Kathmandu, July 9: Alarmed by Bollywood training its lenses on the Buddha, an Indian film director of Nepali origin is now making the first Buddha film from the Himalayan republic to bolster its claim to the founder of Buddhism.
Tulsi Ghimire, who moved from India's hill town of Kalimpong to Mumbai first to learn acting and film-making and then made Kathmandu.
Tulsi Ghimire, who moved from India's hill town of Kalimpong to Mumbai first to learn acting and film-making and then made Kathmandu.
- 7/9/2011
- by Arun Pantit
- RealBollywood.com
Kathmandu, Sep 26 – Nearly 20 years after Indian artistes found a niche in Nepal’s film industry, they are set for a resurgence this year, with a director and three actors making a comeback.
Though Bollywood beauty Mala Sinha wowed Nepal in 1966 when she acted in ‘Maitighar’, one of the first Nepali films, it was not till the 1980s that Indians left a prominent mark on the fledgling industry.
The turning point came in 1981 when Tulsi Ghimire, the son of an Indian Army soldier in Kalimpong’s Sindibong basti, left Mumbai.
Though Bollywood beauty Mala Sinha wowed Nepal in 1966 when she acted in ‘Maitighar’, one of the first Nepali films, it was not till the 1980s that Indians left a prominent mark on the fledgling industry.
The turning point came in 1981 when Tulsi Ghimire, the son of an Indian Army soldier in Kalimpong’s Sindibong basti, left Mumbai.
- 9/26/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Kathmandu, Jan 10 (Ians) Seven years after he made his last film in Nepal, the lone Indian director here is poised to make a comeback with his new movie exploring the psyche of Nepalis and people of Nepali origin scattered all over the world.
The Nepali film industry’s once-acclaimed director Tulsi Ghimire, who began his career as a spot boy in India’s Bollywood to learn the craft of filmmaking from scratch, has returned to Nepal with a romance, “Maya to maya ho” (Love is love), which released in Nepal last week.
He also has a children’s.
The Nepali film industry’s once-acclaimed director Tulsi Ghimire, who began his career as a spot boy in India’s Bollywood to learn the craft of filmmaking from scratch, has returned to Nepal with a romance, “Maya to maya ho” (Love is love), which released in Nepal last week.
He also has a children’s.
- 1/10/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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