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Happy Tihar 2012

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We wish a very happy Tihar to all our readers and hope Laxmi will bring a lot of fortunes to everybody on Laxmipuja.

We wrote an introduction to Tihar previously. Today is Laxmi Puja, festival of light and worshiping of goddess Laxmi. For those who want to print the images of Laxmi, we posted some Goddess Laxmi posters too.

Tihar is the second biggest festival in Nepal and is celebrated for 5 days starting by worshiping a bird (c
row) followed by worshiping dog and cow. The fifth day is the special day in which sisters offer tika to their brothers and vice versa.

Deusi and Bhailo tradition is somewhat similar to Halloween festival in western world (without the ghost and pumpkin part). We had collected some Deusi and Bhailo songs in this previous post.

Musical concert with resolution writing

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A ‘resolution for change’ program with a musical concert was organized by Kantipur Media Group today afternoon (November 10) at the Tundikhel grounds in Kathmandu. The program named “Pariwartan” with the slogan “One Nepali: One Resolution” was managed by Party Nepal and was live telecasted in Kantipur TV and Radio Kantipur.

Five of the famous Nepali musical bands, Robin and The New Revolution, Mukti and Revival, Mt 8848, The Shadows and Awaj Band presented different songs including patriotic songs in the 7 hours long program. ‘Mantra’, a rock and roll band from Darjiling also presented its famous song-‘Bir Gorkhali’. Hemant Rana, Sugam Pokhrel and Yogeshwor Amatya were also among the performers.

There were 15 different resolution boards of 4 ft height and 20 ft breadth in the area for the public to write their resolution. Kantipur Media Group signed a resolution – “Giving continuity to the Pariwartan Movement, Kantipur Media Group will work for social welfare.” Famous Comedian Deepak Raj Giri wrote his resolution – “he will follow Traffic Rules and will spend 10% of income in social work.”

Truth about ‘Lakhau Kosish …’ (with Raju Lama and Jeevan Lama’s response)

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Raju Lama’s popular song ‘Lakahu Kosish’ is found to be previously sung by another singer Jeevan Lama. Jeevan has accused Saroj Lama of stealing his song and selling to Indira Pun who had hired Raju Lama to sing the song. To know the truth, xnepali.com had contacted both Raju Lama and Jeevan Lama. Here is the summary of the response of the two singers:

Jeevan Lama told that the song was originally written by Ramji Lama and sung by Jeevan Lama. Jeevan told, “Raju Lama is innocent. The song was stolen by Saroj Lama and he sold it to Indira Pun.”

Jeevan Lama also told that he has all the documents including agreement letter to prove the case.

Raju Lama also responded to xnepali’s request to comment and told that he was paid to sing the song and he wasn’t involved in any other dealing.

History:

Jeevan Lama had released an album ‘Anubhav’ with the song “Lakhau Kosish … ” in 2002 (BS 2059) by Dhaulagiri Cassette Center. In 2010 (2067BS) the same song was released in the voice of Raju Lama as a part of the collection album of Indira Pun. Jeevan’s album was released in 2002 by Dhaulagiri Cassette Center. In Jeevan Lama version of the song music is composed by Dipendraman Singh but in Raju Lama version, the music is told to be composed by Saroj Lama.

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A bicycle rally on Nepal Sambat New Year

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A bicycle rally is being organized in Kathmandu to mark the 1133 Newari New Year on November 14, 2012 (Kartik 29). The bicycle rally named "Cycle Utsav Nepal Sambat 1133" starts at Basantapur, Kathmandu and ends at Bhaktapur Durbarsquare while passing Patan Durbarsquare on it’s way.

The event organized by World Cyclist Foundation Nepal on the leadership of World Cyclist/Mt. Everest summiteer Pushkar Shah.

The rally is organized to celebrate happiness, peace and help in saving the world heritage sites in the the occasion of Ne
pal Sambat 1133 new year. The event is expected to be useful in create awareness in the conservation of world heritage sites in Nepal by developing bicycling culture.

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'Biteka Pal' shooting started in Kathmandu

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After a year of preparation, the shooting of ‘Biteka Pal’ started on the day of its producer Rajesh Ghatani’s birthday. The shooting started in White Gumba in Shyambhu, Kathmandu on Wednesday November 7, 2012.

The movie repeats the ‘Bato Muniko Phool’ team again with few new additions. The movie will also be directed by Suraj Subba ‘Nalbo’ and will feature Baboo Bogati in lead role and he is being accompanied by actress Keki Adhikari. 

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'Uma' an upcoming movie of Tsering Rhiter Sherpa

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The director of critically acclaimed ‘Mukundo’ and ‘Karma’, Tsering Rhitar Sherpa, is going to release a new movie based on the story of a female combatant. The film lead by Recha Sharma features well known actors like Saugat Malla, Mithila Sharma, Prawin Khatiwada, Dayahang Rai, Pramod Agrahari, Pushkar Gurung and Suresh Chand.

The story of the m
ovie, co-written by Tsering with Kumar Bhandari, revolves around the life of Uma, a character based on true incident of a brother and a sister and their ideological differences.  After working for almost a year on the script and a workshop with the actors for more than a month, the shooting of ‘Uma’ started in location at Khopasi VDC, Kavre on November 1, 2012.

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Rekha and Chhabi Ojha posed together, patched at last?

