Starring – Rekha Thapa, Sabin Shrestha, Nirmal Century, Kiran KC, Monika Dahal etc.
Director – Sanu Shakya
A 2069 BS movie, ‘Barsat’ is the second venture of Mata Manakamana Production. Krishna Shrestha did the cinematography, Shankar BC in choreography, Roshan Shrestha in action, Shivam Adhikari in script and dialogue.
Based on her actions these days, we can easily guess that actress Rekha Thapa is feeling insecure and impatient to to start something other than acting.
After enjoying a decade-long position of being top actress, she might be well aware that new actresses might dethrone her any time. That might be one of the reasons she was the only winners who didn’t attend the National Film Award ceremony. Rekha later accused the organizers of asking her money for the award.
After the National Award Ceremony Rekha had expressed her dissatisfaction of Garima Pant winning the Best Actress award in SAARC Film Festival and the National Film Award. She made a whole lot of fuss about her not knowing about the SAARC film festival and likes. She also didn’t like Neeta Dhungana winning an award in the National Film Award. She even accused Jharana Thapa winning the award because of her close ties with the FDB chief Pappu. Although Rekha’s accusation were serious nobody took it seriously. Is that a sign that Rekha was feeling grossly insecure as an actress?
Rekha Thapa and Sudarshan Gautam didn’t show up in the ANMA – NASeA Joint convention organized in Denver Colorado from August 29 to August 31, 2014. Rekha was scheduled to premier her upcoming movie ‘Himmatwali’ and meet the guests of the event. But, the premier show was canceled at the last minute and Rekha and Sudarshan also didn’t show up in the program to meet the guests.
The convention was organized at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Denver International Airport. Rekha had arrived there on September 27 with her mother Saraswati Thapa.
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Nepali Movie – Afno Manche Afnai Huncha (2011)
Starring – Biraj Bhatt, Rekha Thapa, Arunima Lamsal, Mukesh Dhakal, Rabi Giri, Deshbhakta Khanal, Dinesh DC, Munal Ghimire, Anju maharjan etc.
Direction – Rishi Lamichane
The movie ‘Afno Manche Afnai Hunchha’ is a presentation of Munal Ghimire for PLM Films.
Actor Nikhil Upreti is going to produce a movie titled ‘Bhairav’ and featuring actress Anu Shah opposite to Nikhil Upreti. In the movie, actress Rekha Thapa is also going to be featured as an item girl.
Nikhil and Rekha were not in good terms for a long time and they had reportedly patched up recently.
Starring – Rekha Thapa, Ramit Dhungana, Biraj Bhatt, Arjun Shrestha, Tripti Nadkar, Ashok Sharma, Hemanta Budhathoki, Sunil Thapa etc.
Direction – Gyanendra Deuja
‘Dewar Babu’ is a presentaion of Keshav Bhattarai’s KKD films. The story of the movie is written by Suraj Subba ‘Nalbo’.
The trailer of Chhabi Raj Films’ movie ‘Lazza’ was released few days after the release of trailer of Rekha Films’ movie ‘Himmatwali’. Although they are not directly competing with each other, Chhabi Raj Ojha and Rekha Thapa have been indirect rivals after their divorce.
We compared two trailers and found that they are quite different trailers. We want to leave the decision to you to conclude which one seems like a better movie.
Please comment after watching these two trailers:
Starring – Rajesh Hamal, Sri Krishna Shrestha, Rekha Thapa, Niruta Singh, Rabi Giri, Narayan Tripathi, Mohan Niraula etc.
Director – Pradeep Shrestha
‘Ajambari Nata’ is a presentation of Shyma Sundar Khetan for Rekha Films. The movie is made on the story of producer Chhabi Raj Ojha. Maunata Shrestha has written the script and dialogue of the movie. Actress Neeta Dhungana is featured as a child artist in the movie.
The trailer of Rekha Film’s upcoming movie ‘Himmatwali’ has been released online. In the movie, Rekha Thapa has romanced with the amputee actor Sudarshan Gautam. Rekha and Sudarshan have romanced in the movie and have also publicly admitted that they love each other in real life. The movie marks the debut of Sudarshan as an actor, debut of Rekha as a director, use of camel for the first time in Nepali movie and so on. The success or the failure of the movie would determine the future of Rakha as a director and producer.
