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Basudev (film)
''Basudev'' is a 1984 Nepali language film, adapted from Dhruba Chandra Gautam's '' Kattel Sarko Chotpatak'' by Neer Shah in his directorial debut. The film starred Harihar Sharma as the eponymous character, with Shakuntala Sharma, Subhadra Adhikari, Krishna Malla, Sharmila Malla and director Shah himself in supporting roles, while Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya were credited as guest actors. While the film was a critical and commercial success, it was criticised by some for its departure from the source material; Dhruba Chandra Gautam expressed disappointment at the film for being markedly different from the script he had written for the film. Neer Shah has conceded that various artistic compromises were made for commercial reasons which he came to regret later on. He is said to be actively planning a remake. The film was produced by industrialist Binod Chaudhary. The film's musical score was composed by veteran musician Ranjit Gazmer. It was the debut film of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neer Shah
Neer Bikram Shah, also known as Nir Shah, is a senior People of Nepal, Nepalese film actor, director, producer, poet, songwriter, and businessman. He is considered one of the leading actors in Cinema of Nepal, Nepali cinema history and an actor with multiple identities. He is related to the royal family of Kingdom of Nepal, Nepal. Film career Neer Shah is the producer or co-producer of many Nepali language, Nepali movies. He has also directed several Nepali movies produced by himself, including ''Basudev (film), Basudev'', ''Pachchis Basanta'', ''Basanti'', and a Nepal Bhasa movie Rajamati. He is also a co-producer of the Academy Award, Oscar-nominated film ''Himalaya – l'enfance d'un chef'', which was co-produced and directed by the French movie maker Eric Valli. The film, also released as ''Caravan'' (in Canada) and ''Himalaya'' (in Denmark and France), was the first film from Nepal to win an Oscar nomination. Shah has also played antagonistic as well as other character rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranjit Gazmer
Ranjit Gazmer is an Indian film music director and a musician, who is noted for his work in Nepali-language films. He had a long association with music director R.D. Burman as a musician. Early life Ranjit Gazmer is from a gold merchant family of Darjeeling, West Bengal. Gazmer was a student of Amber Gurung at his Art Academy of Music in Darjeeling. His contemporaries were Gopal Yonzon, Karma Yonzon, Sharan Pradhan, Aruna Lama and Jitendra Bardewa, all of whom went on to be musicians. He was a part of a musical group called 'Sangam Club' and was also a drummer for 'The Hillians', the first-ever western band formed in Darjeeling. In 1966, he moved to Birgunj, Nepal with his friends, which included Anuradha Koirala (then Anuradha Gurung), managing an English-medium private school. In 1967, Gazmer moved to Kathmandu with his friends and became a studio musician at Radio Nepal. Later, he moved to Mumbai (then Bombay) to pursue his music career there with R.D. Burman. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Directorial Debut Films
Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). * January 10 ** The United States and the Vatican (Holy See) restore full diplomatic relations. ** The Victoria Agreement is signed, institutionalising the Indian Ocean Commission. *January 24 – Steve Jobs launches the Macintosh personal computer in the United States. February * February 3 ** Dr. John Buster and the research team at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer from one woman to another, resulting in a live birth. ** STS-41-B: Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' is launched on the 10th Space Shuttle mission. * February 7 – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk. * February 8– 19 – The 1984 Winter Olympics are held in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepali-language Films
Nepali (; , ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Himalayas region of South Asia. It is the official, and most widely spoken, language of Nepal, where it also serves as a '' lingua franca''. Nepali has official status in the Indian state of Sikkim and in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration of West Bengal. It is spoken by about a quarter of Bhutan's population. Nepali also has a significant number of speakers in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Uttarakhand. In Myanmar it is spoken by the Burmese Gurkhas. The Nepali diaspora in the Middle East, Brunei, Australia and worldwide also use the language. Nepali is spoken by approximately 16 million native speakers and another 9 million as a second language. Nepali is commonly classified within the Eastern Pahari group of the Northern zone of Indo-Aryan. The language originated from the Sinja Valley, Karnali Province then the capital city of the Khasa Kingdom arou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1984 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. The year's highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada was ''Beverly Hills Cop''. ''Ghostbusters'' overtook it, however, with a re-release the following year. It was the first time in five years that the top-grossing film did not involve George Lucas or Steven Spielberg although Spielberg directed and Lucas executive produced/co-wrote the third placed '' Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' (the highest-grossing film worldwide that year); Spielberg also executive produced the fourth placed ''Gremlins''. U.S. box office grosses reached $4 billion for the first time and it was the first year that two films had returned over $100 million to their distributors with both ''Ghostbusters'' and ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' achieving this. ''Beverly Hills Cop'' made it three for films released i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panchayat (Nepal)
Panchayat ( ne, पञ्चायत) was a partyless political system incepted by King Mahendra by sidelining the Nepali Congress government of B. P. Koirala on 15 December 1960 AD (1st Poush 2017 BS). He introduced the partyless Panchayat system on 5 January 1961 AD (22nd Poush 2017 BS). Under his direct rule King Mahendra introduced the four tiered structure—village, town, district and national Panchayat—on the basis of limited elected executive committee. Mahendra consolidated power by institutionalizing and invoking the three pillars of national identity—Hindu religion, Nepali language and Monarchy—as a foundation of everyday social and religious life. Moreover, the system propagated the idea of ''Ek Raja, Ek Bhesh, Ek Bhasa, Ek Desh'' (One King, One Dress, One Language, One Nation). Background In 1960, King Mahendra used his emergency powers and took charge for the betterment of the State once again claiming that the Congress government had fostered corruption, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Censorship In Nepal
