Neer Shah
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Neer Bikram Shah, also known as Nir Shah, is a Nepalese
movie actor, a poet, lyricist, movie director, and businessman. He is related to the Royal family of Nepal
.
movies. He has also directed several Nepali movies produced by himself, including Basudev, Pachchis Basanta, Basanti, and a Nepal Bhasa
movie Rajamati
. He is also a co-producer of the Oscar nominated film Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef, which was co-produced and directed by the French movie maker Eric Valli
. The film, also released as Caravan (in Canada) and Himalaya (in Denmark and France), was the first film from Nepal to win an Oscar nomination.
Neer Shah has also played antagonist
ic as well as other character roles in the movies such as Prem Pinda
and Balidan. He has also appeared in a few Bollywood
movies as a guest artist. Shah has also penned down many Nepali
and Nepal Bhasa
songs. His songs such as Prem ko maalaa pahiraai diye, samhaali raakha yeslaai have even been recorded by the critically acclaimed singers such as Narayan Gopal
. Being a literary person he has also done the scriptwriting
for few of his films.
In 2001, he served on the jury of Film South Asia '01, the festival of South Asian documentaries, along with Firdous Azim and Shyam Benegal
.
(NTV), the first TV station in Nepal
and is the chairman of Shangri-La TV (STV), a film production and microwave TV distribution company. STV produced many programmes for NTV and also provided the cable television
network in Kathmandu valley. Shah holds 33 per cent equity in a United Kingdom
-based firm, Galaxy, which is involved in telecasting Nepalese TV channels overseas. Along with Nirmal Nicholas Paul, he set up a production company called "888 Films", that produces Nepalese and Hindi films. Another of his companies, National Studio, provides training in various fields of cinema production. He is also one of the proprietors of the New Century Pictures Pvt.Ltd., a film production company. Shah also serves on the Governing Council of College of Journalism and Mass Communication in Nepal.
In 2002, he was felicitated by the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in recognition of his contribution in the "promotion of Nepalese art and culture and tourism industry".
He currently lives in London.
's sister. Both his brother and sister-in-law were killed in the infamous Royal Massacre of 2001.
Nepali people
Nepali people can refer to:*People of Nepal*Ethnic Nepalis of Indian citizenry residing in Gorkhaland area of West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and other parts of India.* Indian Gorkhas*Lhotshampas of Bhutan.*Nepali diaspora the world over....
movie actor, a poet, lyricist, movie director, and businessman. He is related to the Royal family of Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
.
Film career
Neer Shah is the producer or co-producer of many NepaliNepali language
Nepali or Nepalese is a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.It is the official language and de facto lingua franca of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan, parts of India and parts of Myanmar...
movies. He has also directed several Nepali movies produced by himself, including Basudev, Pachchis Basanta, Basanti, and a Nepal Bhasa
Nepal Bhasa
Nepal Bhasa is one of the major languages of Nepal, and is also spoken in India, particularly in Sikkim where it is one of the 11 official languages. Nepal Bhasa is the mother tongue of about 3% of the people in Nepal . It is spoken mainly by the Newars, who chiefly inhabit the towns of the...
movie Rajamati
Rajamati
Rajamati is the second big screen film to be made in Nepal Bhasa. The first Nepal Bhasa movie is Silu, released in 1987....
. He is also a co-producer of the Oscar nominated film Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef, which was co-produced and directed by the French movie maker Eric Valli
Eric Valli
Éric Valli is a French photographer and film director.Valli spent most of his career as a geographical photographer working for the National Geographic Magazine and The Sunday Times capturing more inaccessible locations in the world on camera...
. The film, also released as Caravan (in Canada) and Himalaya (in Denmark and France), was the first film from Nepal to win an Oscar nomination.
Neer Shah has also played antagonist
Antagonist
An antagonist is a character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend...
ic as well as other character roles in the movies such as Prem Pinda
Prem Pinda
Prem Pinda is a successful 1995 Nepali film directed by Yadav Kharel and produced by actor Neer Shah. Prem Pinda, is an adaptation of popular play by Bal Krishna Sama. Sama was considered as ‘Shakespeare’ of Nepal with his evergreen plays like “Mutuko Byatha,” “Mukunda Indira,” “Bhater,” “Birami...
and Balidan. He has also appeared in a few Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
movies as a guest artist. Shah has also penned down many Nepali
Nepali language
Nepali or Nepalese is a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.It is the official language and de facto lingua franca of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan, parts of India and parts of Myanmar...
and Nepal Bhasa
Nepal Bhasa
Nepal Bhasa is one of the major languages of Nepal, and is also spoken in India, particularly in Sikkim where it is one of the 11 official languages. Nepal Bhasa is the mother tongue of about 3% of the people in Nepal . It is spoken mainly by the Newars, who chiefly inhabit the towns of the...
songs. His songs such as Prem ko maalaa pahiraai diye, samhaali raakha yeslaai have even been recorded by the critically acclaimed singers such as Narayan Gopal
Narayan Gopal
Narayan Gopal Guruacharya is the most prominent and popular singer and composer in the history of Nepali music. He is popularly referred to as "Swar Samrat" in Nepali music. He is also known as "Tragedy King." He is well known as a singer as well as a composer...
