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Director Himgyap Lama celebrates his ‘re-birth’ day by visiting earthquake affected areas

Every year on April 27 the ‘Bhimdutta’ director Himgyap Lama used to celebrate his birthday. This year, the situation was a lot different. While everybody were in shock and mourning the April 25 earthquake, the terror hasn’t ceased yet as aftershock tremor continues till the time of this writing.

himgyap lama birthday messag

Himgyap termed his birthday a ‘Re-birth Day’ as he had survived the earthquake that had claimed more than 4,000 people, so far. In his Facebook profile, Himgyap writes:

Today is my birthday, 27 April, Re-Birth Day of mine after unexpected earthquake in Nepal, I was blessed by you all and thank you all wishers and prayers of my life.

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8 Bollywood film crew member killed in Nepal Earthquake, says Mugdha Godse

The actress of ‘Fashion’, Mugdha Godse’ has told that eight of the crew members of her upcoming movie have been killed by the earthquake in Nepal. In a Twitter post, Mugdha told that she was shocked and depressed by the news.

Photo – Mugdha Godse and Ruslaan Mumtaz while shooting in Kathmandu.

Mugdha and the shooting unit was also scheduled to travel to Jomsom and Pokhara for the shooting.

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Telugu actor K Vijay dies in Nepal Earthquake

25 years-old Telugu actor K Vijaya has died in the earthquake in Kathmandu. The actor was in Kathmandu with his shooting team for the shooting of Telugu movie "Etakaram.com". The actor had died while returning in a car from the shooting location. The car he was travelling had overturned after the earthquake.

In addition to being a character actor, Vijay was also a choreographer. While Vijay died, three others had reportedly injured.

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Rekha Thapa and Himgyap Lama sleep in car on fear of earthquake aftershocks

The terror of the earthquake kept most of the people in Kathmandu awake the whole night of April 25. On April 26 the terror continued and the going inside was filled with risk. So people were forced to sleep outside. Actress Rekha Thapa and director Himgyap Lama were staying together in the crisis.

Himgyap Lama shared the photos of himself and Rekha sleeping on the open and in the car. Himgyap’s dog Dhondup

Photo – Rekha Thapa sleeping on the backseat of a car

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Karishma Manandhar is earthquake ready – a temporary residence like a film set

Film maker and actress Karishma Manandhar and her husband, producer Binod Manandhar have constructed a film-set like temporary residence to live during the earthquake crisis. The temporary residence looks like a film studio set with bed rooms and kitchen.

The temporary residence is covered in corrugated sheets and has bamboo walls with proper door, windows and proper ventilation.

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New restaurant of Rajesh Payal Rai destroyed by earthquake

The Rajesh Payal Rai restaurant, Darsan Namaste, started in February has been destroyed by the Earthquake of April 25. To inagurate the resturant Rajesh had invited the only actress Keki Adhikari, creating a speculation of possible affair between Rajesh and Keki. They however refused such rumor.

Rajesh had invested about Rs. 5 million to set up the restaurant located in Kamalpokhari. With the restaurant Rajesh’s motorcycle and other belongings had also been destroyed. During the damage to the building the father of one of the waiters had also died.

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Nepali Movie – Miss Nepal

Nepali Movie – Miss Nepal
StarringSuvekshya Thapa, Sabin Shrestha, Kshitiza Shakya, Suraj Prajapati, Sonu KC  etc.
Director – Surendra Tuladhar

The movie ‘Miss Nepal’ was released on May 30, 2014 in theaters out of Kathmandu and it was released in Kathmandu on June 6, 2014. The organizer of the beauty pageant, Miss Nepal, Hidden Treasure had lodged a complaint with the police to stop the release of the movie. After reviewing the claim, the police had decided that Hidden Treasure’s claim was baseless and allowed the movie to release. In a controversial poster of the movie, the actress and producer Suvekshya Thapa had posed topless with only a fish covering the upper part of her body. The poster later proved to be an exact copy of a Bollywood movie (read more about the poster controversy).

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Resham Filili show halted

The comedy movie ‘Resham Filili’ makers have decided that it is not the time for laughter when the whole country is mourning the victims of the massive earthquake of April 26. Talking to an online magazine, the producer, Madhav Wagle, has said that the decision was made because entertainment is not a priority at the time of emergency.

The resumption of the show is not known. Wagle  said that the movie show will be halted for an uncertain time in the future.

