Like Bollywood, our small Nepali CineSansar too gets heated up once in a while with hot gossips and scandals. Latest one is Sanchita-Nikhil Marriage Gone Sour. Finally Nikhil has spoken about the issue through an email sent to Nepal Samacharpatra with his signature. The content of the email is much like some Nepali Movie. Nikhil writes; I married Sanchita two years...

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...

Code named as ‘Old Tiger’, Prakash Thapa is one of the pioneers of Nepali Film Industry. He started his career with ‘Manko Bandh’ under Royal Academy and later paved the way for the commercial films with blockbusters like Sindoor, Jeevan Rekha, Santaan and Kanyadan. He is famous for the commercialization of Nepali Cinema at the same time has been...

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”...

Eminent personalities from the Nepali Cinesansar have thronged into Maoist Vice-Chairman Baburam Bhattarai’s residence. Recent announcement of May 01, 2010 mass rally demonstration and indefinite strike post demonstration have stirred all sectors of the nation. Closure of business, education, industry for indefinite time period will just hamper development of the...

Well, every year Nepali Cine Sansar seems to be just growing bigger and bigger. Treading back the history of Nepali Cinema [1,2,3], it seems we have come a long way. Not just from village to valley story, but in terms of technicality, costume, make up, cinematography and stunts, etc. Without any official box office records being maintained, its bit difficult to pin point...

Recent Nikhil Uperti and Sanchita Luintel flying marriage has heated up the Nepali Cinesansar. Nikhil’s previously married wife Kopila is planning for legal case. They also have one year old son. Regular divorce might be a fashion in western world, but had always been taboo in Nepali Society. But as everything else, Nepali Cine Sansar seems to changing the lanes...

Yes, you read it right. Often the opposite is the trend in Nepali Cine Sansar. From story, action to even posters are being copied from Bollywood. But recently, a song which is currently being aired in most Indian Channels was spotted to be copied from Nepali Pop Song. Incidentally, it was not just the tunes, but lyrics and even the playback was given by the Nepali Artist....

The trend to imitate Bollywood films has taken root in Nepali Film Industry since the very early stage of its history. Most film-makers take a short-cut to copying not only the title but also story, dialogue and scenes from the Bollywood films without any sense of guilt. Evidences show that Indian films have a far-reaching influence over Nepali films since the filming...