The third edition of INAS Film Award was held in Pragya Bhawan, Kamaladi in Kathmandu. The award ceremony held on Sunday awarded director Tulsi Ghimire with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The award has has a cash prize of Rs. 100,000. The award ceremony was organized by the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRN) and the Film Development Board (FDB). In the program, NRN Upendra Mahato appreciated in the improvement in the quality of Nepali movies. Actor and musician Muralidhar expressed his happiness to be honored in a Nepali film award ceremony.

Watch the INAS Award winning movies here in xnepali:

Watch ‘Chha Ekan Chha’ (Popular Film Award)
Watch ‘Talakjung VS Tulke’ (Best Movie, Popular Actress Award)
Watch ‘Kabaddi’ (Best Script and Best Cinematography)
Watch ‘November Rain’ (Best Actor Award)
Watch ‘Biteka Pal’ (Best Actress Award)
Watch ‘Lazza’ (Best Action Director)
Watch ‘Nai Nabhannu La 2’ (Best Lyrist)

Talakjung Vs Tulke one of the 81 movies waiting to be nominated in Oscars

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Anand Nepal

Watch ‘Talakjung Vs Tulke’ here.

The 81 entries in the Foreign-Language Film Oscar are finalized officially by the Academy Award officials. Among 81 countries, Paraguay is the only country that has sent its movie for the first time. The nomination of the 88th Academy Awards is scheduled to be announced on January 14, 2016. The winners will be announced on February 29 at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.

Among the contenders Nepali movie ‘Talakjung Vs Tulke’ by director Nischal Basnet will compete with 80 movies be be nominated in the contest. Winning would certainly be a feat, nomination is no less for the country like Nepal. The only time a movie with Nepal attached to it to be nominated was in 1999 for Eric Valliâ€™s film ‘Himalaya’ in the 72nd Academy Awards.

The Oscars Nomination committee in Nepal had selected ‘Talakjung Vs Tulke’ from a pool of four movies to represent Nepal in the Awards.

Friday Release – Natiza

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Anand Nepal

The new Nepali movie releasing this Friday, on October 9, 2015, is ‘Natiza’. The movie directed by Pramod Bhandari is only releasing in theaters in Kathmandu. The release of the movie in theaters out of Kathmandu was canceled in the last minute.

The movie features Harshika Shrestha, Sohit Manandhar, Sirjana Subba, Sushil Pokahrel and Sapan Shtrestha in main roles. The movie is made on the story of the struggle and problem in foreign employment. The presentation of Sapana Shrestha, ‘Natiza’ also features a song on the festival Dashain.

600 episodes of Tito Satya, Woda Number Chha released out of Kathmandu

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Anand Nepal

Popular comedy serial ‘Tito Satya’ has celebrated its 600th episode on Thursday, October 1, 2015. It has been 12 years since the weekly comedy serial started its tele-cast in Nepal Television. In the past 12-years the theme of the serial was similar – making fun of the current events and portraying the life of a typical resident of Kathmandu. Because of Kathmandu focus of the serial, the serial wasn’t less popular in places out of the valley. Another similar serial ‘Meri Bassai’ was more of the life in villages and was popular among the people from villages. These two and another serial ‘Jire Khursani’ had been quite popular in Nepal Television for a long time. A new comedy serial ‘Bhadragol’ has also gained a lot of popularity these days.

The director and the writer of the serial, Deepak Raj Giri has realized the theme being the same for a dozen years and has promised to change it for the betterment in coming days. Starting this week, Deepak is planning to change the artists, story, style and the message. Deepak told that he will introduce new artists and Deepak will appear less in the future episodes.

Nepali Film industry suffers as India blocks petroleum

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Anand Nepal

Because of the shortage in petroleum after India blocked the tankers from entering Nepal at the border, Nepali film industry has suffered a lot. As the vehicular movement is restricted in Nepal, the release of new movies have been canceled and film shooting have been delayed.

‘Destination Kathmandu’ release canceled

According to reports, the movie scheduled to release this Friday – ‘Destination Kathmandu’ has been canceled at the last minute. According to the executive director Madhusudhan Bhattarai, director Deepak Rayamajhi‘s last movie will not release on October 2 as planned before. The movie featuring Dilip Rayamajhi and Jharana Thapa in leading role was halted for a while after the death of the director Deepak Rayamajhi in 2011. Later, Madhusudhan had completed the movie.

This is the second time the movie release has been postponed. Previously the movie was scheduled to release on May 8 but, because of the earthquake of April 25, the movie release was delayed.

The movie previously released in Kathmandu, ‘Woda Number Chha’ is going to release in theaters out of Kathmandu on this Friday.

Shooting halted

Because of the problem in transportation, the shooting of Bhuwan KC‘s debut movie as the director, ‘Dreams’ shooting has also been affected. The resumption of the shooting of Bhuwan’s song Anmol KC starrer movie is uncertain.

Marriages in 2014	Friday Release