This is the scene of Saraswoti Chalchitra Mandir, Kailali. During the show of a Nepali movie, ‘Bodyguard’, it was raining heavily and the path to the theater was completely submerged.
It looks like, the people are crossing ‘a river’ to reach to the theater!
Don’t you think, the theater should have invested in a boat instead of the ‘5 in 1 Dolby Digital Sound system’. Photo credit Sandip Adhikari.
Information about Nepali Festival Teej and some audio songs were posted in 2010.
We would like to wish a very happy Teej to all our female readers.
For your dance needs, we have collected some of good Teej songs.
Apart from music video we will try to add links to mp3 versions (some songs added at the end of this post) of the songs if you need to copy them to your music player. Songs in MP3 are usually of better quality when compared to the videos.
Teej song from the movie Andaaz
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Nilu Khadka has won this year’s Miss Teen title in an event organized in Kathmandu on September 12, 2012.
The first runner-up of Miss Teen 2012 is Samikshya Siwakoti and the second runner-up is Nancy Bogati.
In a Facebook comment, the first runner-up Samikshya has responded with satisfaction on being the second in the contest.
Facebook page of Samikshya and Nancy Bogati are flooded with congratulation messages (Nilu’s Facebook page is private so, we couldn’t peek in it).
This year’s Miss UK Nepal crown was awarded to Durga Gurung in a ceremony held in London. The Miss UK Nepal 2011, Gaumaya Gurung, crown the news title holder in Durga Gurung in the program with various cultural programs in between. Parika Ale was selected the first runner-up and Nayan Gurung was the second runnerup of the beauty contest.
The winner of the title Durga also received a cash prize of £800 and the second title of Best Figure. The second runner-up Parika Ale, who was the Miss Talent in the contest received a cash prize of £500. The second runner-up Nayan G
urung, who also received Miss Personality title was awarded a cash prize of £300.
The judges of the ceremony were journalist Khagendra Nepali, entrepreneur Pashupati Bhandati, social worker Tuka Chhetri, Dr. Padam Khadka, NTV General Manager Prabin Gurung, Past Miss Nepal Jenisha Moktan and Rich Kapoor. (photo credits badmasi.com)
A Nepali beauty, Astha Shrestha, is selected the new Miss Nepal US(A) 2012 in an event held at the Johnson Center, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia on on August 11, 2012. In the event, Nurja Shrestha was the first runner-up and Aashma Dhakal the second runner-up. The title winner Astha was also awarded the Most Disciplined award.
The first Miss Nepal US 2011 was Miss Sujita Basnet crowned the ne
w Miss Nepal US. (credits – Badmasi.com)
After crowning the new Miss Nepal US 2012, Miss Nepal US 2011 Sujita Basnet told:
Passing this precious symbol of dignity, leadership, and womanhood to Astha Shrestha. I am so proud of you love our Miss Nepal USA 2012, enjoy this crown and remember always hold your head straight there are going to be many up’s and downs but you must always learn to hold your h
ead straight. Not too high, not too low it’s not easy balancing a crown on your head!
Other award winners include:
Miss Nepal US(A) 2012 Grand Finale on August 11 (This was posted on Aug 10, 2012) – consolidated to delete the post.
The grand finale training/preparation for the Queens & Classic Diamond Miss Nepal US(A) 2012 has been going on since August 2, 2012 with 28 finalists contesting for the title of Miss Nepal US(A) 2012.
The Grand Finale of Miss Nepal US (A) 2012 will be held in the Johnson Center, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA on August 11, 2012 (on Saturday at 7pm).
Details on the 28 participants in the final is available in Badmasi.
Miss Nepal 2012, Shristi Shrestha, is currently in China to participate in Miss World beauty contest. The contest started on July 18 and the final is going to be held on August 18, 2012.
23-year-old Miss Nepal Shristi is almost 6 feet tall and has international modeling experience.
Here are some photos of Shristi with other beauty queens from all over the world.
In the contest held in Pokhara on July 7, Saturday, Miss Ranjana Thapa Magar is crowned the Miss Magar 2012 title.
There were a total of 23 contestants in the second edition of Miss Magar beauty contest. Miss Magar Ranjana Thapa Magar was awarded the crown and a cash prize of Rs. 25,000. 20-year old beauty Ranjana hails from Tanahun, Dulegauda and has completed plus two.
In the contest, 21-year-old Miss Anita Thapa Magar was awarded the first runner-up title and a cash prize of Rs. 15,000. The second runner-up Shanti Tilija Magar was awarded a cash prize of Rs. 10,000.
Miss Rai 2012 beauty pageant is going to be held on Ashad 23, 2069 (July 7, 2012). Miss Rai contest is organized by Kirat Rai Sanskritik Kendra. The contest will be held in Rastriya Nachghar in Jamal, Kathmandu. The event starts at 2:00 PM on Saturday July 7.
List of contestants in the beauty contest:
Contestant No. 1 – Sarada Rai
Contestant No. 2 – Yuma Rai
Contestant No. 3 – Yokki Rai
Contestant No. 4 – Eljina Rai
Contestant No. 5 – Sushma Rai
Contestant No. 6 – Shrijha Rai
Contestant No. 7 – Seli Rai
Contestant No. 8 – Aruna Rai
Contestant No. 9 – Ganita Rai
Contestant No. 10 – Goma Rai
Contestant No. 11 – Poonam Rai
Contestant No. 12 – Amrita Rai
Contestant No. 13 – Chhila Rai
Contestant No. 14 – Anu Rai
Contestant No. 15 – Anita Rai
Contestant No. 16 – Uma Rai
(credits badmasi.com)
The northeastern part of the country where it borders China offers the most beautiful scenic views thanks to Mt. Everest.
