A new award LG Cine Circle Award 2017 was held in Kathmandu on August 7, Monday in the Army Officers Club, Sundhara. In the award ceremony ‘Jatra’ was awarded the bst movie of the year. In the award ceremony awards in 22 different categories were awarded.

In the ceremony, action director NB Maharjna was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award worth Rs. 51,000. The deputy president Nanda Bahadur Pun was the chief guest of the ceremony. The ‘Maitighar’ film unit, comprising of actor CP Lohani and Mala Sinha were also honoured during the ceremony. Lohani and Sinha had come to Nepal to attend the ceremony.

Award wining movies:

• Watch Chhakka Panja here (Best Poster, top grossing film director, Best Choreographer, Popular actor, Popular actress)
• Watch ‘Jaya Parshuram’ here (Best Stunt, best VFX)
• Watch ‘Ke Ma Timro Hoin Ra’ here (best action coordinator)
• Watch ‘Bir Bikram’ here (Best Editing)
• Watch ‘Gajalu’ here (Best Sound Mixing)
• Loot 2 (Best Trailer, Best Popular Song)
• Bijuli Machine (Best Comedy movie,)
• Purano Dunga (Best Music Director)
• Jatra (Best Movie, best Actor, Actress, Director, Script)

Award winners:

• Best Movie – Jatra
• Best Director – Pradeep Battarai (Jatra)
• Best Actor – Bipin Karki (Jatra)
• Best Actress – Barsha Raut (Jatra)
• Best Script – Pradeep Bhattarai (Jatra)
• Popular Actor – Deepak Raj Giri (Chhakka Panja)
• Popular Actress – Priyanka Karki (Chhakka Panja)
• Best on-screen couple – Maotse Gurung and Menuka Pradhan (Purano Dunga)
• Best Editing – Arjun GC (Bir Bikram)
• Best Background Singer (Male) – Yuwaraj Chaulagain (Palash)
• Best Background Singer (Female) – Mina Niraula (Loot 2)
• Best Musician – Kali Prasad Baskota (Purano Dunga)
• Best Choreographer – Kabiraj Gahatraj (Chhakka Panja)
• Best Action Coordinator – Himal KC (Ke Ma Timro Hoina Ra)
• Best Poster – Sundar Shrestha (Chhakka Panja)
• Best Trailer – Suredndra Poudel (Loot 2)
• Best Stunt – Raju Tamang (Jaya Parshuram)
• Popular song of the year – Thamel Bazar (Loot 2)
• Director of the best grossing film – Deepa Shree Niraula
• Best Commendable Movie of the Year – Bijuli Machine (Nabin Awal)
• Best VFX – Satyam Rana, Sudip Acharya (Jaya Parshuram)
• Best Sound Mixing – Shailesh Shrestha (Gajalu)