The Miss Nepal 2009, Zenisha Moktan, is expecting her first baby this month (in December 2017). A traditional baby shower was organized by the ex-Miss Nepals for Moktan in which seven Miss Nepal showed up. Including Zenisha there are eight Miss Nepal in the following photo:
From Left to Right : Asmi Shrestha (Miss Nepal 2016), Usha Khadgi (Miss Nepal 2000), Priti Sitaula (Miss Nepal 2003), Zenisha Moktan (Miss Nepal 2009, the mother-to-be), Sadichha Shrestha (Miss Nepal 2020), Shweta Singh (Miss Nepal 1999) and Sugarika KC (Miss Nepal 2007)
Among the ex-Miss Nepal present in the ceremony, Sadichha and Asmi were the only two unmarried Miss Nepal and they were the only ones who are not mothers yet. Malvika Subba had given birth to a son in 2016.
Aryan Sigdel’s beautiful wife Sapana Bhandari has turned 28 years old. On every birthday she makes a resolution for the year. Last year, in her 27th birthday I made a video report about Sapana and her relationship with Aryan Sigdel.
I had prepared a video about Sapana last year, on her 26th birthday. The question I raised last year is still the same. This year, she has replied that they are planning for a baby. Which might be an indication that Sapana is not going to be an actress. In addition to that, Sapana has also told an online magazine that she might consider going for PhD. But, she hasn’t made a concrete plan for further studies yet.
A MBA graduate, Sapana is also planning to start something new (probably a business). The details of the plan is yet to be unveiled. Bhandari told that the details will be made public in near future.
Nepali Movie – Eutai Bhul Starring – Dilip Rayamajhi, Dipak Tamang, Arpana Singh, Smarika Thapaliya etc. Script/Dialogue – Mukti Upadhaya (Baral) Story / Direction – Pramanu Pradhan (Bom)
The movie is the first film mad under Dipak Films banner. Presented by Gopal Subba, the story of ‘Eutai Bhul’ is by the director Pramanu Pradhan. The script and the dialogue are written by Mukti Upadhaya (Baral). Continue reading
Nepali actor, Raj Ballav Koirala has married his long-time girlfriend, Pratima Bimalli on December 3, 2017 in Washington DC. Like a lot of Nepali artists, actor Raj Ballav Koirala is also living in the USA for the last few years. Raj Ballav and Pratima were preparing for the marriage after they got engaged in September, earlier this year.
A video report on the marriage:
Who is Pratima Bimali?
Originally from Jhapa, East Nepal, Pratima and her family had been living in the USA for some time. According to her Facebook profile, Pratima lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her parents.
A Biomedical Engineer by profession, Pratima had graduated from the College of Biomedical Engineering and Applied Sciences in Nepal. She has been working for Medtronic as a Supplier Quality Engineer since October of 2015. Pratima and Raj Ballav were seeing each other for a long time (they are yet to disclose the actual love story details.)
At the time of election, every citizen are inclined towards one political force or the others. But, as the voting in an election is secret and people don’t need to tell who they have voted for, one doesn’t need to tell about political inclination. But, the artists we are active politically have to show their artistic talent for the party or the candidate they endorse. Here are the list of popular artists and their political inclination.
Komal Oli – RPP to UML
Singer and journalist Komal Oli decided to go into full time politics and resigned from the Radio Nepal job a while ago. But, as soon she was elected the central committee member of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) the party divided into two parties. After that, she decided to join CPN UML. Although Komal wasn’t allowed to represent the party in the election Now, she is promoting the party in the election.
Komal Oli had expected to get ticket to represent CPN UML at the Dang Constituency 3 in the election. But, things didn’t go as she expected. Now, she is participating in the election campaign. Based on her previous stances, there is no gurantee that she will continue to represent the party.
Radhika Hamal – Nepali Congress
Well known singer Radhika Hamal has chosen Nepali Congress to sing the election songs. Hamal had also participate in the local election but, was defeated.
Hamal is asking the people to vote for the candidates of Congress in the current election.
Badri Pangeni, CPN UML
Well known singer of ‘Sasurali ma’ and other popular folk singer is affiliated to CPN UML and Bam Gathabandhan in this election. He sings songs promoting the party, the leaders KP Oli and Prachanda. He says that he is not worried about being tagged a party-singer because he had been doing that for the last 23 years.
Although he will be singing election songs during the election, he will still be a singer and will sing for the people and art.
Manoj Gajurel – UML and Maoist
Known for his comedy caricature, Manoj Gajurel is also asking the people to vote for CPN UML and CPN Maoist candidates in the election. He has been active member of CPN UML in the past and he is open about his political inclination.
Manoj says that an artist is free to choose the political party they support. He also believes his fans won’t be disappointed because of his political activities.
Karishma Manandhar (Naya Shakti)
Actress Karishma has transformed herself from a fully devoted actress to a fully devoted political leader after joining Naya Shakti party of Baburam Bhattarai. Although the party is yet to be recognized by the people, she is actively campaigning for the party and its leaders. She is also one of the candidate in the election.
