It was time once again for Gopi Krishna Movies (GKM) to celebrate as their much awaited film Pal: Moments in Life was being premiered at GKM on May 17. The journey of Pal, a film written by entrepreneur cum writer Karna Shakya, boasts of an original story line. Krishnaman (Ramesh Budathoki) is a Constituent Assembly member, who under the pressure of his wife Champa (Tripti...

For a change, a Nepali film’s premiere at the QFX Cinema Hall had a different line of audiences. A majority of people who turned up for the premiere of the much talked flick Batch No 16 were not those who are often spotted at turnstiles. Directed by Pitamber Pandey and produced by Bikrant Shrestha and Surendra Poudel, the flick had drawn an unbelievably huge turn out. Any...

With the lawn of the Jai Nepal Cinema Hall filled with well-wishers, promoters, distributors, the crew and actors of “Ek Dik Ek Raat”, casting director of the film and one of the lead actors – Anup Baral – looked both anxious and confident. Busy handing over the invitation cards to the guests, it was another big day for Baral after the success of “Dasdhunga”,...

Five years ago, when I told my colleagues that as a young journalist I would like to take up film beat, more precisely Nepali films, many of them thought that I was going insane. “What will you write about Nepali films? In fact, what is there to write about, that too in an English national daily? Do you think people who read English daily would ever care to read about...

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”...