Censorship in Nepal consists of suppression on the expression of political opinion, religious aspect, and obscenity. The Constitution of Nepal guarantees the fundamental rights of citizens, including the freedom of expression. The right to freedom of expression includes the freedom of opinion and thought no matter what a source is. As the Constitution has been developed to push forward as a democracy state, inconsistencies of the Constitution reform create different meanings of prohibiting censorship. The 2004, 2009, and 2015 Constitution are infamous with the restrictions of the rights which are obscure and open for misinterpretation compared to the Constitution announced in 1990. Media Censorship The Constitution of Nepal guarantees the freedom of expression in media; media should not be subject to direct censorship. In 2012, International Mission acknowledges that the progressive media policy in Nepal to follow the constitution is necessary, as the Ministry of Information and Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabin Sharma
Rabin is a Hebrew surname. It originates from the Hebrew word ''rav'' meaning Rabbi, or from the name of the specific Rabbi Abin. The most well known bearer of the name was Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel and Nobel Peace prize Laureate. People with surname Rabin * Al Rabin (1936–2012), American soap opera producer * Beatie Deutsch (née Rabin; born 1989), Haredi Jewish American-Israeli marathon runner * Chaim Menachem Rabin, German-Israeli semitic-linguist * Eve Queler (née Rabin), American conductor * Leah Rabin, wife of Yitzhak Rabin * Matthew Rabin, American professor and researcher in economics * Michael Rabin (1936–1972), American violin virtuoso * Michael O. Rabin, Israeli computer scientist and Turing Award recipient * Nathan Rabin, American film and music critic * John James Audubon (born Jean Rabin, 1785–1851), American ornithologist * Oscar Rabin (1899–1958), Latvian-born British band leader and musician * Oscar Rabin (1928–2018), Russian painter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Chandra Adhikari
Ram Chandra Adhikari ( ne, रामचन्द्र अधिकारी) is a comedian actor of Nepal popularly known by pseudonym name ''Kaji Ba( ne, काजी बा) or Gopte Kaji ( ne, गोपते काजी)''. He has acted in about 400 Nepali films and various TV sitcoms as a comedian and character actor. Biography Adhikari was born in Gothatar, Kathmandu. At the age of 10, he had to start working as a home assistant in a family that his parents assigned to him. Due to poor working condition, he ran from that place and went to Hetauda. There he worked in a palace of Rana family. From there he went to Benaras, India. However he could not stay there for long and returned to Nepal after seven months. On the way back, he temporarily worked in a automobile workshop in Sarlahi. Later he returned to Kathmandu. In , he got a job in Nepal Telecom at Kathmandu. He acted for a local theatre group in Jorpati at around in a play named ''Sachha Prem'' by Bhairav Aryal. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laxmi Prasad Devkota
Laxmi Prasad Devkota ( ne, लक्ष्मीप्रसाद देवकोटा) (1909-1959) was a Nepali poet, playwright, and novelist. Honored with the title of Mahakabi ( ne, माहाकवि) in Nepali literature, he was known as a poet with a golden heart. He is considered to be the greatest and most famous literary figure in Nepal. Some of his popular works include the best-selling ''Muna Madan'', along with ''Sulochana'', ''Kunjini'', ''Bhikhari'', and '' Shakuntala''. Life Early life Devkota was born on the night of Lakshmi Puja on 13 November 1909 (27 Kartik 1966 BS) to father Teel Madhav Devkota and mother Amar Rajya Lakshmi Devi in Dhobidhara, Kathmandu. His father was a Sanskrit scholar, so he attained his basic education under the custodianship of his father. He started his formal education at Durbar High School, where he studied both Sanskrit grammar and English. After finishing his matriculation exams from Patna at the age of 17, he pursued B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajaram Paudel
Rajaram or Raja Ram is one of the Indian names: * Several Chhatrapatis, leaders of the Maratha Empire in India ** Rajaram I (1670–1700), younger son of Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji, ruled 1689–1700 ** Rajaram II of Satara, putative grandson of Rajaram Chhatrapati, ruled 1749–1777 ** Rajaram II (1850–1870), Raja of Kolhapur 1866–1870 ** Rajaram III (1897–1940), Maharaja of Kolhapur 1922–1940 * Rajaram College in Kolhapur, named after the Maratha King * Rajaram Godase (born 1961), Indian politician * Rajaram of Sinsini (ruled 1670–1688), Jat leader and organizer of rebellion against Aurangzeb * Rajaram (politician), Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh * Madhurantakam Rajaram (1930–1999), Indian story writer * Raja Ram Mohan Roy, a founder of the Brahmo Samaj, an Indian socio-religious reform movement * Raja Ram (musician) (born Ronald Rothfield 1941), musician and the owner of the UK record label TIP World * N. S. Rajaram Navaratna Srinivasa Rajaram (22 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hari Bansha Acharya
Hari Bansha Acharya ( ne, हरिवंश आचार्य) is a Nepalese actor, comedian, director, singer and writer. He is known for his method acting. He is one half of the comedy duo MaHa Jodi along with fellow comedian Madan Krishna Shrestha. He is known for his performance as Arjun in the 1997 patriotic drama film '' Balidaan''. He has also performed in the series Madan Bahadur Hari Bahadur as "Hari Bahadur". He also wrote and performed in the film ''Shatru Gatey''. Personal life Hari Bansha Acharya was born on 27 Kartik 2014 BS (13 November 1957 AD) in Gairidhara, Kathmandu, to father Homanjaya Acharya and mother Ganesh Kumari. He met his first wife, Meera, in 1982. He has two sons, Trilok Acharya and Mohit Acharya. His first wife, Meera Acharya, suffered from heart disease, and died in 2011. He married his second wife Ramila Pathak in 2012. In 2015, Acharya established ''The Meera Centre'', named for his late wife. The centre provides health and educational servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
