By nine on Saturday morning, the main entrance of Gokarna Forest Resort was already surrounded by Nepali paparazzi. DSLR cameras in hand, it seemed like the photographers present were there to appear for some final exam. Their assignment was to get the best possible shot of the bride and groom and if they managed to capture some Bollywood who´s who, they would pass with...

Author: AVASH KARMACHARYA, Republica (31st May 2010) Forget about the films that have been released and failed making anything big in the box office. Nepali silver screen that has yet to make a long journey to carve its niche both locally and internationally now awaits half a dozen new films, which promise to make a difference and break the traditional filmmaking trends...

Thank you AVASHjee, for bringing into our notice about plagiarism. Although we had always CREDITED the source of the article, but unfortunately we missed the Author of the article. So from now, we wouldn’t be missing out complete details of the article, not just source. Author: AVASH KARMACHARYA, Republica (Friday, 07th May 2010) It’s been almost four decades...

Being a celebrity in a movie industry like Nepal’s, is not an easy task. Neither is it worth the time and effort for most, nor does it offer any lucrative incentive. With fame that does not really pay the bills for the lifestyle you embrace; the stardom is artless, somewhat cheap, inelegant and rather short-lived. One reason why the industry sees less “creative”...