Dayaram Dahal ( ne, दयाराम दाहाल; born May 27, 1970) is a
Nepalese film director
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,
producer,
writer
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,
actor
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, and
lyricist
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Royalties
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.
He was one of the country's top-paid directors during the late 1990s, earning approximately
Rs.
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300,000 per film. He directed 2007 film ''Nepal'', which was the first Nepalese feature film partly shot in the United States.
Dahal was appointed as chairman of
Film Development Board
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Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, ...
of Nepal on June 4, 2020; he served as a chairman till June 3, 2022.
Filmography
Awards
References
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Nepalese film directors
Living people
21st-century Nepalese film directors
20th-century Nepalese film directors
1970 births
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