Censor board responds to media pressure, Dhuwani awarded PG certificate

Posted on August 9, 2013December 8, 2014 by Anand Nepal

After the pressure from the media, the Censor Board was forced to change it’s decision on censor certificate to the movie ‘Dhuwani’. The censor board had objected to a dialogue in the movie citing the dialogue to create problem with the neighboring countries. Now, the Board has allowed the movie to be screened in theaters with PG certificate. The certificate allows children to watch the movie with adults.

After this incident, it is proved that the Board doesn’t have a clear guideline on censoring movies and they act on personal preferences and intuition. This is not the first time such incident had happened. The movie banned by the Board, ‘ATM‘ was released on July 26 without change after the court found it suitable for the public. With these problems, the Board doesn’t hold any credibility to censor movies.

NFDC National Film Award 2069 full coverage video

Posted on July 22, 2013March 13, 2019 by Anand Nepal

NOTE – the National Film Award result was posted previously.

The NFDC National Film Award 2069 ceremony was held in Kathmandu on July 21 2013.

The following video is prepared by TV Filmy to cover the first National film Award. The video starts with the introduction of the judges – actress Chaitya Devi Singh, sound engineer Pradeep Upadhya, cinematographer/photographer Manju Kumar Shrestha, production manager Narayan Dhoj Pradhan.

‘Saayad’ wins best film award in National Film Award 2069

Posted on July 21, 2013December 8, 2014 by Anand Nepal

With 7 awards, Nepali movie ‘Saayad‘ won the best film award in the National Film Award 2069. The film award ceremony was held on the occasion of 50-years of Nepali movies at Tribhuvan Army Club, Sundhara.

In addition to receiving ‘Hira’ Best Movie award, and ‘Kusume Rumal‘ Best Professional Movie Award, following ‘Saayad’ crew members were awarded five other National awards:

Actor Kiran KC to award an artist and a journalist on his birthday

Posted on June 29, 2013December 8, 2014 by Anand Nepal

Nepali comedy actor Kiran KC has announced to award a film journalist and an artists on his birthday every year. Starting next year, he is planning to award Rs. 10,000 each to the best journalist and the best artist of the year.

To ensure timely distribution of award, Kiran KC has setup an award fund. Kiran KC is planning a special program on his birthday on Ashad 15 to distribute the awards to the deserving candidates. Kiran KC being a comedy artists, he is planning to start the award with comedy artists.

Rhythm declared best movie at OFA 2070 award

Posted on June 9, 2013December 8, 2014 by Anand Nepal

In OFA 2070 award, ‘Rhythm’ was declared the most popular film released in 2069.

In the program organized in Rastriya Naachghar, Jamal the winners of OFA 2070 award were declared on June 9, 2013.

Only three people on each category nominated for a new award – OFA

Posted on May 31, 2013December 8, 2014 by Anand Nepal

In the crowd of film awards, a new film award is going to be held soon – "Online Filmykhabar Award (OFA) 2070". It seems, they want to differentiate themselves from other film awards – so they have only nominated 3 people per award. It is a general practice to nominate five nominee.

In addition to the awards given for the nominated artists, three more awards including Jury Award, Popular Exhibitor Award and Life Time Achievement Award will also be awarded in the award ceremony. The orgnizers have announced that the Life Time Achievement Award will be presented to Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya.

Nomination for National Film Awards

Posted on May 19, 2013July 10, 2018 by Anand Nepal

Correction – The award is organized by Nepal Film Development Company (NFDC), not by FDB as mentioned below. Sorry for the mistake.

*** previous post follows ***

The nomination for the national Films Awards 2070 organized by the NFDC is announced. Following are the nomination for the awards in 15 different categories.

Hira Best movie nomination :

Ke Ma Timro Sathi Banna Sakchhu
Kina Lagchha Maya
Malatiko Bhatti
Rhythm
Saayad

Best director nomination:

Bikash Acharya (Rhythm)
Ganesh Dev Pandey (Malatiko Bhatti)
Gopalchandra Lamichane (Kina Lagchha Maya)
Shabir Shrestha (Ke Ma Timro Sathi Banna Sakchhu)
Suraj Subba ‘Nalbo’ (Saayad)

Haritara Film Award awarded to Sunil Thapa and Dinesh DC

Posted on March 31, 2013December 8, 2014 by Anand Nepal

This year’s Haritara Film Award was awarded to actor Sunil Thapa and actor/director Dinesh DC for their contribution to the Nepali movie industry. A program held by Haritara Award Guthi in Kathmandu on March 30 to hand over the award to the winner.

Actor Sunil Thapa has been active in the movie industry for the last 25 years and DC has been active as a journalist, RJ, actor and director for the last 15 years. The award amount is Rs. 25,000. In addition to awarding Sunil Thapa and DC, five other film related personal to be honored were producer Chhabi Raj Ojha, film journalist ShantiPriya, actress Sapana Shrestha, artist Binod Shrestha and actress/producer Jenny Kunwar.

4th Digital Film Award held in Kathmandu

Posted on December 10, 2012December 8, 2014 by Anand Nepal

A Nepali film award ceremony, 4th Filmykhabar Digital Film Award, organized by Chhaya Chhabi Creation, was held in Kathmandu on December 9, 2012. The best actor and best actress awards were handed over to Saugat Malla (for ‘Loot‘) and Rekha Thapa (for ‘Andaaz‘) respectively. Rekha’s ‘Andaaz’ was declared the best movie this year.

