Tulsi Ghimire is an Indian

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known for his works in Nepali films. Regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Nepali cinema, he is known for his romantic and masala film that dealt with social issues of Nepali society, portrayal of deep human emotions and masala films. He has directed some of the iconic Nepali films like Kusume Rumal, Deuta, Laure, Chino, Dakshina, Balidan and Darpan Chaya. Majority of his movies in 1990s were blockbusters and two of the movies

Kusume Rumal ''Kusume Rumal'' ( ne, कुसुमे रुमाल; ) is a 1985 Nepali romantic film written and directed by Tulsi Ghimire. It was produced by Sumitra Paudel under the banner of Sayapatri Films. The film featured Bhuwan K.C, Tripti Nada ...

and

Darpan Chaya Darpan Chaya (Nepali language, Nepali: दर्पण छायाँ, English: The Illusory Mirror) is a 2001 Nepalese Romance film, romantic drama film, written and directed by Tulsi Ghimire. The film is produced by Shrawan Ghimire under the ...

went on to become the highest grossing Nepali film of all time.

Personal life

Tulsi Ghimire was born in Sindeybong,

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to Nepali parents Dhojman Ghimire and Narbada Ghimire. He has two younger brothers and a sister. Ghimire studied at the Mani Memorial Primary School in Sindeybong up to second grade, and then from grade 3 to 11 at the Scottish University Mission Institute (SUMI), Kalimpong. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from

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. He is married to Bharati Ghimire (Gazmer), who has sung in many of his films. His brother Shrawan Ghimire is a film producer. Tulsi's children, Bhawana Ghimire and Panchami Ghimire, appeared in a Nepali children's film, ''Swarg Ko Pari''.

Films

In addition to being a film director, Tulsi Ghimire has also been a screenwriter, editor, cameraman, actor and lyricist. Ghimire initially moved to

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from Kalimpong in 1974 to work in the Indian film industry,

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. His mentor and Bollywood editor Kamlakar Karkhanis advised him to make Nepali movies at that time. Ghimire debuted in the Nepali film industry with the Nepali movie ''Bansuri'' in 1981 as a director. He made his second movie ''

'' in 1985, based on his own story, which became very successful. Among his movies, ''

'', '' Lahure'', '' Deuta'', '' Chino'', ''Balidaan'', '' Dakshina'' and ''

Darpan Chhaya Darpan Chaya (Nepali: दर्पण छायाँ, English: The Illusory Mirror) is a 2001 Nepalese romantic drama film, written and directed by Tulsi Ghimire. The film is produced by Shrawan Ghimire under the banner of Siddhanta Films. The ...

'' are considered hits. ''Darpan Chaya'' is considered to be one of the biggest blockbusters of Nepali cinema. Although he found lot of success in 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, he was unable to comeback with another hit. He was unable to find success with films he directed later on in his life, those films include Drishtikon, Mrigatrishna, and Darpan Chhaya 2 which were all considered flop in box office.

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