A lot of members of the new party left Baburam after a while, Karishma is still with Baburam. The artists who joined the party with Karishma – Saroj Khanal and Ashok Sharma are not active in the party activities. Karishma is giving her full time to the party and expects to return to film industry after the election.
Rekha Thapa, Not sure
Actress Rekha Thapa’s political inclination has been very unstable. She entered CPN Maoist at the time of the second election of the CA. But, her candidacy was withdrawn when she wasn’t registered as a voter. A while ago she left the party and joined RPP with Komal Oli. While Komal Oli has left the party Rekha decided to leave Kamal Thapa and join the party faction of Pashupati Shumsher JBR.
Rekha’s activities in political parties seem to be having negative impact in her popularity. The proof is her latest release, ‘Rudrapriya’. Although the movie features two of the top actors of the Nepali film industry, people didn’t go to theatre to watch it.
In the election, Rekha went to Sindhpalchowk in the election campaign of Pashupati Shumsher.
Actor Nir Shah is an active Nepali Congress supporter. But, Shah isn’t seen in the election campaigns.
The political activities of the past include Nawal Khadka and Deepak Shrestha. Nawal Khadka is affiliated with the CPN Maoist and he had also made movies for the party. But, his movies were not much successful. Khadka is actively participating in the election campaigns. Director Deepak Shrestha is also actively participating the election campaigns of Bam Gathabandan.
Musician Chetan Sapkota is also one of the supporters of Maoist party. He also helped a lot of artists to join the party. But, these days, Sapkota is not seen in election campaigns.
Actress Samragyee RL Shah is currently in Australia for the premier of her second movie, ‘A Mero Hajur 2’ with the director and producer of the movie, Jharana Thapa. The red attire Samragyee wore in the premier of the show made news for it boldness. Samragyee has also recently shared some swimsuit poses. The bikini avatar is probably the first such pose of the actress.
The high-rated actress of the current time, Samragyee is also one of the highest paid actress in the film industry. Samragyee was reportedly paid Rs. 500,000 for the role she did in her second movie ‘A Mero Hajur 2’. Recently she was reportedly paid twice that amount in her upcoming movie with Aryan Sigdel. Although Samragyee refused to confirm or deny the amount, she had confirmed she was considering doing the movie. Samragyee debuted in Bhuwan KC’s movie ‘Dreams’ opposite to Anmol KC. After the success of the movie, she has established herself as one of the most sought after actress in the film industry.
Nepali Movie – Star Starring – Sumina Ghimire, Niraj Baral, Ramesh Budhathoki, Shyam Bhimire, Ganesh Upreti, Rupa Khanal etc. Director – Mahendra Budhathoki
About ‘Star’
This movie is a presentation of Sangam Vision by Mahendra Budhathoki. The movie debuts Niraj Baral in the leading role opposite to hot actress Sumina . Sanskar Budhathoki is the child artist in the movie. Guest artists in the movie include Saurab Karki, Sital KC, Shobhit Basnet, Sanu Tamrakar, Krishna Chapagain, and Laxman Subedi.
The mvoie features the choreography of Kabiraj Gahatraj, Shiva BK and Suraj Chand. The executive producer of the movie is a well known journalist, Laxman Subedi. The script and story of the movie is written by the director Mahendra Budhathoki himself.
There was a viral photo of some girls wearing lungi – a traditional attire worn by men in India. The story goes like:
A college in Kerala, India recently banned jeans in the college. The girls were irritated by the decision of the college and they decided to go to college in lungi instead. The college is trying to figure out how to response to those girls.
College in Kerala banned jeans. The women came in lungis. The college is still trying to figure out a response to this…! pic.twitter.com/Hnl5XdbgbL
Nepali Movie – Kamina Starring – Narayan Ghimire, Mahima Silwal, Bikram Chhetri etc. Director – Rishi Neupane
About ‘Kamina’
This movie is produced by Madhu Chhetri under AB Films banner and is directed by Rishi Neupane. The movie features cinematography of Rabi Koirala, action of Pradeep Khadka, choreography by Hari Wagle and editing of Kiran Adhikari. Hot actress Mahima Silwal is featured opposite to Nayan Ghimire in leading roles in the movie.
The movie was released in July of 2017 (Read Friday Release news of the movie). The movie however wasn’t much successful commercially.
Full movie is not available now. Watch the trailer of the movie until the full movie is available online: Continue reading
The Richa Sharma – Chhakka Panja scandal has attained a new height after actress Priyanka Karki apologized but Deepak Raj Giri continues to attack so-called female activists like Richa Sharma. In the ‘Firke’ event held in Kathmandu to release the trailer, Deepak made his views in the issue in the public function. It is an coincidence that actress Richa Sharma is the leading actress in the movie.
Deepak told, “We are in film business and film religion. No films are loved by everybody. People can have their negative or positive views.” He also added, “Earning a lot of money doesn’t prove that the movie is good.”
