Ek Number Ko Pakhe (Nepali: एक नम्बरको पाखे) is a 1999 Nepali film directed by Kishor Rana Magar. The film stars

Rajesh Hamal Rajesh Hamal ( , born September 6, 1964) is a Nepali film actor (MAHANAYAK). He is regarded as one of the most influential and popular actors in the history of Nepalese cinema. He is popularly known as the "Maha Nayak"(megastar)of the Nepalese ...

and

Karishma Manandhar Karishma Manandhar (born Surya Kumari) is a Nepalese politician and an actress. She is considered as one of the most popular actresses in the history of Nepalese cinema. She is known for her roles, especially in romantic movies, and was also th ...

in lead roles with an ensemble of supporting cast including

Ramesh Upreti Ramesh Upreti ( ne, रमेश उप्रेती) is a Nepalese actor known for his work in Nepali cinema Nepali or Nepalese may refer to : Concerning Nepal * Anything of, from, or related to Nepal * Nepali people, citizens of Nepal * ...

Jal Shah Jal Shah ( ne, जल शाह) is a Nepali actress. She started her film career with ''Avatar'' (1996) when she was 13 years old. She went on to act in more than three dozen films. Her last film was ''Krodh {{Five Evils Krodh (Gurmukhi: ਕ� ...

Neer Shah Neer Bikram Shah, also known as Nir Shah, is a senior People of Nepal, Nepalese film actor, director, producer, poet, songwriter, and businessman. He is considered one of the leading actors in Cinema of Nepal, Nepali cinema history and an actor ...

Basundhara Bhusal Basundhara Bhusal is a Nepali movie and theater actor. She was one of the actresses in the first Nepali movie '' Aama'' (1964). Since then, she has acted in at least 135 feature films and 60 TV programs. She started her career in theater, acting ...

, Ravi Shah and Dinesh D.C.

Introduction

It was fifth presentation of Mansarovar Films Pvt. Ltd. The story of the film was written by Dr.

Bhola Rijal Bhola Rijal is a consultant Gynaecologist, Obstetrician and litterateur of Nepal. He has expertise in In-vitro fertilization In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process of fertilisation where an egg is combined with sperm in vitro ("in gla ...

, the script was written by Bishal Pokhrel and the dialogues were penned by Bishal Pokharel and Bharat Adhikari.

Plot

Amar (Hamal) lives in a rural village with his mother (Bhusal). One day a rich industrialist (Ravi shah) comes to the village accompanied by his daughter (Manandhar) and his personal assistant (Shiv Hari Paudel) with a project to start a liquor factory in the village. Most of the villagers are illiterate and do not know any positive or negative aspect of the factory in their village. However, Amar opposes the proposal infuriating Shah who in turn tries to bribe him. The two soon reconcile as Amar saves the character played by Manandhar from the hands of a local goon Suraj (DC). Meanwhile, Kumar (Upreti) lives in a nearby town for his studies. However, he is extremely carefree and fails all the exams. The story revolves around different members of this family especially Dhanraj and Amar.

Cast

Source: *

as Amar *

as Keshari *

as Kumar *

as Pooja *

as Dhanraj (Amar and Kumar's father) * Ravi Shah * Dinesh D.C. as Suraj *

Shivahari Paudel Shivahari Poudell ( ne, शिवहरी पौडेल), popularly known as Asina Prasad, is a Nepali comic actor, writer and director of Nepali weekly comedy television series Jire khursani & Brake Fail. He has also acted in the 2013 Nepal ...

as Driver

Music

The music director was

Sambhujeet Baskota Sambhujeet Baskota ( ne, शम्भूजीत बासकोटा; also spelled Sambhujit) is a Nepali music composer, singer, and lyricist. He is considered to be one of the most popular and prolific music composers and singers of Nepali ...

. The playback singers were

Prakash Shrestha Prakash Shrestha is a Nepali singer. He has recorded 1000 songs and released 12 albums in the form of cassettes and CDs. He has more than 500 performances nationally and internationally. He has lent his voice to playback songs in more than 150 N ...

, Yam Baral, Ananda Karki, Umesh Pande, Devika Pradhan, Milan Chakkhu, and Sangeeta Rana along with Baskota himself. The songs were penned by

. The song "Yo maya ko Kahaan paryo ghara" was particularly popular at the time of release. The audio cassettes were produced and distributed by Music Nepal Pvt Ltd.

Box office

There is no official Box-office recording system in Nepal. At the time of its release, the film was considered to be above average.

References

1999 films Nepalese romantic comedy films {{Nepal-film-stub