3 singing actresses in 3 days of 2016, Priyanka, Chhulthim, Pooja Sharma

Posted on January 3, 2016March 25, 2019 by Anand Nepal

It seems, a lot of Nepali actresses want to be more than bathroom singers. This week ~~two~~ three Nepali actresses released a musical single each and Gauri Malla also sang Nepali and Hindi songs in a New Year celebration program.

Priyanka Karki has released a song titled ‘Swotantra’. A well cinematographed music video features Priyanka in hot avatar, in bikini. Priyanka is the director, model and the voice in the music video. This is not the first time Priyanka had released songs in her voice. She had given voice to the title song of the movie ‘Aawaran’ featuring Yama Buddha. After that, she had also released a music video of the popular song of Bachchu Kailash – ‘Timle Ta Hoina Mera …’. The current release ‘Swotantra’ can be considered the first original solo of Priyanka.

Watch Priyanka’s music video:

Nepali Movie – Aakal

Posted on December 31, 2015May 8, 2017 by Anand Nepal

Nepali Movie – Aakal
Starring – Rajesh Hamal, Rekha Thapa, Nir Shah, Shiva Hari Poudel, Kamal Krishna, Deepak Chhetri, Khem Sharma etc.
Director – Ni Shah

The movie ‘Aakal’ was released on May 9, 2014 in theaters all over Nepal. A presentation of Shree Byankatesh Entertainment un association with Nir Cinema. Shiva Hari Poudel, Krishna Murari Dhungel, Mishri Thapa, Tikam Sharma, Nirmal Sharma, Raghu Gautam, Rajesh Darshan, NN Paul, and Khem Sharma are the guest artists in the movie. The movie introduces Ashok Gurung.

Movie Songs – Nepali Movie, Rampyari, audio jukebox

Posted on November 30, 2015November 30, 2015 by Anand Nepal

The songs of the upcoming movie of actress Rekha Thapa under her banner Rekha Films, ‘Rampyari’ is attached for your entertainment. The audio jukebox has three songs from the movie. The movie is scheduled to release on the last Friday of the year 2072 BS – on Chaitra 27 (April 8, 2016). Rekha’s ex-husband’s movie ‘Kismat 2’ is also expected to release on the same date.

The movie ‘Rampyari’ features Rekha in the role of a three-wheeler driver and is based on a real person. The movie directed by Shabir Shrestha features Sabin Shrestha opposite to Rekha Thapa and also introduces Rekha’s nephew Aavash Adhikari opposite to actress Ashma DC.

Rekha Thapa accused of fraud, police complaint lodged in Khotang

Posted on November 26, 2015November 26, 2015 by Anand Nepal

Actress Rekha Thapa has been accused of fraud and lodged a complaint against her in the District Police Office, Khotang. In the complaint, Rekha is accused of taking advance cash for the participation in a local program and failing to show up in the program. The organizer of the program, Sagarmatha Janasewa Samaj, had paid Rs. 1,00,000 in cash to the actress for her participation.

Video report:

According to the deposit slip provided by the organizer, Rekha was paid the cash in her account in Siddhartha Bank, Kamaladi Branch on Kartik 20, 2072 BS.

Ganesh Puri has told that Rekha didn’t cancel her participation and the organizers couldn’t contact her at the time of the program.

Top 5 Actresses who are also producers

Posted on November 24, 2015November 24, 2015 by Anand Nepal

The first female producer of Nepali movie is Manju Rana, the producer of the Nepali movie ‘Juni’. After Manju the professional female producer of Nepali movie is Sumitra Poudel. Producer Malati Rai produced the super-hit Nepali movie ‘Saino’. These producers were not actresses. In later days, actresses had entered film production business with mixed result.

At this time, at least 5 movies produced by actresses are recently released or waiting to release in near future.Â Actress Poojana Pradhan‘s debut production movie ‘Chocolete’ is releasing on December 4, 2015. Similarly, actress Karishma Manandhar‘s production ‘Falgu’ is releasing on February 17, 2016 and actress Rekha Thapa‘s production movie ‘Rampyari’ is scheduled to release on April 8, 2016. Another actress, Suvekshya Thapa‘s home co-production movie ‘Bindaas 3’ is also ready for release. Actress Ashika Tamang‘s debut movie both as an actress and as a producer was released on October 23.

Let’s analyze 1 dozen actresses who turned into producers in Nepali film industry.

(Video summary of producer actresses:)

Rekha Thapa

Rekha’s ex-husband had registered Rekha Films after her and produced some successful movies under the banner. When Rekha and Chhabi divorced Rekha took the production with her. Chhabi had registered Chhabiraj Films banner to produce his later films. Rekha Films and Chhabiraj Films jointly produced ‘Hamesha’ before parting their ways in their next movies. The success of Rekha’s own production ‘Kali’ and ‘Himmatwali’ were after parting from Chhabi has proved Rekha a successful film producer.

