Priyanka and Dayahang to romance in Laltin

Actress Priyanka Karki and actor Dayahang Rai have signed in the upcoming movie of director Dev Kumar Shrestha, ‘Laltin’. The movie to be produced by Bhanu Pratap will be made on the story reflecting the current situation of Nepal. The movie is scheduled to start the shooting in a couple of weeks.

Priyanka and Dayahang are two of the most busy actors in Nepali film industry. Apart from being co-artists in a number of movies, Priyanka Karki and Dayahang Rai are good friends in personal level.

Dayahang and Priyanka had romanced in a previous movies ‘Jholey’ (Watch ‘Jholey’ here). They had worked together in movies like ‘Woda Number 6’ and ‘kabaddi Kabaddi’.

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Friday release – Kabaddi Kabaddi and Jaun Hinda Pokhara

This week two new movies Ram Babu Gurung’s ‘Kabaddi Kabaddi’ and Shovit Basnet‘s ‘Jaun Hinda Pokhara’ have released in theater. The targeted audience of these two movies are not the same but, one would certainly affect the business of the other.

Kabaddi Kabaddi

The sequel of the hit movie ‘Kabaddi’ by the same team is a highly awaited movie. Set in typical village environment and featuring well known actors like Dayahang Rai and Nischal Basnet in leading role are some of the strongest aspects of the movie. The directional talent of Ram Babu Gurung was seen in ‘Kabaddi’. The movie had won many awards and positive reviews from the viewers and reviewers. Actress Rishma Gurung is also establishing herself as a credible actress in Nepali film industry.

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Top 5 nominations in D Cine Award 2015 (Full list)

The nominations for the upcoming movie award, D Cine Award has been released. The 7th edition of the cinema award is one of the many Nepali film awards being held by various organizations. The Award has teamed up with CG (Chaudhary Group, the business organization of Binod Chaudhary) this year to rename it LG D Cine Award 2072. The award ceremony is scheduled to be held in Mangsir month.

The nomination list is prepared from the movies released in the year 2071 BS. There will be 38 different categories of the award in the award ceremony. The award organizer has told that most of the 82 movies released in the year have participated in the award.

The jury members of the Award ceremony are writer and director Mohan Niraula, journalist and director Bijayaratna Tuladhar, musician Santosh Shrestha, and the first female cinematographer of Nepal Sabanam Mukhiya. Three movies out of the 5 nominations for best movies are available to watch in xnepali.

Watch the nominated movies:

  • Watch ‘Kabaddi’ – nominated for Best Movie Award, Best Director, Best Actor (male), Best Editing and others.
  • Watch ‘Talakjung VS Tulke’ – nominated for Best Movie Award, Best Director award, Action and others.
  • Watch ‘November Rain’ – nominated for Best Movie Award, Best Director, Best Actor (male), Best Actor (Female), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Script, Best Supporting Actress (Female) and a lot of others.
  • Watch ‘Birkhelai Chinchhas’ – Nominated for Best Script, Best New Director, Background Music,
  • Watch ‘Jerryy’ – Nominated for Best Cinematography, Best New Actor (Female)
  • Watch ‘Lazza’ – Nominated for Best New Actor (Female), Best Singer, Lyricist, Musician etc.

The nominations are as follows:

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Nischal Basnet debuts as a singer in Kabaddi Kabaddi, and he is good!

The director of the super hit movies ‘Loot’ and ‘Talakjung Vs Tulke’, and noted actor of movies like ‘Kabaddi’, Nischal Basnet has debuted as a singer in his upcoming movie ‘Kabaddi Kabaddi’. Unlike most of other actors/actresses who have given voices to songs, Nischal is as good as a professional singer. May be it is the magic of the music composer Kali Prasad Baskota but, after listening to the song, one can be sure that Nischal has a potential of being a singer.

[Here are the links to watch ‘Loot’ and watch ‘Talakjung VS Tulke’ and watch ‘Kabaddi’ – all super-hit movies of Nischal]

The sequel of ‘Kabaddi’, Ram Babu Gurung’s directorial venture, ‘Kabaddi Kabaddi’ is in post production phase. The story of a remote village in Mustang tries to replicate the success of ‘Kabaddi’ and is one of the awaited movies of the current time. The movie features Dayahang Rai, Saugat Malla, Nischal Basnet and Rishma Gurung in main roles. Actor Saugat Malla is a new addition to the characters to the ‘Kabaddi’ team. The romantic comedy movie is fully shot in Mustang. The movie is jointly produced by Nischal Basnet and Sunil Chand Rauniyar under Black Horse Pictures banner.