. Being a literary person he has also done the scriptwriting
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
for few of his films.
In 2001, he served on the jury of Film South Asia '01, the festival of South Asian documentaries, along with Firdous Azim and Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal is a prolific Indian director and screenwriter. With his first four feature films Ankur , Nishant Manthan and Bhumika he created a new genre, which has now come to be called the "middle cinema" in India although he himself has expressed dislike in the term preferring his work to...
.
Filmography (as an actor)
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1985 | Kusume Rumal Kusume Rumal Kusume Rumal is a 1985 Nepali romantic film directed by Tulsi Ghimire. It was produced by Sumitra Paudel under the banner of Sayapatri Films. This was the first film in which singer Udit Narayan acted. In 2009, the son of the producer of this Kusume Rumal directed Kusume Rumal 2, which was the... |
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| 1995 | Prem Pinda Prem Pinda Prem Pinda is a successful 1995 Nepali film directed by Yadav Kharel and produced by actor Neer Shah. Prem Pinda, is an adaptation of popular play by Bal Krishna Sama. Sama was considered as ‘Shakespeare’ of Nepal with his evergreen plays like “Mutuko Byatha,” “Mukunda Indira,” “Bhater,” “Birami... |
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| 1995 | Nata Ragat Ko | |
| 2000 | Dhuk Dhuki | |
| 2001 | Badal Paree Badal Paree - Cast :* Subhadra Adhikari ... Anjali's mother* Jharana Bajracharya * Bhuwan K.C. ... Bijay* Melina Manandhar* Santos Pant ... Bhaire * Dilip Rayamajhi ... Saroj* Jal Shah ... Anjali* Neer Shah ... Arjun... |
Arjun |
| 2001 | Siudo Ko Sindoor Siudo Ko Sindoor Suido ko Sindor is a 2001 Nepali film directed by Manju Kumar Shrestha.- Cast :* Rajesh Hamal* Niruta Singh* Jharana Bajracharya* Neer Shah* Ratan Subedi* Basundhara Bhushal- Music :... |
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| 2001 | Jeevan Sathi Jeevan Sathi Jeevan Sathi is a Ollywood / Oriya film directed by Prabhat Mukherjee... |
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| 2001 | Gaunthali | |
| 2001 | Badal Paree Badal Paree - Cast :* Subhadra Adhikari ... Anjali's mother* Jharana Bajracharya * Bhuwan K.C. ... Bijay* Melina Manandhar* Santos Pant ... Bhaire * Dilip Rayamajhi ... Saroj* Jal Shah ... Anjali* Neer Shah ... Arjun... |
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| 2002 | Bakshis | |
| 2002 | Baacha Bandhan | |
| 2003 | Muna Madan Muna Madan Muna madan is a short epic narrative by the poet Laxmi Prasad Devkota and one of the most popular works in Nepali literature. Just before his death in 1959 he made his famous statement, "it would be all right if all my works were burned, except for 'Muna Madan.'" Muna Madan is the most commercially... |
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| 2008 | Sano Sansar Sano Sansar (film) Sano Sansar is a 2008 Nepali romantic comedy film directed by Alok Nembang. The film has a massive star cast which includes Neer Shah and newcomers Mahesh Shakya, Jivan Luitel and Namrata Shrestha... |
Police Officer |
Business career
Neer Shah was first head and founder of Nepal TelevisionNepal Television
Nepal Television is the oldest and most watched television channel in Nepal.Nepal Television was for many years the only television channel native to Nepal, but several others have begun operation in recent years....
(NTV), the first TV station in Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
and is the chairman of Shangri-La TV (STV), a film production and microwave TV distribution company. STV produced many programmes for NTV and also provided the cable television
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
network in Kathmandu valley. Shah holds 33 per cent equity in a United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
-based firm, Galaxy, which is involved in telecasting Nepalese TV channels overseas. Along with Nirmal Nicholas Paul, he set up a production company called "888 Films", that produces Nepalese and Hindi films. Another of his companies, National Studio, provides training in various fields of cinema production. He is also one of the proprietors of the New Century Pictures Pvt.Ltd., a film production company. Shah also serves on the Governing Council of College of Journalism and Mass Communication in Nepal.
In 2002, he was felicitated by the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in recognition of his contribution in the "promotion of Nepalese art and culture and tourism industry".
He currently lives in London.
Royal affilliation
One of his brother Kumar Khadga Bikram Shah was married to one of former King Gyanendra ShahGyanendra of Nepal
Gyanendra Shah was the last King of Nepal. During his life, he has held the title of the King twice: first between 1950 and 1951 as a child when his grandfather Tribhuvan was forced into exile in India with the rest of his family; and from 2001 to 2008, following the Nepalese royal massacre.King...
's sister. Both his brother and sister-in-law were killed in the infamous Royal Massacre of 2001.
Politics
Neer Shah and many other Nepali actors joined the CPN terming the latter party is the most nationalist and their policies were in promoting nepalis film industry.External links
- "No rewards for breaking away from the pack", an interview with Neer Shah. Nepali Times.
- "Get-Rich-Quick Attitude Ruining Nepal's Film Industry", an interview with Neer Shah. Nepali Times.