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]]>The ‘Bridal Buyer Award,’ the Oscars of the Bridal Industry in the UK, has bestowed Sanyukta Shrestha with the ‘Editor’s Choice Award 2020’.
Sanyukta has received the globally recognized award for her outstanding commitment and contribution to combating the coronavirus crisis. She has been supporting frontline health professionals using her professional fashion designing skills since the outbreak of the pandemic.
The bridal designer Sanyukta, with her team, made PPE face shields for frontline healthcare workers of the National Health Service (NHS) and face masks for care workers in England.
The London-based designer has also provided relief to the vulnerable groups in Nepal. Sanyukta and her team made special masks for Aama & all the residents of ‘Aamako Ghar’ in Kathmandu. Aamako Ghar has been sheltering 86 homeless, older women, and orphans since 1999.
This is the second award received by Shrestha in the year 2020. Earlier, she has won the title of ‘Wedding Boutique of The Year London’ for her eco-friendly bridal outlet, Behuli Boutique. It was the only eco-friendly boutique among the 29 shortlisted nominees.
The boutique was declared as the titleholder in Britain’s Asian Wedding Awards ceremony organized by Oceanic Consulting on February 11, 2020, at the Sheraton Grande Park Lane Hotel.
Moreover, Sanyukta was also the nominee for the ‘The Best Innovation Award’ in the UK Wedding Awards 2020. She was the first and only bridal designer among the eight nominees shortlisted for the category.
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]]>Art company Yantrakala Studios, which operates from both Kathmandu and London, is producing an animated movie titled Majipa: Lakhay to commemorate the visit of the then Prime Minister Jung Bahadur Rana to Britain around 170 years back.
The movie’s story, penned by veteran cultural expert Satya Mohan Joshi, would focus on the Lakhay cult of the Kathmandu Valley. According to Sanyukta Shrestha, the director of the film, her team would conduct an extensive research over the next couple of years to achieve a realistic portrayal of the socio-cultural situation of 19th century Kathmandu. Popular Nepali artists Manish Shrestha, Priyanka Karki, Sunita Juju and Madan Das Shrestha will provide the movie’s voice over.
The movie’s release is being planned for May 2020 to coincide with author Joshi’s 101st birthday. It is Yantrakala’s second production after Shankhadharaya Bakha, the first animated movie in Nepali language in 2016.
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