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INAS Film Award 2015, winners (full list)

The third edition of INAS Film Award was held in Pragya Bhawan, Kamaladi in Kathmandu. The award ceremony held on Sunday awarded director Tulsi Ghimire with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The award has has a cash prize of Rs. 100,000. The award ceremony was organized by the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRN) and the Film Development Board (FDB). In the program, NRN Upendra Mahato appreciated in the improvement in the quality of Nepali movies. Actor and musician Muralidhar expressed his happiness to be honored in a Nepali film award ceremony.

Watch the INAS Award winning movies here in xnepali:


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Woda Number Chha, Movie Review

Nepali movie ‘Woda Number Chha’ was released in theatres in Kathmandu on September 18, 2015. Because of the uncertainity in the the places out of Kathmandu, the release in other cities in Nepal had been postponed.

‘Woda Number Chha’ profile

Nepali Movie – Woda Number Chha
DirectorUjjwal Ghimire
Banner – Aama Saraswoti
Release Date – September 18, 2015
Genre – Comedy
Recommendation – Good comedy, good acting, well written script, original story and recommended.

‘Woda Number Chha’ Artists

‘Woda Number Chha’ Plot

The movie is set in Ward No. 6 in an unspecified village of Nuwakot. It is the story of five guys of Jhulebasti. The lives of the five guys is fun filled until one of the guys like the daughter of their master, Sushila. Then, Maoist insurgency also enters in the story-line. The movie however is not centered in Maoist war and doesn’t decide on whether the war was wrong or right. It only shows how and who benefited from the war.

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Friday Release – Woda Number Chha, only in Kathmandu

This Friday, on September 18, Nepali movie ‘Woda Number Chha’ is released on theater. The unofficial sequel of the super-hit movie ‘Chha Ekan Chha’ is a solo release this week.

Watch “Chha Ekan Chha” here

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Because of the possibility of unrest after the release of the constitution of Nepal on Sunday, the release of ‘Woda Number Chha’ in theaters out of Kathmandu have been postponed. The distributor company AFD has decided to release the movie only the the theatres in Kathmandu. That is the reason, the promotion effort of the movie was focused only in Kathmandu.

After the success of ‘Chha Ekan Chaa’ the production team had teamed up to produce the second movie of similar theme and comedy. ‘Woda Number Chaa’ is directed by Ujjwal Ghimire and is produced jointly by Deepak Raj Giri, Deepa Shree Niraula and Nirmal Sharma.  The movie is produced under the banner of Aama Saraswoti Geeta Devi Movies. The movie features Priyanka Karki, Deepak Raj Giri, Deepa Shree Niraula, Jitu Nepal, Kedar Ghimire, Sitaram Kattel, Dayahang Rai, Nir Shah and others. The movie features choreography of Gambhir Bista and Shankar BC, VFx and Editing by Gautam Raj Khadka, cinematography of Deepak Bajracharya, action by Roshan Shrestha.

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National Film Award, Kabaddi Best Film, Dayahang, Sangam Bista and Richa Sharma best actors

The president Ram Baran Yadav awarded the National Films Award 2015 in an even held at the President’s place, Shital Niwas, on July 28. In the ceremony ‘Kabaddi’ was awarded the Best Movie Award (watch ‘Kabaddi’ here). Actor Dayahang Rai was awarded the Best Actor (male) award for his role in the movie ‘Sambodhan’. Actress Richa Sharma and Sangam Bista  were awarded the Best Actress Award for their role in ‘Talakjung VS Tulke’ and ‘Love You Baba’ respectively.

Nischal Basnet was awarded the best director’s award for his work in ‘Talakjung VS Tulke’. The Best Cinematographer award was awarded to Shailendra Dhoj Karki for his work in ‘Zhigrana’ and Nimesh Shrestha was awarded the Best Editor award for the same movie. The movie ‘Matan’ was awarded the best movie in ethnic films category. ‘Kabaddi’ writers Rambabu Gurung and Upendra Subba were also awarded in the ceremony.

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Bir Bikram, a movie by Milan Chams to feature Diya

Director Milan Chams has announced a movie titled ‘Bir Bikram’ featuring new actress Diya Pun with Dayahang Rai, Anup Bikram Shahi and Arpan Thapa in leading roles. The movie to go on floor on Bhadra 1 will be shot in locations in and out of Kathmandu.

The movie to be made on action and comedy is written by Ram Thapa. Ram KC is the cinematographer, Tara Prakash Limbu is the musician and Renasha Rai is the choreographer. The movie is being produced by Milan Chams with the co-production of Anil Rai, Prithivi Rai and Shiva Kumar Rai.

