Despite its short history, the Nepali movie industry has its own place in the cultural heritage 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 ...

, it's sometimes unofficially called Kollywood. Most

Kollywood Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywood' ...

films are narrative, and are shot on 16-millimeter film. The first Nepali-language film was ''

Satya Harischandra ''Satya Harischandra'' is a 1951 Nepali language film based on Raja Satya Harischandra. It was the first ever Nepali language movie. Satya Harischadra is said to have directed by DB Pariyar. It is supposed to be the first movie in Nepali languag ...

'', which was released in 1951 in Darjeeling, India, and produced by D. B. Pariyar. The first Nepali-language movie made in Nepal was '' Aama'', which was released in 1964 produced by the Nepalese government. However, the first Nepali-language movie made by the Nepalese private sector was ''

Maitighar ''Maitighar'' ( Maternal home) is a 1966 Nepali film directed by B.S. Thapa. It was the third Nepali film produced and the first featured film under a private banner. This film features bollywood actress Mala Sinha in the lead role with Nepali ...

'', which starred

Mala Sinha Alda Sinha (born 11 November 1936), better known by her stage name Mala Sinha is a former Indian actress who has worked in Hindi, Bengali and Nepali films. Initially starting her career with regional cinema, she went on to become a top leading ...

and was released in 1966. The first color Nepali-language movie was '' Kumari''. Nepal First Indigenous Santali language Feature Film was ''Bonodal'' (''Change'') 2016 made for the socio-cultural

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and religious interests of Santali

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. This film is designed by keeping a close views on many meaningful facts. The Script, editor, produced and directed by ''Kiran Khatiwada.''
Nepalese ex- mp Mr. Mohan Tudu also shows his acting skilled in the film and the film was inaugurated by ex- former minister of communication information Mr. Ram Karki, Surendra Kumar Karki.

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