The upcoming 93^rd Academy Awards is scheduled to take place on April 25, 2021. The AMPAS has requested the film industries of global countries, including Nepal, to submit their best film for the Best International Feature Film Award.

Earlier, it was scheduled for February 28, 2021, but was later postponed by two months in view of the coronavirus pandemic.

The submitted movies must be released in their respective countries between October 1, 2019, and December 31, 2020. The list of top 10 shortlisted movies will be released on February 9, 2021.

As we eagerly anticipate the 2021 Oscar Awards, let’s look at the famous Nepali movies submitted so far.

List of Nepali Movies Submitted to the Oscars:

1) Caravan/Himalaya

• Director: Eric Valli
• Date of Release: September 13, 1999
• Starring: Tsering Dorjee, Thinle Lhondup, Gurgon Kyap, and Lhakpa Tsamchoe
• First Nepali film to be nominated Best International Feature Film at the 72^nd Academy Awards

2) Mask of desire/Mukundo

• Director: Tsering Rhitar Sherpa
• Date of Release: 2000
• Submitted to the 73rd Academy Awards

3) Muna Madan

• Director: Gyanendra Deuja
• Date of Release: June 27, 2003
• Starring: Usha Poudel, Deepak Tripathi, Subhadra Adhikari, Capt. Vijaya Lama
• Submitted to the 76^th Academy Awards

4) Basain

• Director: Subash Gajurel
• Date of Release: 2005
• Submitted to the 79^th Academy Awards

5) Soongava: Dance of the Orchids

• Director: Subarna Thapa
• Date of Release: January 4, 2012
• Starring: Saugat Malla, Deeya Maskey
• Submitted to the 86^th Academy Awards

6) Jhola

• Director: Yadav Kumar Bhattarai
• Date of Release: December 7, 2013
• Starring: Garima Panta, Desh Bhakta Khanal, Sujal Nepal, Laxmi Giri and Deepak Chhetri
• Submitted to the 87^th Academy Awards

7) Talakjung vs Tulke

• Director: Nischal Basnet
• Date of Release: October 31, 2014
• Starring: Khagendra Lamichhane, Shushank Mainali, Dayahang Rai, Reecha Sharma, Buddhi Tamang, Rabindra Singh Baniya
• Submitted to the 88^th Academy Awards

8) The Black Hen/Kalo Pothi

• Director: Min Bahadur Bham
• Date of Release: June 3, 2016
• Starring: Khadka Raj Nepali, Sukraj Rokaya, Jit Bahadur Malla, Benisha Hamal, Hansa Khadka
• Submitted to the 89^th Academy Award

9) The White Sun/Seto Surya

• Director: Deepak Rauniyar
• Date of Release: September 6, 2016
• Starring: Dayahang Rai, Rabindra Singh Baniya
• Submitted to the 90^th Academy Awards

10) Panchayat

• Director: Shivam Adhikari
• Date of Release: March 16, 2018
• Starring: Neeta Dhungana, Saroj Khanal, Rupa Rana, Ganesh Giti, Jahanwi Basnet
• Submitted to the 91^st Academy Awards

11) Bulbul

• Director: Binod Paudel
• Date of Release: February 15, 2019
• Starring: Swastima Khadka, Mukun Bhusal
• Submitted to the 92^nd Academy Awards

For the upcoming 2021 Oscar Awards, the Nepali Selection Committee has shortlisted two films, Aama by Dipendra K. Khanal and Sarita by Sergio Basso. The Committee is yet to submit a film for the next Oscars.

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In an award ceremony held at Shilpee Theater, Battisputali, Kathmandu, FSCN named award-winning Nepali films in seven different categories.

While Kalo Pothi received the Best Film award for 2016, it was Pashupati Prasad for 2015 and Kabbadi for 2014, respectively.

Meanwhile, Deepak Rauniyar was named the 2016 Best Director for the movie Seto Surya, followed by Dipendra K Khanal (2015) and Nischal Basnet (2014) for Pashupati Prasad and Talakjung vs Tulke  films.

While Bipin Karki (Jaatra), Maotse Gurung (Purano Dunga) were named the Best Actors, Keki Adhikari for (Love Sasha) received the Best Actress award, for 2016.

Saugat Malla (Fanko) and Reema Gurung (Kabbadi Kabbadi) were the best Actor and Actress for the year 2015, while it was Dayahang Rai (Kabbadi) and Priyanka Karki (Suntali) for 2014.

“Films are not only made to generate revenue but also to represent art and culture through it. It is therefore important to organize award ceremony as such as it not only to appreciate the work but to evaluate our performance and improve further”, said Yangesh, President of FSCN, said on the occasion.

The awards that were supposed to be given earlier were postponed due to technical reasons.

According to Yangesh, the awards were conducted with a financial support from the members of the Film Critics Society and the Society expects the Film Development Board support for future.

Nepali Filmmaker Yadav Kharel lauded the efforts of FSCN terming it as a positive approach towards honoring technicians and filmmakers of the Nepali film industry.

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Popular Nepali movies ‘Ghampani’ and ‘Kalo Pothi’ were conferred with the National Film Development Board’s (NFDB) special film awards at a glittering ceremony in Chabahil yesterday.

Ghampani or Sun shower, a love story starring Keki Adhikari and Dayahang Rai in lead roles, had also won the jury award for Best Film at the 5th International Nepalese Artist Society (INAS) film awards function in Kathmandu earlier this month.

Kalo Pothi or The Black Hen, the first Nepali film to be ever screened at the Venice Film Festival, was selected as Nepal’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the prestigious 89th Academy Awards.

The two films were selected by a five-member jury from among 37 nominated films. Ram Chandra Dhakal, the Chairperson of National Film Development Board presented the awards along with a cash prize of Rs 200,000 to the recipients.

The director of ‘Ghampani’, Dipendra Lama said, “I am glad to be felicitated with the Special Film Award. However, I hadn’t made the film with the aim to win awards. I believe my film was chosen for the award because it shows the importance of inter-caste marriages.”

The event also saw the unveiling of author Laxmi Nath Sharma’s book ‘Nepali Chalachitra Ko Itihas’.

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