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Shankar BC shooting unit escaped an Earthquake caused landslide in Chapali Height

In the worst ever earthquake in Nepal, more than 1,500 people have been reported dead so far. There is a high chance that the number increase significantly. There had been more than 20 aftershocks and more are a possibility. Shankar BC and the team were shooting a music video in Chapali Height area when the earthquake happened. The dancer and choreographer BC has shared the following photos of the landslide caused by the earthquake.

The landslide didn’t cause any damages to the shooting crews.

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7.8 magnitude earthquake in Kathmandu (video)

There are conflicting reports of the magnitude of earthquake but, it is a very strong one. Most of the structures in Kathmandu have sustained damage by the earthquake. (UPDATE – The earthquake magnitude is 7.8 in Richter scale with huge amount of causality.)

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People are warned to stay outdoors and remain calm as there might be more aftershocks. In a report, a 6.6-magnitude aftershock hit was hit after about an hour after the earthquake.

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Rekha Thapa movie Rampyari, song recording started

The song recording of Rekha Thapa‘s next movie ‘Rampyari’ has started in Kathmandu. Rekha’s home production movie ‘Rampyari’ is going to be made on the story of a auto rickshaw driver woman of Chitwan. Rekha had recently visited Chitwan to meet the real person on whom the movie is going to be made. She had also driven the auto rickshaw the real Rampyari drives (read more in nepaliactress).

In ‘Rampyari’ Rekha is introducing her nephew, Avash Adhikari, as the leading actor. Actress Ashma DC is told to be featured opposite to Avash. In the start, Rekha had announced that she would be directing the movie. But, later she decided to delegate the responsibility of direction to Shabir Shrestha.

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Sukul premier of Resham Filili, Kameshwor role appreciated

A different type of premier of comedy movie ‘Resham Filili’ was held among journalists and artists at Kumari theater in Kathmandu. Instead of the common trend of green carpet or red carpet, traditional Nepali carpet made out of hay, Sukul, was used in the ceremony and the premier was also named Sukul Primer.

After the show, the viewers had told that the comedy movie was entertaining and the role of the character, Hariya, played by Kameshwor Chaurasiya was the most appreciated artist in the movie. The movie features Vinay Shrestha and Menuka Pradhan in leading role and the roles of Karma Shakya and Kameshwor Chaurasiya is supporting.

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Rekha Thapa in action role, Jaun Hida Pokhara releasing on July 17

A movie by director Shovit Basnet, featuring actress Rekha Thapa in leading role, ‘Jaun Hida Pokhara’ is releasing on July 17, 2015. The movie was completed almost two years ago. After the completion of the movie Shovit became busy in two movies ‘Jhilke’ and ‘Teacher’. After the release of his another movie ‘Zanjeer’ Shovit started the charity shows of ‘Teacher’ and forget about ‘Jau Hida Pokhara’

In a program held in Kathmandu, Shovit released the poster and first look. The movie features actress Rekha Thapa in action role. Actor Jiwan Luitel is featured opposite to Rekha in the movie.

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Friday Release – Resham Filili and Jhola

This week’s release is interesting – a clash between the highly expected comedy movie ‘Resham Filili’ and award winner movie ‘Jhola’. The movie ‘Jhola’ was previously released, before it won Best Actress Award in SAARC Film Festival.

Resham Filili

The movie ‘Resham Filili’ won the hearts of many by its music and catchy tune. Everybody’s favorite ‘Jalama…’ has become an instant hit and various cover versions of the song were made and shared in YouTube. For the first time in the history of Nepali movie ‘Resham Filili’ has made more than 50 percent advance booking in the multiplex theaters in Kathamndu.

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Kismat 2, director Shyam Bhattarai replaced by Rishi Lamichane

In the initial announcement of the ‘Kismat’ sequel ‘Kismat 2’, director Shyam Bhattarai was named the director. The announcement was made during the birthday celebration of the actress Shilpa Pokharel in December last year. In a latest report, Shyam is replaced by ‘Hawaldar Suntali’ director Rishi Lamichane.

Photo: Rishi Lamichhane (left) looking at the cake while Shilpa Pokahrel feeds her birthday cake to Chhabi Raj Ojha.

Shyam Bhattarai is currently in USA. He went there on April 10 and is not expected to return back until the start of the shooting of ‘Kismat 2’. That is the reason behind the change in the director of the movie. But, others believe that the success of ‘Hawaldar Suntali’ has helped Rishi to gain confidence from Chhabi. Whatever may be the case, Shyam Bhattarai has been removed from their movies by both Chhabi Raj Ojha and Rekha Thapa. The direction agreement between Chhabiraj Films and Rishi Lamichane was made on April 23.

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