Pradeep Rimal (1937–2015) was a Nepalese film director, lyricist, screenwriter and cultural anthropologist. He is best known for directing '' Silu'', the first

Newar language Newar (), or Newari and known officially in Nepal as Nepal Bhasa, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Newar people, the indigenous inhabitants of Nepal Mandala, which consists of the Kathmandu Valley and surrounding regions in Ne ...

film. In 1971, he won the

Madan Puraskar The Madan Puraskar ( ne, मदन पुरस्कार) is a literary honor in Nepal which Madan Puraskar Guthi confers annually for an outstanding book in the Nepali language published within the calendar year. It is considered the most pre ...

for ''

Karnali Lok Sanskriti ''Karnali Lok Sanskriti'' ( ne, कर्णाली लोक संस्कृति) is a 1971 Nepali language collection of research in a form of book about the Karnali region, which lies on the western part of Nepal. It was written by a ...

''. He wrote lyrics for many songs among which 'Kasturi Ho Baas Aauncha Bhanchhan' and 'Yo Barsa Chhodi Malai...' were sung by

Narayan Gopal Narayan Gopal Gurubacharya ( ne, नारायणगोपाल गुरबाचार्य) (4 October 1939 – 5 December 1990), known professionally as Narayan Gopal and N. Gopal was a prominent popular singer and composer of Nepali mus ...

Biography

Rimal was born in 1937 (15 Ashoj 1994 BS) in

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village of Lalitpur District of

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to father Durga Parsad Rimal and mother Dilli Kumari Rimal. In 1996, he worked as an assistant director and musician for ''

Maitighar ''Maitighar'' ( Maternal home) is a 1966 Nepali film directed by B.S. Thapa. It was the third Nepali film produced and the first featured film under a private banner. This film features bollywood actress Mala Sinha in the lead role with Nepali a ...

''. He wrote the culture, music and arts related volume of the five–part ''Karnali Lok Sanskriti''. He received the Madan Puraskar for this work alongside

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, Bihari Krishna Shrestha, Sthirjunga Bahadur Singh and

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in 1971. In 1985, he directed ''Ke Ghar Ke Dera'', which featured

Maha Jodi MaHa ( ne, मह जोडी) is the acronym of the comedy duo Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya of Nepal in Devanagari script. The acronym was coined by another contemporary comedian, Rajaram Paudel. MaHa is also renowned for t ...

. In 1987, he directed the first ever Newar language film titled ''Silu'' . He also wrote lyrics for many songs and directed multiple music videos and infomercials. He died on 7 February 2015 in

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state of United States.

Notable works

Book

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'' (1971)

Films

References

1937 births 2015 deaths 20th-century Nepalese musicians 20th-century Nepalese film directors 20th-century Nepalese male writers Madan Puraskar winners People from Lalitpur District, Nepal {{Nepal-bio-stub