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...

In the world history of cinema, those with “contradictory” views have become victorious. The students of cinema take those names with pride, those cinemas that have done “contradictory” in their time. This is even more in Nepali cinema. However, there is no reason to be excited about the “opposite” or “contradictory” or “different” views in Nepali cinema....

We always hear Nepali movies being copied from popular Bollywood movies or sometimes even from Hollywood or Korean Movies. Incidentally, its not just the story which is being copied these days, but even the movie posters are being copied. Its clear indication of lack of creativity, when someone simply uses Photoshop to simply edit popular poster from Hollywood or Bollywood...