Sharing details about the first National Film Award, Nikita Poudel, Managing Director of TV Filmy, said, “Since this is the first year, the theme of the awards function is ‘celebrating 50 years of Nepali cinema’. We are incorporating all Nepali movies made until now, starting from the very first Nepali film ‘Aama’. To make it special, we have also invited some international film personalities. Indian celebrities like Mukesh Bhatt, Udit Narayan and Deepa Jha, Ganesh Jain, who is the Managing Director of Venus Group, and representatives from Yash Raj Films and Balaji Motion Pictures will be attending the awards function. We also have a Hollywood actress and two Russian actresses attending the event.”[break]
The National Film Award 2069 will award films, actors and crew from 16 different categories.
Veteran Nepali artists have also expressed their pleasure at the prospect of the first National Film Award. Actor Bhuwan Chand, who starred in ‘Aama’, has her name firmly etched in the history of Nepali cinema. The award show also has a category in her name. ‘Bhuwan Best Actress’ is the category for which actresses will win the Best Actress Award. Chand said, “This is the biggest honor of my life and I feel very proud. Despite the government’s lack of interest, it’s wonderful that the private sector has taken up this work. This leaves the message that do good work does get recognized.”
In an event scheduled for the day after the award function, Nepal Tourism Board has tied up with the organizers to show the international film personalities that Nepal is also a good film destination. “NFDC has bought new and advanced equipments for digitalized filming. We can now show international filmmakers that we’re technically prepared and they can visit Nepal any time to shoot films,” said Poudel.
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