Manoj Kumar RC ( ne, मनोज कुमार आर.सी.) (born on 11 May 1983), credited as Manoj RC is a Nepali film

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known for his versatile acting. He has received Kamana Film Award for Best Actor in Negative Role for his performance in ''Madhumas''. It was a blockbuster and his role was well appreciated by the audiences. He rose to prominence from his debut historical film ''Bir Ganeshman'' portraying in the role of martyr Gangalal Shrestha in 2002. His first leading role in a film was ''Lakshya''. He has appeared in significant music videos including ''Paap Punya'' song by ''Hemant Rana''. In addition to acting, he is a humanitarian and has taken part in street dramas related to sanitation and health in the earthquake affected areas after the

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Early life

Manoj was born on 11 May 1983 in Paink,

Jajarkot district Jajarkot District ( ne, जाजरकोट जिल्ला) a part of Karnali Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Khalanga as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population of ...

, a remote area in Mid-Western Nepal. He has a younger brother. His father was a

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employee working under

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. Although he was born in

Jajarkot Jajarkot District ( ne, जाजरकोट जिल्ला) a part of Karnali Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Khalanga as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population of ...

, he could not stay for a long time in his birth place. He has visited most parts of

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according to the job transfer of his father. He completed secondary level education from Janata Higher Secondary Sechool, Khalanga,

Rukum district Rukum District ( ne, रुकुम जिल्ला) was a "hill" and "mountain" district some west of Kathmandu partially belonging to Lumbini Province and partially to Karnali Province before split into two districts Western Rukum Distric ...

in 1998. He was good in study and other extra curriculum activities like

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and

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. He went to

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for higher studies and also joined acting classes,

training. Then, he met and collaborated with writer

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and director ''Manoj Pandit'' and entered in Nepali film Industry.

Acting career

Manoj debut film was ''Bir Ganeshman'' as a supporting role in 2002. The historical film was directed by ''Sahajman Shrestha'' and ''Bijay Ratna Tuladhar'' and written by

which was under the banner of

Ganesh Man Singh Ganesh Man Singh ( Nepali:गणेशमान सिंह) (November 9, 1915 – September 18, 1997) was the leader of the democratic movement of 1990 in Nepal. He is revered as the Father of Democracy and the Iron-man of Nepali politic ...

Study Foundation. His role as

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Gangalal Shrestha was much appreciated. His first

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in the

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was thriller young love story ''Lakshya'' (2004) which was produced by ''Harendra Limbu'' under the banner of ''Ingnam pictures'' and directed by ''Manoj Pandit''. Later he also played as the

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in movie ''C-Mala (The Necklace)'' in 2013 which was shot in the beautiful location in

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. It was directed by ''Rudra Bahadur Gurung''. The film was nominated in the Fukuoka Asian Film Festival (

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) in 2015 and was officially selected by ''Hongkong International Film and TV Market(FILMART)''. His another blockbuster was romantic Thriller film ''Madhumas''(2013). He received Kamana Film Award for Best Actor in Negative Role from the movie. He was also nominated in another three awards for the same category. He has acted in the comedy movie ''Humjayaga''(2014). In 2016, he appeared as the

in the movie

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. His awaited movie ''Mithya'' is expected to be released soon.

Personal life

Manoj RC is married to Anita (2004) Shah who is working in a commercial bank . They have a daughter named Sambriddhi RC.

Filmography

Films

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manoj RC 1983 births Living people Nepalese male actors People from Jajarkot District