All the movies produced and released under Rekha Films are available in xnepali:

Watch ‘Ajambari Nata’ (first movie of Rekha Films, debut movie of Shree Krishna Shrestha)
Watch ‘Himmat’ (Biraj Bhatt‘s first movie in leading role, Rekha Films’ second movie)
Watch ‘Kismat’ (Debut movie of Aryan Sigdel, Rekha Films’ third movie)
Watch ‘Hifajat’ (Debut movie of Aayush Rijal, Rekha Films’ fourth movie)
Watch ‘Kasle Choryo Mero Man’ (Fifth film of Rekha Films)
Watch ‘Andaaz’ (Sixth film of Rekha Films)
Watch ‘Rawan’ (7th film of Rekha Films)
Watch ‘Lanka’ (8th film of Rekha Films — and divorce of Rekha and Chhabi after ‘Lanka’)
Watch ‘Hamesha’ (9th film of Rekha Films – made in association with Chhabiraj Films)
Watch ‘Kali’ here (First film by Rekha alone – 10th film under Rekha Films banner)
Watch ‘Himmatwali’ here (11th film under Rekha Films banner)
‘Rampyari’ (upcoming movie – 12th movie under Rekha Films)

Deepawali celebration of Nepali artists (2015 Photo feature)

Posted on November 12, 2015March 25, 2019 by Anand Nepal

Like last year, I have collected the photos of the Nepali celebrities celebrating Laxmi Puja. (Visit 2014 Diwali celebration photo feature)

A video report on the Diwali celebration of Nepali actresses:

Photo report:

Photo 1 – Actress Karishma Manandhar decorating the rangoli she made. Choreographer Govinda Rai was also with Karishma during the decoration:

Photo 2 – Actress Ashma DC worshiping the goddess Laxmi on Laxmi Puja. Ashma had also made a rangoli before the evening worship.

What Nepali artists say about Nepal Constitution 2072 ?

Posted on September 20, 2015July 10, 2018 by Anand Nepal

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.

UPDATE – Download 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.

Rekha choses Sabin Shrestha for Rampyari

Posted on September 16, 2015February 17, 2022 by Anand Nepal

UPDATE on September 18, 2015

“Rampyari’ is inaugurated

Rekha’s movie ‘Rampyari’ is inaugurated on the auspicious occasion of Bishowkarma Puja. According to Hindu belief, Bishowkarma is the god of tools. On every Shrawan 1st god Bishowkarma is worshiped and the tools like vehicle, computer, camera etc. are worshiped for them to work properly. Rekha has chosen the day to start the shooting of her movie. Rekha’s statement on the start of the shooting:

Post of September 16 continues…

Why not Kishor Khatiwada?

Rekha Thapa has chosen actor Sabin Shrestha to be featured opposite to her in her upcoming movie ‘Rampyari’. Although she took a long time to choose the actor in the role, the relationship between the two is still good. Rekha is known to drift away from the actor who debut in her movies. Rekha Thapa had introduced in Sabin Shrestha in ‘Andaaz’ (watch ‘Andaaz’ here) in 2011.

Rekha’s nephew Avash Adhikari was chosen for a main role in March and his opposite in the movie is going to be Ashma DC according to a report published on the first week of September. After signing the agreement with Sabin, the movie is going to floor on Ashoj 1 (September 18). After a lengthy stay in the USA, Rekha had returned back to Nepal on July 27 to start the shooting of the movie.

Rekha Thapa relation with actors

When we look at the history of the actors Rekha had introduced in her banner, Rekha Films, most of the actors don’t even talk to her these days. We are discussing the adverse relationship of Rekha with actors:

Kishor Khatiwada
Aryan Sigdel
Nikhil Upreti
Birja Bhatt
Rajesh Hamal

Nepali Movie – Manma Maya

Posted on September 4, 2015April 22, 2017 by Anand Nepal

Nepali movie – Manma maya
Starring – Rajesh Hamal, Rekha Thapa, Karishma Manandhar, Ramit Dhungana, Dinesh Sharma, Narayan Tripathi, Sushil Pokharel,Â etc.
Director – Madan Ghimire

Nepali movie Manma Maya is a presentation of Gita Silwal for Ganesh Gentle Films. Guest artists in the movie are Gopal Bhutani, Rajendra Khadgi, Rabi Giri, Jainanda Chand, Mithila Sharma, Mudhusudhan Silwal, Nirmal Sharma, Robert John etc.. The child artists are Divyata Upreti and Ashutosh Bhedwal. Other child artists include Dristanta Upreti, Neha Ghimire, Jack Khadgi, Sharad Marahatta and Kriti Sitaula. A dog named Jolly is also featured in the movie.

Ashma DC romance with Avash Adhikari in Rampyari

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Anand Nepal

Actress Ashma DC has signed in to to be featured opposite to Avash Adhikari in Rekha Films’ upcoming movie ‘Rampyari’. Actress Rekha Thapa‘s nephew Avash Adhikari is going to debut in the movie. Rekha Thapa is going to be featured as an auto-rickshaw driver in the movie. The actor to be featured opposite to Rekha is yet to be confirmed.

