Madan Krishna Shrestha ( ne, मदन कृष्ण श्रेष्ठ; ) is a Nepali actor, comedian, writer, singer, song writer, director and producer. He is one of the most successful and respected comedians in the Nepali entertainment industry and was the most popular stage performer of his time.
He is well known for his
method acting
Method acting, informally known as The Method, is a range of training and rehearsal techniques, as formulated by a number of different theatre practitioners, that seeks to encourage sincere and expressive performances through identifying with, u ...
. He is one of the comedy duo from ''
MaHa Jodi
MaHa ( ne, मह जोडी) is the acronym of the comedy duo Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya of Nepal in Devanagari script. The acronym was coined by another contemporary comedian, Rajaram Paudel. MaHa is also renowned for t ...
'', the other one being
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 ...
. He also performs on stage most of the time with his partner, Hari Bansha Acharya.
He has sung many hit
Nepal Bhasa
Newar (), or Newari and known officially in Nepal as Nepal Bhasa, is a Sino-Tibetan languages, Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Newar people, the indigenous inhabitants of Nepal Mandala, which consists of the Kathmandu Valley and surro ...
and few Nepali songs. He has been suffering from Parkinson's disease. The ''
Maha Jodi
MaHa ( ne, मह जोडी) is the acronym of the comedy duo Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya of Nepal in Devanagari script. The acronym was coined by another contemporary comedian, Rajaram Paudel. MaHa is also renowned for t ...
'' has produced a lot of Drama & Telefilms based on sociopolitical sector of
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 ...
.
Awards
*Madan Bhandari National Award
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Jagadamba Shree Puraskar
Filmography
As an actor
Images
File:Madan Krishna Shrestha's wedding photo.jpg, alt=, Madan Krishna Shrestha in his wedding (in 1974)
File:Maha Jodi.png, alt=, Madan Krishna Shrestha with Hari Bansha Acharya
References
External links
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Nepalese male comedians
Newar
1950 births
Living people
Actors from Kathmandu
20th-century Nepalese male actors
Nepalese male film actors
Newar-language singers
Newar-language lyricists
Dohori singers
20th-century Nepalese screenwriters
Nepalese memoirists
Jagadamba Shree Puraskar winners