Friday Release – Junge and Baazigar

Two new Nepali movies were released in theater on Friday, April 29, 2016. Both Suraj Singh Thakuri starrer ‘Junge’ and Jiwan Luitel starrer ‘Baazigar’ are action movies – one targeted to the multiplex viewers and another to the single theater viewers respectively.

Junge

The movie featuring Suraj Singh Thakuri and Richa Sharma in leading role is considered an awaited movie because of the trailer, star cast and film making style. Other notable actors in the move are Anup Baral and Dipasikha Shahi. The content and style scene in the trailer had been appreciated. Actress Richa is featured as a hot queen – in negative role. More details on ‘Junge’ the movie was posted earlier.

‘Junge’ is directed by Utkal Thapa. The cinematographer is Susan Prajapati, Subash Koirala has written the script and the dialogue is written bySS Agraj. The movie is about Junga Bahadur Rana in the present political context. There is another movie by the same name, featuring Melina Manandhar in leading role – Watch ‘Junge’ here.

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Friday Release – Pashupati Pradad and Refugee

Two new movies have released in theater today, on January 29, 2016. The movie by the team of ‘Talakjung VS Tulke’ famed Khagendra Lamichane, ‘Pashupati Prasad’ seems to be similar character based movie. Another release ‘Regfuge’ features Jiwan Luitel in leading role.

Pashupati Prasad

After the success of Khagendra Lamichane’s movie ‘Talakjung VS Tulke’, his movie ‘Pashupati Prasad’ was awaited by his fans. A premier show of the movie was held on Thursday among artists, journalists and guests. The movie is about a guy who had gone to Kathmandu to earn money from a remote village after the death of his parents. The movie directed by Dipendra K Khanal is shot mostly in Pashupati area featuring Khagendra in leading role. Actress Barsha Siwakoti, Bipin Karki, Prakash Ghimire and Rabindra Singh Baniya are featured in main characters in the movie. The movie made under the joint banner of Tuki Films and Dipendra K Khanal Production. The director, Dipendra K Khanal had previously directed successful movies like ‘Chapali Height’, ‘Jhole’, ‘The Yug Dekhi Yug Samma’ and ‘Dharma’ (all these movies are available to watch in xnepali).

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Nepali Movie – Bhool Bhulaiyaa

Nepali Movie – Bhool Bhulaiyaa
StarringJiwan Luitel, Neeta Dhungana, Sohit Mahandar etc.
Director – Yogesh Ghimire

The Nepali movie ‘Bhool Bhulaiya’ released in 2015 was one of the hot movies of 2015. A presentation of Arush International is produced  in association with Angel Movies, Australia and presented by Dinesh Kumar Pokharel.  The movie features the music of Basanta Sapkota, choreography of Kabiraj Gahatraj, camera by Babu Shrestha, editing by Banish Shah, written by Shivam Adhikari, adviser is Bikash Acharya.

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Friday Release – Fanko and Kafal Pakyo (with trailers)

This week on January 15, 2016 two new Nepali movies are releasing in theater. Both the movies – director Sabitri Khatri’s ‘Kafal Pakyo’ and Suwarna Thapa’s movie ‘Fanko’ were highly publicized movies. Both the movies were shown to the Nepali viewers in foreign countries before their official release. The movies are being released on Magh 1, the Makar Sakranti festival in Nepal.

Kafal Pakyo

The movie ‘Kafal Pakyo’ features Jiwan Luitel, Barsha Raut, Mukesh Acharya, Laya Sangarula and Uttam KC in leading roles. The movie directed by Sabitri Khatri features the music of Bikash Chaudhary, script of Pradeep Bhardwoj and is made under Red Panda banner.

The movie is made on comedy theme. The movie shows the travel from Kathmandu to Gulmi in romantic way. The Actor Jiwan is featured as a village guy and actress Barsha Raut is featured as a modern tom-boy. The relationship between the two is the whole movie.

Watch the trailer of the movie
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Nepali Movie – Stupid Man

Nepali Movie – Stupid Man
StarringNiraj Baral, Jiwan Luitel, Riju Shrestha, Chandani Sharma etc.
Director – Diwakar Bhattrai

The movie ‘Stupid Man’ was released on October 25, 2014 and was liked by the viewers. The movie was one of the top 10 successful movies of the year 2071 BS. The music director Arjun Pokharel was awarded the Best Music Director in NEFTA Films Award, 2015. The movie produced by Suva Films features the choreography of Kabiraj Gahatraj, editing of Dirgha Khadka, right direction by Astha Maharjan and screenplay by Samipya Raj Timilsina. The movie was fully shot in Thailand.

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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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What Nepali artists say about Nepal Constitution 2072 ?

In a special ceremony held in Kathmandu on September 20, 2015, the new constitution of Nepal was unveiled by the president Dr. Ram Baran Yadav at the Constitution Assembly (CA) in Kathmandu. The constitution was written after an 8-years-long writing process spanning two Constitution Assemblies. Although there are still some people who are not satisfied by the new constitution, ninety percent of CA members had endorsed it. The citizens of Terai region have complained that the Constitution hasn’t incorporated their demands. As the new Constitution can easily be amended by 2/3 majority in the parliament, all the concerns can easily be incorporated in future amendments. According to reports, the new Constitution is the most democratic Constitution in the history of Nepal. On the completion of the lengthy constitution writing process, the film artists have welcomed it and have congratulated everybody for the achievement. I have collected some of the responses of Nepali artists on the historic day.