The social drama movie is scheduled to go to floor on Ashoj 21. There is a possibility of delay in the shooting because of the unrest in Terai region. Although the shooting hasn’t started yet, the release date is fixed for the year end of the Nepali calendar.

Nepali Movie – Krishna

Posted on August 23, 2015April 22, 2017 by Anand Nepal

Nepali Movie – Krishna
Starring – Rajesh Hamal, Nikhil Upreti, Rekha Thapa, Nandita KC, Santosh Gurung, Sumi Khadka etc.
Director – Sujan Lama

The Nepali movie ‘Krishna’ is a presentation of RBK Sharad. The movie is made on the story featuring an action love story drama. The action and adventure movie is written by Yogesh Rayamajhi / Kishor Dhakal.

The movie was namedÂ ‘Kholawari Kholapari’ at the time of shooting. The movie was renamed ‘Krishna’ right before the release of the movie on August 6, 2010 (read more about it in our previous post). Initially the director of the movie was JB Rai. When Rai left the team, the assistant director Sujan Lama took over the role of the director.

Rekha Thapa turns 34, happy birthday

Posted on August 22, 2015July 10, 2018 by Anand Nepal

Correction: Rekha’s age turns out to be 34 instead of 32 as reported earlier. In the Miss Nepal 1999 participation record, Rekha is told to be 18 years-old (The information was pointed out by a friend in Twitter a copy of the record and the tweet are attached at the end).

Nepali actress Rekha Thapa is celebrating her birthday on Staurday, August 22 (Bhadra 5). The youngest daughter of mother Saraswati Thapa and father Prem Thapa, Rekha has turned 32 years today. Rekha’s professional milestones in Nepali film industry:

1983 – Born (August 21, Bhadra 5)
1999 – Miss Koshi, and top 10 in Miss Nepal
2000 – Debut in ‘Hero’ (watch ‘Hero’ here)
2014 – Debut as a director of ‘Himmatwali’ (watch ‘Himmatwali’ here)

In the start, Rekha won the hearts of the viewers by her acting and bold appearance. She was also known for bold attire and short dresses in movies. Rekha has acted in about 150 movies so far. She has also been producing movies under Rekha Films. She is currently working in the next movie titled ‘Rampyari’.

6 movies to release on the year end, filmmaking yet to start

Posted on August 9, 2015August 9, 2015 by Anand Nepal

Nepali movie industry is a very strange type of industry. In our film industry, most of the business logics fail economic has the least effect on film making. Because of the lack of professionalism in the industry, personal ego and social status are considered more important than the economic viability of the movie. The announcement of 6 movies on the same day, at the end of the year, can considered one of such examples.

On the last Friday of the year 2072 BS, on Chaitra 26 (April 8, 2016), six different movie makers have announced the release date of their movies. It is interesting that five out of the six movies are yet to go to the floor yet. The movies are:

Bikash Acharya movie ‘Nai Nabhannu La 4’
Chhabi Raj Ojha movie ‘Kismat 2’
Arjun Kumar movie ‘Chapali Height 2’
Govinda Shahi movie ‘Kaha Chau Kaha 2’
Rekha Thapa movie ‘Rampyari’
Gopal Kayastha movie ‘Lootera’

Out of these movies, only the movie ‘Lootera’ has completed its shooting. The movie featuring Nikhil Upreti was previously announced to be released in Tihar but now the release date has been delayed by 5 months. The crew and artists of some of the movies are yet to be determined.

Nepali movie – Tathastu

Posted on August 1, 2015April 22, 2017 by Anand Nepal

Nepali movie – Tathastu
Starring – Rekha Thapa, Kishor Khatiwoda, Subash Thapa, Bigyan Joshi, Siru Bista, Ramesh Adhikari, Bhabu Lamsal, Khusbu Khadka etc.
Director – Shabir Shrestha

The Nepali movie ‘Tathastu’ featuring actress Rekha with Kishor was highly publicized as a female centric movie. The movie by Kites entertainment was rated ‘U’ by the Censor Board of Nepal and was released on January 9, 2015. The movie was one of the commercial successes of the year 2071.

Please read the review of ‘Tathastu’ here.

Why did Rekha Thapa go to Pashupati right after arrival from USA?

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Anand Nepal

After more than two months in the USA, actress Rekha Thapa has arrived in Kathmandu on Monday, July 27. Right after the arrival in Kathmandu, Rekha went to Pashupati to worship lord Shiva. Rekha also shared some photos of herself in front of the Pashupati gate.

Explain the reason of the visit Rekha says that it was a “religious coincidence.” It is Shrawan month and every Monday’s of Shrawan month are considered holy, specially by women. Women flock to lord Shiva temple on every Mondays of Shrawan.

Marriages in 2014	Friday Release