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Friday release, Ichchha

This Friday on Februray 20, 2015 only one Nepali movie, ‘Ichhya’ (or ‘Ichchha’ as shown in the poster) is releasing in theater. Before the final release in theater, the movie was premiered on Sunday evening in F Cube multiplex. The film crew and journalists were invited to the premier show.

The movie directed by Munal Ghimire is made under the banner PLM Films named after its three producers Nabin Shrestha, Laxman Poudel and Prakash Ghimire.  The movie features Dayahang Rai, Subash Thapa, Dipsikha Shahi, Om Pratik, Deshbhakta Khanal, Aakash Pal, Ayushma Karki, and Rashmi Bhatta in main roles. The movie is made on a social story about marriage. The movie tries to give a message that marriage should not be forced upon the youngsters.

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Friday Release – Sambodhan and Tiger the Real Hero

UPDATE – We had missed the release of another movie. This is an update to add the release of ‘Tiger the Real Hero’ on January 30.

This Friday on January 30, 2015 Nepali movie featuring Namrata Shrestha, Binaya Bhatta and Dayahang Rai in leading role, ‘Sambodhan’ is releasing. The movie by ‘Hostel‘ and ‘Jerry’ famed director, Hemraj BC, is expected to be liked by Nepali audience.

‘Sambodhan’ marks the debut of student politician and the president of Nepal Student Union, Tri Chandra College, Binaya Bhatta. Other actors include Prasant Tamrakar and Suleman Shankar (Iku). ‘Sambodhan’ is a presentation of Saroj Neupane for Red Rose Entertainment and Blue Throat Films. The film features music by Jayan, script of the director Hemraj BC, produced by Saroj Neupane and Bishnu Lama.

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Nepali Movie – Loafer

Nepali Film – Loafer
StarringAryan Sigdel, Dayahang Rai, Sushil Raj Pandey, Rajani KC, Kamal Mani Nepal etc.
Director – Aditya Bikram Lamsal

The film ‘Loafer’ marks the first movie of Chhabi Raj Ojha without Rekha after he debuted Rekha in ‘Hero’ (watch ‘Hero’). He introduced Rajani KC in the film. Initially, Rajani was expected to replace Rekha in Chhabi’s film but, he found an actress in looks similar to Rekha, Shilpa Pokharel, in ‘Lazza’. So far, Shilpa Pokharel seem to fit in the shoes of Rekha in Chhabi camp and she has already done hat-trick by working in three films of Chhabi Raj Films banner. In addition, Chhabi is rumored to be wooing Shilpa to make his fourth wife.

The review of ‘Loafer’ wasn’t as positive as expected and the film wasn’t recommended by our reviewer. The movie was initially scheduled to release on the same date with Rekha Thapa‘s film ‘Kali’ (watch ‘Kali’). But, when Rekha agrees to let Chhabi distribute the film, he re-scheduled the release date of ‘Loafer’.

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Nepali Movie – Badhshala

Nepali Movie – Badhshala
Starring – Anup Baral, Arpan Thapa, Saugat Malla, Dayahang Rai, Sarita Giri, Samuna KC etc.
Director – Manoj Pandit

A presentation of Smashing Apple, ‘Badhshala’ is a film on the torture of Maoist combatants at Bhairavnath barrack of Nepal Army. Released on April 19, 2013, ‘Badhshala’ went through a political controversy after being banned by Nepal Army. The film makers went to street to protest the unjust banning of the movie citing March 8 as the black Friday.

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Nepali Movie – Kabaddi

Nepali Film – Kabaddi
StarringDayahang Rai, Nischal Basnet, Rishma Gurung etc.
Director – Ram Babu Gurung

Nepali film ‘Kabaddi’ was released on April 24, 2014 with another Nepali movie ‘November Rain’. The film makers had withdrawn the film from Gopi Krishna theater after the first show of the film.

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Nepali movie – Loot

Nepali film – Loot
Starring Saugat Malla, Karma, Reecha Sharma, Dayahang Rai, Sirjana Subba, Prateek Raj Neupane, Sushil Raj Pandey, Sushma Karki etc.
Director – Nischal Basnet

Read xNepali review of ‘Loot’.

The story of the super hit movie of 2012, ‘Loot’ is written by the director, Nischal Basnet. The movie proved to be a relief at the time when the Nepali movie industry was going in a downward spirals. Actress and model Sushma Karki’s item dance ‘Undreko choli …’ established the actress as the hot actress in Nepali film industry. Most of the actors, new in the movie, are now well established actors in the industry and the movie represents a new start and the confidence of the Nepali film industry. Although 4 new Nepali movies were released on the day ‘Loot’ was released, the movie managed to become the top grossing movie of the year.

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