About the framework of a movie, Deepak told that the movie shows bad things of the society in the beginning and the bad things are corrected as the story progresses. He added, “I don’t know if pouring beer on a woman falls under female dominance or not. But, there are movies that show such scenes.” He told that the movie ‘Chhakka Panja’ is not against womenkind. To show the bad things of the society, you have to make somebody victim in the movie. The artists who plays the role is not abused for real. Continue reading
In the 2017 edition of the SAARC Film Festival, three awards were awarded to Nepali film. In the recent announcement, two movies ‘Dying Candel’ and ‘Kalo Pothi’ (Black Hen) won three of the 14 awards announced today.
While Bhupendra Adhikari’s movie ‘Dying Candle’ was awarded the Best Editing award, ‘Kalo Pothi’ won Best Film Open Award and Background Score awards.
The best film award was awarded to Sri Lankan film ‘Let Her Cry’. The award tally by country are:
India – 3 Awards
Sri Lanka – 4 Awards
Afganistan – 2 Awards
Maldives – 1 Award
Bangaladesh – 1 Award
Nepal – 3 Awards
Pakistan – 0 Awards
Bhutan – 0 Awards
The winner editor Bhupendra Adhikari had edited feature films like ‘Ke Ma Timro Hoina ra’, ‘Prem Geet 2’ and ‘Nirbhaya’ in the past. Bhupendra is awarded the Best Editor award for his role in supporting the director with smooth storytelling and focusing on the main characters in a film shot in limited locations and over a short period of time.
The Best Original Score award was awarded to Jason Knuwan of ‘Kalo Pothi’ for its restrained use of traditional music to underscore the narrative of the movie. Continue reading
That was what actress Priyanka Karki started with in a 500+ words apology letter (in English alone). She was concerned that people might min-interpret it and has also translated the whole text in Nepali language. I don’t know why she decided it was a good idea to present her thought in two languages, it is clear that she has thought about it for a long time and had taken effort to compose the statement.
Before I share Priyanka’s statement, the background information:
Actress Richa Sharma talked in a program held in Kathmandu about why she didn’t like ‘Chhakka Panja’ movie and why it was against womenkind. In response, the makers of the movie attacked Richa by accusing her of telling the viewers ‘fools’ and telling her to ‘get well soon’. There were divided views on who was right. In my Twitter poll, majority of my followers thought Richa was right and ‘Chhakka Panja’ team was wrong to attack Richa.
In response, Richa claimed that she never told the viewers were fools and she was only advocating the better representation of women in films. After Richa’s statement, Richa got all the sentiment and people went against Deepak, Deepa and ‘Chhakka Panja’ team.
In response to Priyanka’s response, Deepak Raj Giri wrote, “You have written it well. Everybody has made mistakes..” Here is what Priyanka wrote in Nepal (the English version follows).
Here is the the full statement of Priyanka (English): Continue reading
Binod Chaudhary is the only dollar-billionaire of Nepal who has been listed as one of the richest person in the world by Forbes magazine since 2013. The businessman is currently running for a political post through Nepal Congress party. There have been mixed reaction on Chaudhary’s political desire. Some say that he might be the Nepal’s version of US president Donald Trump. Others differ in their opinion.
Let ma analyze the difference and the similarities of the US President and Chaudhary:
Political Enemies : Trump is known for his attack towards his opponents. He is known to wage war against the main-stream US media like CNN and New York Times. Binod Chaudhary is exactly the opposite. He is soft spoken towards his opponents. He is a diplomatic businessman who doesn’t make any enemies at all.
Family Background – While Trump is the third generation of the Trump organization business family, Chaudhary is the second-generation in Chaudhary Group. It seems, Trump is more caple of taking risk (read that “huge risks”) whereas, Binod Chaudhary isn’t willing to take such risks. Continue reading
Actress Richa Sharma has responded to the attack of ‘Chhakka Panja’ team about her statement about the content of the movie. Deepak Raj Giri, Deepa Shree Niraula, Priyanka Karki and Swastima Khadka had jointly posted a statement telling that the actress is sick and they have sent “get well soon.” message. All four of them have copied and posted the same message that reads:
One actress has told that the viewers who watch and clap in our film are fools … “Dear actress, because you say the viewers are fools, your movies had never got viewers…” Get well soon!
Watch the video first:
In response to the the statement by the film makers and the actresses of ‘Chhakka Panja 2’ (Note: Swostima wasn’t in the first movie that Richa referred in the talk.), Richa has challenged them to prove that she is sick.
Actress Sushma Karki’s main talent is to show off her body. She is not known to be a good actress but, for skin show, nobody can beat her. Sushma is popular for being bold and scandalous rather than her movies and roles. The item dance in popular movie ‘Loot’ established Sushma in the film industry as an item girl. After that, she was featured in some hot movies like ‘Bandaas’ and ‘Bindaas 2’. Other movies she was featured as an actress didn’t do well in box office.
These days, Sushma is not active in movies or modelling shots. The film producers are not willing to invest on Sushma anymore. But, she is still bold and beautiful. Recently she posed in swimsuit in a five-star hotel’s swimming pool. The photos were popular in various online media. Featured in red bikini, she has posed in various poses. She had done similar photo shots in the past. Here are some of the current and previous photos for comparison.
Now and then: Suhsma Karki poses at the side of the swimming pool with her right leg bent and the left leg straight, in the water.
