Nabin Subba (
Limbu
Limbu may refer to:
* Limbu people, an indigenous tribe living in Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan
** Rambahadur Limbu (born 1939), Nepalese Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Limbu language
* Limbu script
** Limbu (Unicode block)
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) (born 14 December 1967) is a Nepalese film director, screenwriter and producer. He is generally regarded as a leading figure and pioneer of the "Fourth Cinema" movement in Nepalese cinema, making the film base on Nepalese indigenous community. His works ''
Khangri'' and ''
Numafung'' were awarded in many film festivals around the globe. His last major project was ''Goodbye Kathmandu'', which is due for release soon. He also directed a 52-episode TV serial called ''Dalan'', about Dalit (the untouchables in Nepal), which he completed in 2006 and which aired from NTV 2008/2009. The TV serial was one of the most popular serial in the history of Nepal television, and was nominated for One world media trust, UK for outstanding work on social issue in developing countries.
He is one of the first filmmakers to take Nepali films to the international arena, participating in international film festivals.
Subba also heads the Indigenous Film Archive (IFA), which has organized the Nepal International Indigenous film Festival (NIIFF) in Kathmandu annually for the past nine years.
Career
Subba started his career by directing plays for theatre, winning the Best Play of the Year from Royal Nepal Academy in 1988.
He also enjoyed a parallel career in journalism and worked as a correspondent for the weekly ''Nepali Awaj'' (1989-1992), the daily ''Nepali Patra'' (1992-1994) and ''Deshanter Weekly'' (1994-1997). He also worked as the editor of the monthly ''Rup Rang Entertainment'' (1994-1995) and ''Nepathya'', a theater magazine in 1995. He continues to contribute articles to various newspapers and magazines.
Early work
* ''
Khangri (The Mountain)
''Khangri'' or ''Gangri'' (literally: ''The Snowy Mountain'') (Sherpa: , Wylie: ''Gangs ri'') is the first Sherpa language movie which was released in 2052 Bs (1996) in Nepal.
Synopsis
Pemba, who used to climb, returns to his native village Khu ...
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* ''
Numafung''
* ''
Goodbye Kathmandu
Goodbye Kathmandu is a Nepali movie directed by Nabin Subba. The main characters of the film are Anoop Baral, Malvika Subba, Karma, and Shahana Shrestha. This movie portrays the story of struggle to migrate to live in the capital city of Nepal i. ...
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TV series
* ''
Tareba'' - He wrote and directed this tele-film for Nepal Television, based on Limbu culture.
* ''
Dalan''
* ''
Singha Durbar Season 2''
References
*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1451399/
*http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=11660
Nepalese film directors
Living people
1967 births
People from Taplejung District
Limbu people
21st-century Nepalese screenwriters
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