Good Cinema is perfect blend of art and entertainment, which most of the makers in Nepali Cine Sansar seems to have forgotten by just aping Bollywood cinema. Jarring music, raunchy item songs, some daring stunts on bikes & cars and nonsense slapsticks has taken over the methodical & visionary process of making the movies. Whenever we talk of evergreen Nepali...

Veteran actress Shanti Maskey took her last breath at Gangalal Hospital, Bansbari, on Tuesday night. Well-known for her portrayal of a frail, ageing mother in Santan, the deceased actress was 83. As per the hospital sources, she passed away at 10 pm. She was undergoing treatment for heat-related disease for a long time. Maskey’s body was kept at Nepal Academy, Kamaldi...

Zindagi Ko Ke Bhar Cha Ra… The sound still echoes even after its singer passed away on Monday, 17 Jan 2011 at in Raheja Hospital, India. He couldn’t withstand the illness for more than seven months being bedridden in the hospital. A a massive heart attack this morning took life of this veteran singer of Nepal. Finally, he had to lose his struggle with life. Kanchha,...

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...

Well, the recession hit US in 2007, while its aftermath is being felt just now in economically volatile country like Nepal. Its better not said anything about political doldrums, but the recent sequence of flops in Nepali CineSansar has once again stalled the currently under production movies. Movies with multi star casts, big musicals, fun frolic comedies or even hard...

Now and then Cybersansar (aka cybernepal.com.np) has been in news for good and bad. Be it accusations from the models regarding exploitations or people claiming the models featured in the cybersansar websites are high class escorts, etc. Although, those allegations were never taken seriously or officially in legal terms, this time Kasaju brothers – Abhinav Kasaju...

Previous Articles History of Nepali Cinema: Part I – Aama & Maitighar ! History of Nepali Cinema: Part II – The Golden Era History of Nepali Cinema: Part III – Conflict & Downfall After peace establishment in 2006, slowly Nepali Cinema was coming back to its senses. Producers who were afraid to invest, once again started investing in multi-million...

At Kumari Cinema Hall, it was a sight to see during the premiere of “Dasdhunga” on Thursday. For the first time in Nepali film history, people from all walks of life, including the political fraternity that included the likes of UCPN Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, vice chairman Dr Baburam Bhattarai, CPN-UML’s chairman Jhalanath Khanal, and RPP’s chairman Pashupati...

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...