Other winners include Best Director – Ujjwal Ghimire for ‘Andaaz’, Best new actress – Binita Baral for ‘Chapali Height‘, Best New Actor – Samyam Puri for ‘Saayad‘. We will post the full list of winners in a separate post.

Rekha Thapa wins best actress award, again

Posted on December 9, 2012December 8, 2014 by Anand Nepal

Shiva Shrestha won the Lifetime Achievement Award

Actress Rekha Thapa was awarded the best actress award for her role in ‘Kasle Choryo Mero Man’ in Box Office Film Award 2069, held on Friday December 7, 2012 in Dubai. Rekha was also the best actress in Viewer’s Choice. Among actors, Rajesh Hamal won the Viewer’s Choice award and Aryan Sigdel won the best actor award. Producer Chhabi Raj Ojha was awarded the viewer’s choice award (producer). The best movie was declared to be ‘Bato Muni Ko Phool’. Best movie in Viewer’s Choice category was ‘First Love’. The best director award was awarded to Suraj Subba for ‘Bato Muni Ko Phool’. In the event, awards in 31 different categories were awarded.

Actor Shiva Shrestha was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award. Other actors honored during the ceremony include actor Bhuwan KC, Suman Singh, Mohankrishna Shrestha, Madhukar Shrestha, and Sunil Manandhar.

Nepali Film award to be held in Dubai on Dec 7

Posted on November 29, 2012November 13, 2014 by Anand Nepal

The first Nepali movie award to be organized to in the foreign soil, ‘Box Office Film Award 2012’ is now scheduled to be organized on Friday, December 7, 2012.

The award was previously schedule on October 12, 2012. Because of the unavailability of artists during the festive season, the award ceremony was postponed. At that time, the photos of artists were used in the promotion of the ceremony without the consent of the artists. In a latest news release, the organizers have claimed that more
than 40 artists will arrive from Nepal in Dubai for the event.

Rekha rocked CG Digital Film Awards

Posted on September 15, 2011July 1, 2014 by Anand Nepal

Like last year, Rekha Thapa and Aryan Sigdel have again become the top actress and actor in the CG Digital Film Awards, held in Kathmandu on Wednesday.

Rekha’s own production, the movie Kasle Choryo Mero Man received the best movie award, director Suraj Subba Nalbo received the best director and Shreeman received the critic’s award.

Movie Awards in Nepali Film Industry and NEFTA Film Awards

Posted on March 20, 2011April 19, 2015 by Raunak

When we see a couple of movies being released in Nepal almost every weeks, we get a feeling that the Nepali film industry is a successful industry. Every actor/actress seem very busy in one shooting or the other. The film personalities are busy in a number of events including movie launch, music launch, premiere shows, foreign shows and so on. Question arises – can the ‘book’ (film industry) be judged by its cover (all the hypes)?

Movie awards is another aspect the industry has progressed a lot. In the last two years, we have seen a huge increase in the number of Nepali Film Awards. Different organizations and associations are organizing such film awards without any coordination with each other. A few years back in the history, there were only music awards and there were nothing like movie awards. Now, the situation has reversed and there are more movie award ceremonies than music award events.

Dasdhunga won the Merocinema Popular Award 2010

Posted on January 13, 2011July 2, 2014 by Anand Nepal

The result of the online voting for Merocinema Popular Award 2010 is announced today. Dasdhunga has become the most popular movie of the year.

The most successful movie has become Bato Muni Ko Phool with 6 awards in different categories. Other winners are:

Best movie – Dasdhunga
Best director – Suroj Singh "Nalbo" (Bato Muni Ko Phool)
Best actor – Rajesh Hamal (from Desh / Swabhimaan / Didi Bhai)
Best actress – Rekha thapa (from Bato Muni Ko Phool/Kasle Choryo Mero Man)
Best musician – Mahesh Khadka (Nai Nabhannu La)
Best singer (male) – Dipak Limbu (Nai Nabhannu La)
Best singer (female) – Prakriti Giri (Bato Muni Ko Phool)
Best actor (supporting) – Vinaya Shrestha (First Love)
Best actor in comic role – Nirmal Sharma (Afno Manche Afnai Huncha)
Best actor in negative role – Saugat Malla (Dashdhunga)
Best script writer – Suroj Subba "Nalbo" (Bato Muni Ko Phool)
Best action director – Rajendra Khadgi (Desh/Ranasangram)
Best choreographer – Alok Nembang (Kohi Mero)
Best editor – Simosh Sunuwar(First Love)
Best cinematographer – Sanjay Lama (Bato Muniko Phool)
Best new face (male) – Yash Kumar (Bato Muni Ko Phool)
Best new face (Female) – Richa Sharma (First Love)

Online movie award – Merocinema Popular Awards announced

Posted on December 1, 2010November 13, 2014 by Anand Nepal

A Nepali movies site, merocinema.com, in association with a TV program, Rajatpat, has announced a virtual movie award – Merocinema Popular Awards. The first edition of the yearly movie award will start from the 3rd of December.

The website will ask the movie lovers all around the world to select best in the 15 different categories and vote for them.

There is no doubt that the "virtual award" is a new experiment in Nepal. We have seen the online voting system to be biased and the best (and the busiest) artists usually are defeated in such polls.

Although merocinema has posted about the support from various personnel from the Nepali movie industry, details on the timeline, rules, methodology, and prizes are not publicized yet.

We wish all the best to the new experiment in the Nepali movie industry.

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