Upendra Bahadur Angdembe who is known as Upendra Subba ( ne, उपेन्द्र सुब्बा) is a Nepali poet, lyricist, writer, and film director. He is one of the initiators of the movement called '' Srijanshil Arajakta'' (Creative Anarchy) along with

Rajan Mukarung Rajan Mukarung ( राजन मुकारुङ; born 24 February 1978) is a writer and novelist of Nepali literature. His novel '' Damini Bhir'' was awarded with Madan Puraskar for the year 2012. He is one of the initiators of the movement c ...

and Hangyug Agyat.

Early life

Subba was born in Angsarang-8,

Panchthar Panchthar district ( ne, पाँचथर जिल्ला) is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern hilly region of Nepal. It is a Hill district of eastern Nepal. The district covers of area. The 2011 census counted 191,817 popu ...

, an eastern hilly district. His birth name was Upendra Bahadur Angdembe. In 1997, he moved to Kathmandu city from

Damak Damak ( Nepali: दमक), a city in eastern Nepal is one of the oldest municipalities in Jhapa District in Province No. 1 of Nepal. It is situated between the Ratuwa River in the east and the Maawa River in the west. It has Sivalik Hills in i ...

to become a songwriter. His songwriting had started to see success with music composed by Shantiram Rai. His songs were sung by

Deep Shrestha Deep Shrestha ( ne, दीप श्रेष्ठ) is a Nepalese singer and musician. Deep Shrestha is one of the coaches in ''The Voice of Nepal'' Season 1 (2018) and 2 (2019). "Jhaskiyecha Maan Mero", "Biteka Kura Le" and "Ma Ta Door Dekhi A ...

, Robin Sharma, Ananda Karki, Yam Baral and won some competitions. He became convinced that song recording was expensive and that the music industry was heading towards the directions unlike his taste.

Literary career

Around this time, he met

and Hangyug Agyat. They jointly started a literary movement called ''Srijanshil Arajakta'' (meaning creative anarchy). He credits their joint movement for his success in writing. He claimed that the success of ''Lato Pahad'' was because

paved path for him by success of his novels ''Hechhakuppa'' and winning Madan Puraskar with '' Damini Bhir''. He visited Hong Kong in 2016 to attend a program by Critics Society. He has visited Malaysia and Singapore in literary programs.

Film career

For his film writing, he gives credit to director

Ram Babu Gurung Ram Babu Gurung ( ne, राम बाबु गुरुङ ) is a Nepalese writer and director known for his work in Nepali cinema. His debut as a director was critically acclaimed 2013 film ''Kabaddi Kabaddi is a contact team sport. P ...

. They have collaborated hit movies, including ''

Kabaddi Kabaddi is a contact team sport. Played between two teams of seven players, the objective of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a "raider", to run into the opposing team's half of the court, touch out as many of their ...

, Kabaddi Kabaddi''. His first story was ''Keba Kokma'' (Lato Pahad), in

Limbu language Limbu (Limbu: , ''yakthuṅ pan'') is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Limbu people of Nepal and Northeastern India (particularly Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Sikkim, Assam and Nagaland) as well as expatriate communities in Bhutan. The Limbu refe ...

, directed by Ravi Serma. ''Lato Pahad'' was adapted as a theatrical play. He made brief appearances in ''

and Kabaddi Kabaddi'', but deems those appearances as forced upon him by his friends. He made his directorial debut through 2023 film '' Jaari'', which he also wrote.

Published works

Poetry Collection

*''Dada mathi ko Gham jun ra Gadtirka Raake Bhut haru (''2002) * ''Hongrayo Bhog ra Pangra (''2004) * ''Kholako gita ra purana kavitaharu'' (2013) * Desh Khojdai Jaada (2017)

Short stories collection

* ''Lato Pahad'' (2014) (compilation of stories) adapted as movie Keba Kokma

Screenwriting

*''

'' (2013) script * Kabaddi Kabaddi (2015) script * ''

Taandro ''Taandro'' ( ne, तान्द्रो; en , Deciphering Me, italics=yes) is a 2016 Nepali language film directed by Samten Bhutia and produced by Satish Kumar Gautam. The film is based on the book ''Smriti Ka Dobharu'' written by Ganga Baha ...

'' (2015) script *

Purano Dunga ''Purano Dunga'' (English: Old Boat) is a 2016 Nepali slice of life film directed by Ram Babu Gurung and produced by Raunak Bikram Kandel, Prakash Gurung, Om Chand Rauniyar and Dhan Bahadur Gurung in association with Cinema Arts. The film stars ...

(2016)

Music Album

* ''Jiwan Akhir Ke Nai Ho Ra (''2006) (Music Album)

Awards

* Nepali Pratibha Award by Nepali Pratibha Pratisthan, UK, 2010 * Padmashree Sahitya Puraskar in 2015 ''Lato Pahad'' 2015 * National award for best script writer for movie

in 2015

References

External links

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