After the release of songs of the movie, Rekha as decided to release the trailer. Although the tune of the first release ‘Kali timro nazarle …’ was liked by the audience, the choreography had failed the expectations. Other songs faired average. It is no secret that Rekha’s ex-husband Chhabi Raj Ojha had established Rekha is Nepali film industry. The fact if she could fly alone or not will be determined by ‘Himmatwali’.
Starring- Rajesh Hamal, Nikhil Upreti, Dilip Rayamajhi, Rekha Thapa, Usha Poudel, Dinesh Sharma, Rabi Giri, Rabi Dangol, Nandu Sribastav, Ramchandra Adhikari, Radha Lamsal etc.
Director – Dayaram Dahal
‘Pale Dai’ is a presentation of Guruju Films Production by Madan Man Bajracharya (Guruju). The story of the movie is written by Madan Man Bajracharya.
Starring – Rekha Thapa, Kishor Khatiwada, Jaya Kishan Basnet, Siru Bista, Dhurba Khatiwoda, Nandu Sribastav etc.
Director – Shabir Shrestha
‘Kali‘ is produced jointly by Rekha Films and Guna Cinema and presented by Rekha Thapa. Rekha’s ex-husband is the executive producer of the movie. The movie features the music of Basanta Sapkota. Rekha’s another movie ‘Damini’ was also released on the same day. When she was in the USA, Rekha had told Himgyap Lama will direct the movie. But, after her return back, she chose Shabir to direct the movie.
In a latest report, director Shyam Bhattarai is teaming with Rekha Thapa‘s ex-husband Chhabi Raj Ojha to produce the hit movie ‘Lanka’ sequel. Both Chhabi and Shyam had been the victim of being stepping stones on the success of the top actress in the Nepali film industry.
Shyam and Chhabi have reportedly signed an agreement to take ‘Lanka 2’ to floor after Tihar. In the report, there is a high chance that Shilpa Pokharel will be featured in the lead role in the movie. We suspect, Shilpa’s future will be determined when her debut movie ‘Lazza’ releases in Tihar.
* This feature article is a part of women in Nepali film industry series. Another article in this series is female writers in Nepali film industry. UPDATE on April 22, 2015: Dipa Basnet has directed another movie titled ‘Shree 5 Ambare’ and Samjhana Upreti has also directed her second movie ‘Falgu’. UPDATE on July 11, 2015: A new female director, Deepa Shree Niraula has announced a new movie titled ‘Chha Bhane Maya Chhapakai Laideu’ (an audio report attached at the end of this post).
The entry of female directors in Nepali film industry is very limited. There are two ways a director can start directing movies – one by working as an assistant director to an established director, two by completing direction studies. The entry of female directors in Nepali film industry is mostly by the second path. None of the female assistant directors so far have become a directors in Nepali film industry.
Watch a short video on the Female directors of the film industry:
The first female director in Nepali film industry is Suchitra Shrestha. She started as a film journalist and eventually became the director of ‘Prem Yuddha’.
Female film directors of Nepali film industry:
None of these directors have directed more than one movies yet. This statement is no longer true. Dipa Basnet’s second movie ‘Shree 5 Ambare’ is already released and Samjhana Upreti’s second movie, ‘Falgu’ is in post production.
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Starring – Rekha Thapa, Uttam Pradhan, Uma Baby, Bhupen Chand, Hemanta Budhathoki etc.
Director – Shabir Shrestha
The movie ‘Ishara’Â is a presentation of actress Uma Baby featuring actress Rekha Thapa in leading role. The movie is made under Anushi Films P. Ltd. banner. The movie was released in Kathmandu on November 2, 2012.
Starring – Biraj Bhatt, Dilip Rayamajhi, Rekha Thapa, Sanchita Luitel, Rejina Upreti, Mithila Sharma etc.
Writer / Director – Uddhav Abidit
A Miraj Films Proudction film Itihaas is producudec by Milan Subedi. The movie features the background music of Jiwan Tondon, art of Pasang T Sherpa, editing of Anil Gautam, action of Ram/Gautam, music of Suresh Adhikari, cinematography of Yubaraj Rai, choreography of Kabiraj Gahatraj etc.
