AVASH KARMACHARYA

She had no plans to become an actor, no ambitions. She always set her mind free and looked forward to all that came her way.

“Accidentally,” says the prominent actress Karishma Manandhar how she came to Nepali silver screen. But once she made the entry, she left behind all other actresses; and after giving superb performances in blockbusters like “Truck Driver”, “Manakamana”, “Allare”, “Ajambari Maya” and “Papi Manchhe”, she knew what she truly wanted to do – to become an actor. In no time, the lady with the seductive eyes, Manandhar awed audiences and became a sought-after face in Nepali films.

After doing over a hundred films, she tried her hands in filmmaking. Manandhar did not want to follow the traditional way of making films in Nepal – “wrap it up within the budget of three million Rupees.” She dared to invest handsomely, expecting to give a new direction to Nepali filmmaking. Ironically, even after investing some eight million Rupees on “Babu Saheb”, the film tanked, driving the heroine to frustration. She wanted to say goodbye to Nepali films, and because she had invested the money together with her husband, producer Binod Manandhar, the commercial loss sparked misunderstandings in her married life, too. She left for America. (more…)

- माओवादी वरिष्ठ नेता डा। बाबुराम भट्टर्राई

सोमबार मात्र तपाईले वार्ता भंग हुने स्थितिमा पुगेको भन्नुभयो, खास स्थिति के हो ?

नेपाली जनताले १० वर्षो जनयुद्धमा जुन त्याग र बलिदान गरे, १९ दिनको जनआन्दोलनमा जुन प्रतिवद्धता व्यक्त गरे, अठोट व्यक्त गरे, अहिले कुर्सीमा बस्नेले त्यसको विपरीत कामहरू गरिराखेका छन् । उनीहरू निकास चाहँदैनन्, यथास्थितिलाई लम्ब्याउन चाहन्छन् । राजतन्त्र, शाही सेनासँग सम्झौता गरेर आफ्नो विगतको जुन कालो इतिहास छ, त्यो जोगाउन चाहन्छन् भन्ने संकेत हामीले तीन महिनामा देख्यौं । दल र हामीबीच भएको १२ बुँदे र आठबुँदे समझदारीविपरीत जुन काम भइराख्याछ, जसरी यथास्थितिलाई लम्ब्याउने प्रयत्न भइराख्या छ, त्यही कारणले वार्ता अब गम्भीर मोडमा पुग्यो भन्ने हाम्रो मूल्यांकन हो ।
जनआन्दोलनपछि आएको सरकारले पनि कुरा बुझेन भनेर भन्नुभएको छ । आ-आफ्ना राजनीतिक अडान व्यक्त गर्ने क्रममा अथवा आफ्ना राजनीतिक अवधारणा र्सार्वजनिक गर्ने क्रममा भन्नु नै अपराध त होइन होला नि ? (more…)