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To dilute the effects of the divorce rumor between actress Rekha Thapa and producer Chhabi Raj Ojha, Chhabi posted some photos of the two together in his Facebook. The photos were taken during the shooting of their upcoming project ‘Hamesha’ which is being produced under Chhabiraj Films, in contrast to the previous films that used to be made under Rekha Films. Chhabi registered the company after the widespread news about their divorce.

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Music video ‘Fikka Fikka chh…’ by Nabin K. Bhattarai

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A music video of Nabin K. Bhattarai’s song ‘Fikka Fikka Cha …’ from the music album ‘Kathmandu’ was shot in Sydney Australia, featuring actors Bimalesh Adhikari and Karsha Adhikari. The music video by Australia based Nepali media company, Alternative Arts, was directed by Aashiq Regmi and Amit Aryal.

The lyrics and music of the song was composed by Suresh Kumar and the music video was produced by Suyash Bhattarai. Technical details are as follows:

Singer – Nabin K. Bhattarai
Album – Kathmandu
Lyrics/Music – Suresh Kumar, New Age Music / Ausmandu
Actors – Bimles Adhikari, Karsha Adhikari
Production Assistants – Deepa Ghimire / Ribesh Poudel
Producer – Suyash Bhattarai
DOP/VFX/ Editor – Aashiq Regmi
Director – Aashiq Regmi / Amit Aryal

Alternative Arts is known for some short films it had produced in the past. Its first short film ‘Code Changa‘ and another short movie ‘Mars and Venus‘ were also featured in xnepali.

ATM to see the daylight on Nov 23

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After a big debate on the controversial content in the movie and censorship in most of the content, the reshot and remade ‘ATM‘ is ready to be released in theaters on Mangsir 8 (November 23, 2012).

Dinesh Thapa’s movie ‘ATM’ is produced under D. Films banner and is directed by Yadav Silwal. Dinesh Thapa, Jiya KC, Sabina Karki and Sonia Sharma in main roles.

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Four more movies released on Nov. 2

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All four movies released on Dashain were unsuccessful to get enough audience to recoup the investment. But, that hasn’t slowed the frequency of new releases. Four movie movies ‘Ishara’, ‘Bheti’, ‘I am in Love’ and ‘Naboleni Hansi Rakha Na’ were released on Friday, November 2.

Naboleni Hansi Rakha Na

Director Sharad KC’s creation ‘Naboleni Hansi Rakha Na’ is being released all over Nepal. The movie features actor Nikhil Upreti, actress Richa Singh Thakuri and Sunil Singh Thakuri in main roles. The movie was shot in locations in Pokhara and Kathmandu. The musical love story was shot in 33 days, last year.

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10th Jazzmandu, participants and history

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The 10th edition of the yearly musical festival Jazzmandu has started in Kathmandu on November 1, 2012. The festival named ‘Surya Nepal Jazzmandu 2012’ is a week-long Jazz music competition which has brought various jazz artists to Kathmandu.

10th Jazzmandu music artists/groups:

  • Adil & Vasundhara (India)
  • Beat Kaesli (Switzerland)
  • Cadenza Collective (Nepal)
  • Kutumba (Nepal)
  • Marlow Rosado (USA)
  • Nojazz (France)
  • Rootm
    an (Thailand)
  • Suzy&2 (Norway)
  • Tito Puente Jr. (USA)
  • Urjazz (Nepal)

The details on artists featured in the festival are as follows (taken from the organizer’s flyer – click to enlarge):

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Jazzmandu from November 1-7

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Jazzmandu Kathmandu Jazz Festival 2012 is beginning on November 1. This Surya Nepal Jazzmandu 2012 will take place from Nov 1 to 7 in various venues in Kathmandu Valley.

On Nov 1, the venue is Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory, Jhamsikhel. On Nov 2, the venues are Moksh (Jhamsikhel), House of Music (Thamel), Bhumi (Lazimpat) and Mannys (Jawalakhel).

 This is the tenth edition of the event and 12 bands from USA, Europe and Asia will be performing during this festival. (Photo credit: Facebook page of jazzmandu)

Rekha Thapa's 'Lanka' to be released on Nov. 9

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Actress Rekha Thapa’s upcoming movie ‘Lanka’ is to be released next week on November 9, 2012. The female centric movie features Rekha in a role of a police inspector.

The movie directed by Shyam Bhattarai features Rekha Thapa, Kishor Khatiwada, Dhruba Koirala, Nandu Sribastav, Malati Shah etc. in main roles. The story of the movie is written by the producer and Rekha’s husband Chhabiraj Ojha.

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Nepali Movie – Timi Meri Hau

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Nepali Movie – Timi Meri Hau
Starring – , Niruta Singh, Sushma Shahi, Momor Rana, Sana, Safi Mohamad, Faisal, Babar Ali, Kabita Khadka, Ranjana Sharma, Chanchala etc.
Script/Dialogue – Padam Mahat
Director – Birendra Hamal
This movie was previously posted on July 5, 2007 and this post is the update to the post.

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Dashain releases couldn't make money in the holiday season

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Dashain is the free and fun time for most of the Nepali people. To cash on the festive mood of the people four Nepali movies were released at once on October 19. But, by the end of Dashain it is clear that none of the movie did satisfactory business.

Our reviewer Raunak has found that one of the most talked about movie ‘Dhuwaan yo Nasha‘ had nothing in it. Does that mean our filmmakers take the holidays for granted and release sub-standar
d movies in such times?

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