''Love in Nepal'' is a 2004 Indian

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film directed by Rajat Mukherjee which was released on 6 March 2004. Unlike

Sonu Nigam Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian singer, music director and actor. He has been described in the media as one of the most popular and successful playback singers of Hindi Cinema and Kannada Cinema. He has been honoured by the Govern ...

in the male lead, who is otherwise a well known

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playback singer, the film has Nepali film actress

Jharana Bajracharya Jharna Bajracharya ( Nepalese: झरना बज्राचार्य) is a Nepalese film actress. She was crowned Miss Nepal in 1997, at the age of sixteen. Early life Jharana Bajracharya completed her schooling from Siddhartha Vanasth ...

and Richa Ghimire from

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

and

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in the female lead. This is

's second film as the male lead.

Plot

Abby (

) is creative head of a private Ad Agency in

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, which is on the growth curve when the owner of the ad agency decides to sell it to an American multinational with Maxi (

) as the new VP in charge of the merged entity. Abby and George (

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), who is the account executive in the agency, do not want the merger as they feel they don't need another agency for their growth. When Maxi comes on board, she doesn't like Abby's lack of punctuality and now wants him to work with her as per her directives. This sets the ball rolling with multiple tiffs laced with situational comedy, between the new VP and Abby. Maxi decides to shoot a campaign for a new and important customer in

Pokhara Pokhara ( ne, पोखरा, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Gandaki Province. It is the List of cities in Nepal, second most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu, with 518,452 inhabitants living ...

where the tiff between her and Abby continues. As they are directing the shoot standing on a dingy on a fast moving river, the dingy cuts loose and both Abby and Maxi are swept away by the strong currents and somehow manage to swim ashore together and it is here they realize that they do like each other. An event takes place that suddenly morphs the movie from a lighthearted comedy into a thriller. One evening Tanya (

), an attractive woman, and a native of

, who was a fellow traveler on the flight from

lands up with Abby that angers Maxi and she refuses to speak normally to Abby the next day. Abby, also a bit hurt and angry, lands up spending the night with Tanya after a drinking bout only to wake up the next day and see that she is lying murdered next to him. He runs away from the scene, quite certain that he will be blamed for killing her. He confesses the real fact to Maxi and his friend Sandy (

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). As the local police start to chase the leads, Abby confides in Bunty (

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), the local Guide, and Maxi, and both disbelieve him. He also starts to get calls from a stranger demanding something. With police in hot chase, it is now up to him to find out who really killed Tanya, what was the motive for her death, and who wanted him at the scene of the crime.

Cast

as Abhinav Sinha (Abby) *

as Meenaxi Malhotra (Maxi) *

as Tanya *

as Sandhya aka Sandy *

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as Tony Chang *

as Bunty (Guide) *

as George * Ehsan Khan as Prithvi Singh *

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as Ram Mohan or ravan * Ganesh Yadav as Gajji * Richa Ghimire as Ruby *

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as Negi

Soundtracks

* Ek Anjaan Ladki Se -

- Nikhil-Vinay -

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* Bolo Kyaa Khayaal Hai - Sonu Nigam,

Sunidhi Chauhan Sunidhi Chauhan (pronounced ; born 14 August 1983) is an Indian playback singer. Born in Delhi, she began performing in local gatherings at the age of 5 and made her career debut at the age of 13, with the film ''Shastra'' (1996). During the ye ...

- Vishal–Shekhar - Sameer * Katraa Katraa - Sunidhi Chauhan - Nikhil-Vinay - Sameer * Love In Nepal - Sonu Nigam * Mushkil Hai - Sonu Nigam - Anu Malik - Sameer * Suttaa Maar Le - Sonu Nigam,

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- Nikhil-Vinay - Sameer

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0405121 Films scored by Anu Malik 2004 films 2000s Hindi-language films Films scored by Vishal–Shekhar Films set in Nepal Films shot in Nepal Indian romantic thriller films Films scored by Nikhil-Vinay 2000s romantic thriller films Films shot in Pokhara

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Cast

Soundtracks

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