Actor Nikhil Upreti, the father of Sahisha Upreti didn’t show up in a ceremony held on the 5th month of her birth (pasni) in Kathmandu. A ceremony was held by the mother, actress Sanchita Luitel to celebrate the Pasni of Sahisha with noted personalities of Nepali movie industry.
The rely-hunger strike of film artists has ended on the 12th day of it’s start. In the mean time, the government has ignored the protesting artists and has unilaterally appointed the chief of Film Development Board. Today, at 11:00 AM a press meet was organized to start a hunger strike toll death to create more pressure to the government.
The participating artists in the hunger strike include Bimal Poudel, Agraj KC, Surya Regmi, Neela Basnet, Mukesh Dhakal and Ananta Timilsina.
In an effort to lock down the Film Development Board (FDB), the police has arrested 30 film artists on Thursday, January 17. When the police removed the lock the protesting film artists installed on January 9, they had gathered up at the FDB office to lock it down again.
Nepali actresses Richa Ghimire and Sanchita Luitel and going to give birth within a couple of months. Richa is expecting in a month and Sanchita in two months. To welcome the new child, Nepali movie artists organized a special ceremony. In Nepali tradition, to be moms are fed beaten rice and yogurt (dahi chiura) before the childbirth.
Actress Melina Manandhar has become the mother of a daughter today. The little girl is healthy and is almost 3 Kg in weight. The child was born on November 14, 2010 at 1:50 PM in Om Nursing Home, Kathmandu.