The newspaper hasn’t specifically quoted the Ambassador saying the exact words but, it seem to imply that one has to go to India to see Mt. Everest. Mt. Everest h
owever is in the border of Nepal and China, at least 200 km away from the Indian border.
Nepali print and online media have started protest to the statement.
You can read the full article in this link.
A number of movies scheduled to be released in the weeks ahead have postponed because of political uncertainty in the days ahead. At the time when the constitution is to be released (it is scheduled to be released on Jestha 14) various political parties have beefed up their demand and power shows. Frequent closure of businesses and transportation as a mean of protest, commonly named "Nepal Bandha" have affected the lives of every Nepali. Every sector including education, business, entertainment and public sector have been affected by frequent Nepal Bandha these days. Let’s talk about the cancellation of the release of a some of most awaited and hopeful Nepali movies because of Nepal bandha.
Today, on May 5, 2012, ‘Saayad’ is being released in theaters across Nepal. But, due to Nepal Bandha its release in theaters outside the valley was postponed. Although the release in Kathmandu valley is going on as schedule, it is a bitter start as all the theatres are closed on the first day of it’s release.
The producer of ‘Apabad,’ a movie scheduled to be released on Jestha 5 (May 18), has decided it is not the right time for the release and postponed the release date. The producer of ‘Apabad’, Susan Prajapati, has told that the release of the movie in USA and Australia will however be on the scheduled date. Release in Nepal will only be decided based on the political situation in the country.
Similarly Pradip Uday, the producer of ‘Malatiko Bhatti’ has also announced the cancellation of the release of the movie previously scheduled to release on Jestha 12 (May 25).
‘Saayad’, ‘Apabad’, and ‘Malati Ko Bhatti’ were waiting for their release for a long time and at the final stage the release is affected by ‘Nepal Bandha‘. We hope, the political turmoil won’t affect the recent revival of the Nepali movie industry.
No, we don’t think so!
Nepali film critics and Film Development Board of Nepal think that a Bollywood movie "Jannat2" be banned in Nepal. The movie shows a scene about illegal weapons being supplied from Pakistan to India through Nepal. The censor board however hasn’t found anything fishy on the scene and has permitted the movie to be shown in Nepal.
In the modern time, some critics think censoring a movie in itself is a questionable practice. Censoring or banning a movie only on the fact that Nepal is shown to be a transit point of some weapon doesn’t qualify as an issue to
be given of much importance. We all know the lack of proper security in our transit point. Hiding the truth doesn’t solve problem.
We have a few questions to the people who think the movie should be banned:
18th Hidden Treasure Miss Nepal 2012 is being held in Kathmandu on Sunday, Baisakh 24 in an open theater of Annapurna Hotel. The contest is being held among 16 beauties from different parts of country including four from Kathmandu, two from Lalitpur, two from Chitwan and one each from Kirtipur, Mahendranagar, Dharan, Jhapa, Butwal, Birgunj, and Pokhara. Contestants of this year’s Miss Nepal are (list credit – xNepali Fashion):
Contestant 1 – Sonam Singh
Contestant 2 – Nirmita Subedi
Contestant 3 – Shristi Shrestha
Contestant 4 – Nagma Shrestha
Contestant 5 – Subekshya Khadka
Contestant 6 – Bandana Tandukar
Contestant 7 – Heena Shrestha
Contestant 8 – Prasansa Rana
Contestant 9 – Neelam Chand
Contestant 10 – Dilasha G.C.
Contestant 11 – Rashmita Maharjan
Contestant 12 – Anjali Pradhanang
Contestant 13 – Pronika Sharma
Contestant 14 – Akasha Bista
Contestant 15 – Sabita Manandhar
Contestant 16 – Alisha Kunwar
Contestant 17 – Indira Rai
The contestant 11 Rashmita Maharjan had withdrawn from the Miss Nepal contest in the last minute because of health problem. Rashmita had fractured her hand when she fell down her home. The 21-year old model, Rashmita, was the winner of Image Mega Model Season 2.
Miss Nepal contest is held every year amongst unmarried Nepali beauties aged between 19 and 25 years. The contestants should be at least +2 passed and should be at least 5feet 4 inch tall. We will update this page with the winner of the Miss Nepal 2012 crown later today.
The Pashupati Paints Miss Nepal 2012 event will be live broadcasted 8:30 PM onwards tonight on Nepal Television.
Nepali actress Keki Adhikari is selected the brand ambassador of the second edition of Miss Nepal USA, to be held in the USA. As a brand ambassador, Keki will help in the promotion of the event.
Nepali actor, living in USA, Saroj Khanal is also selected as the cultural coordinator of the event.
Miss Nepal USA 2012 is going to be held in Washington DC on August 11. The application for the c
ontest is open for the beauties of Nepali origin, living in the USA. The application deadline is May 15th, 2012.
I wrote about film related websites in Nepal in August of 2010. The websites reviewed at that time are still in operation. Some have improved in their quality and others have remained the same.
The sites I reviewed were:
The beauty contest held in Butwal movie theater last week was told to be to be the First Miss Lumbini (we suspect otherwise – see the comment at the end).
In the event, Miss Sweta Rajbhandari was selected the Miss Lumbini 2012 out of the 16 participating beauties. Apart from the crown, Sweta also received Rs. 30,000 cash prize and other gift hampers.
The first runner-up in the contest was Sujata Gurung of Bhairahawa and the second runner-up was Sandhya Shrestha of Rupendehi. Both of them received a beautician course of value Rs. 10,00
0 and gift hampers.
*[We had posted a photo in 2010 about Miss Lumbini held in Bhairahawa on Tuesday, May 25, 2010. We didn’t have any details to post at that time and asked our readers to tell who the winner was. But, nobody replied so, we can’t who won the contest.]