UPDATEDownload the official copy of the Constitution of Nepal 2072.

The following entries are in no particular order. The Facebook Pages referred are listed in this post.

Comedy actor Hari Bamsha Acharya had welcomed the finalization of the constitution and wished the Madhesh issues be solved soon.

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Friday Release – Luv Sab and Dhoon

This Friday, on September 11, 2015, two new movies are releasing on theater. The movies previously scheduled to release earlier had been pushed back by the earthquake of April 25. The movies releasing this Firday are Krishna Poudel’s ‘Dhoon’, and Dev Kumar Shrestha’s movie ‘Luv Sab’.

Earlier, Shovit Basnet‘s movie ‘Jaun Hida Pokhara’ was also scheduled to release on the date. But it seems, the movie is not going to release this Friday and actor Jaya Kishan Basnet is promoting ‘Luv Sab’. The change makes sense as the director of ‘Jaun Hida Pokhara’, Shovit Basnet is the father of Salon Basnet, the lead actor of ‘Luv Sab’.

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Movies of Jiwan Luitel

Actor Jiwan Luitel is known as one of the most popular actors in Nepali film industry these days. The movies of Jiwan Luitel available in xnepali:

Here is the list of full movies featuring Jiwan Luitel in xnepali:

Nepali Movie – Sukulgunda (Jiwan Luitel, Khusbu Khadka)
Nepali Movie – Radha (Jiwan Luitel, Sanchita Luitel)
Nepali Movie – Blackmail
Nepali Movie – Lakeside (Only description )
Nepali Movie – Tirkha (Jiwan Luitel, Poojana Pradhan, Nandita KC)
Nepali Movie – Refugee
Nepali Movie – Baazigar (2016)
Nepali Movie – Kafal Pakyo
Nepali Movie – Thuli
Nepali Movie – Jaun Hinda Pokhara
Neplai Movie – Kasam Hajurko
Nepali Movie – Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Nepali Movie – Stupid Man
Nepali movie – Mero Euta Sathi Chha
Nepali Movie – Nai Nabhannu La 2
Nepali Movie – Bindaas 2
Nepali Movie – Deep Shikha
Nepali Movie – Rhythm
Nepali Movie – Nasib Afno
Nepali Movie – Malati ko Bhatti
Nepali Movie – Sano Sansar (2008)

Profile of Jiwan Luitel

Jiwan is married to Anjali Luitel. They have two children – a daughter (Zara Luitel) and a son (Hridaan Luitel). Jiwan’s daughter was born on June 22, 2015. His son is a year and half older than the daughter (news of the birth of Jiwan’s son).

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Jiwan Luitel becomes the father of a daughter (photos)

Actor Jiwan Luitel has become the father of the second child, a daughter on June 22. Jiwan’s first child, a son was born a year and half ago. In a message posted in his Facebook profile, Jiwan has congratulated his wife, Anjali Luitel, for the delivery of his second child. He hopes his family will be happier with the new member in the family. Jiwan’s first child was born on December 14, 2013.

Photos of the new member in Jiwan Luitel’s family:

Photo 1 – Jiwan Luitel holds the new born daughter on his hand.

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Film shootings resumes after earthquake

After devastating earthquake of April 25, 2015, the Nepali film industry is trying to get back to its track. After the earthquake all the shootings were halted, movie releases re-scheduled, and the theatres were closed. Artists were busy in earthquake relief works. Now, more than a months of the sad incident, the industry some works have started.

A video report on the current status of Nepali entertainment industry:
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At the time of  the earthquake, the shooting of the movie ‘Bhaag Saani Bhaag’ was in its last stage in Kathmandu. When the shooting studio was damaged by the earthquake, the remaining shooting was done in the home of one of the artists.

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Temporary residences named after movies

The temporary residences constructed by the help of Nepali film artists at Rampur Danda of Kabhrepalanchowk are handed over to the locals. The earthquake had destroyed about 40 houses in the area. On May 20 a group of Nepali film artists handed over the houses, named after popular Nepali movies, to the owners.

The team led by Suresh Darpan Pokharel in association of actress Keki Adhikari had constructed all 40 temporary residences in the last four days. The volunteer artists include Benisha Hamal, Surekshya Pant, Melina Manandhar, Barsha Siwakoti, Nandita KC, Dilip Rayamajhi, Jiwan Luitel, Anmol KC, Yashraj, Swotantra Pratap Shah and musician Basanta Sapkota had supported by volunteering and providing the financial resources to help in the construction of the buildings.

All the 40 houses are named after Nepali films including the first Nepali movie ‘Aama’ (watch ‘Aama’ here) to the relatively new movie ‘Sano Sansar’ (watch ‘Sano Sansar’ here). The naming of the house didn’t have any relationship to the producers of the movies.

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Jiwan Luitel burnt an effigy of earthquake, a psychological treatment of fear

As a symbolic protest, burning an effigy of political leaders have been quite popular in Nepal. But, for the first time, I have felt the true use of such an practice. Actor Jiwan Luitel has burned an effigy of earthquake prepared by the women’s group in Shivanagar, Kalanki.

Although it seems like a superstition, it was used as the psychological treatment of the women and children of the area. The organizer, Women Development Committee, has found that the children and women were so afraid of earthquake that some were afraid of entering houses. The symbolic burning of the image of earthquake has brought relief on the people.

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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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