Neer Shah

Neer Bikram Shah
नीर विक्रम शाह
Born (1963-07-07) July 7, 1963 (age 61)
Kathmandu, Nepal
NationalityNepalese
Occupations
Years active1981–present
Political partyNepali Congress

Neer Bikram Shah, also known as Nir Shah, is a Nepalese film actor, director, producer, poet, songwriter, and businessman. He is considered one of the leading actors in Nepali cinema history and an actor with multiple identities.[1] He is related to the royal family of Nepal.[2]

Film career

Neer Shah is the producer or co-producer of many Nepali movies. He has also directed several Nepali movies produced by himself, including Basudev, Pachchis Basanta, Basanti, and a Nepal Bhasa movie Rajamati.[3][4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

Shah has also played antagonistic as well as other character roles in 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. He has also done the scriptwriting for a 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.[7]

Filmography

As an actor

Year Title Role Notes
1985 Kusume Rumal
1995 Prem Pinda
1995 Nata Ragat Ko
1997 Balidaan
2000 Dhuk Dhuki
2000 Yo Maya Ko Sagar Abhayjan
2001 Badal Paree Arjun
2001 Siudo Ko Sindoor
2001 Jeevan Sathi
2001 Gaunthali
2001 Badal Paree
2002 Bakshis
2002 Baacha Bandhan
2003 Muna Madan
2008 Sano Sansar Police Officer
2008 Kismat
2010 The Flash Back: Farkera Herda Sirish's uncle
2014 Chha Yekan Chha Shreeman Judge
2015 Woda Number 6 Kaji
2018 Chhakka Panja 3 Kaji
2023 Chhakka Panja 4 [8]

Service

Shah was the first head and founder of Nepal Television (NTV), the first TV station in Nepal, and is the chairman of Shangri-La TV (STV), a film production and microwave TV distribution company.[9][10] 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.[2] Along with Nirmal Nicholas Paul, he set up a production company called "888 Films", that produces Nepalese and Hindi films.[6] Another of his companies, National Studio, provides training in various fields of cinema production.[11] He is also one of the proprietors of New Century Pictures Pvt.Ltd., a film production company.[12] Shah also serves on the Governing Council of College of Journalism and Mass Communication in Nepal.[13]

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".[14]

He currently lives in London.

Royal affiliation

One of his two brothers, Kumar Khadga Bikram Shah, was married to one of three former King Gyanendra Shah's sisters, Princess Sharada Shah. Both his brother and sister-in-law were killed in the infamous Royal Massacre of 2001.[15] His other brother is Lalit Bikram Shah.

Politics

Shah is also affiliated with the Nepali Congress. Earlier, close to CPN (Maoist Centre), he became close to the Nepali Congress after he was appointed as director of Nepal Television during the period of Minendra Rijal as communication minister.[16]

Awards

  • Chinnalata Geet Puraskar (2011).[17]

References

  1. ^ "Neer Shah, man with multiple identities – Boss Nepal".
  2. ^ a b "Nepalese TV channel comes to Doha". The Peninsula. 17 October 2006. Archived from the original on 3 May 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
  3. ^ "Film names: Director" (PDF). Nepal Film Producers Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
  4. ^ "Production of Films by Decades" (PDF). Nepal Film Producers Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
  5. ^ Menon, Sreelatha (3 March 2003). "Oscar-nominated Caravan is running to packed houses in Kathmandu". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 April 2005. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
  6. ^ a b Sarkar, Sudeshna (16 May 2004). "Manisha Koirala is now Mother India". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 4 March 2006. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
  7. ^ "Report on FSA '01". Himal Association. Archived from the original on 11 April 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
  8. ^ "Shooting of film 'Chakka Panja 4' kicks off". Republica. 25 July 2022. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Sky War Ground Reality". New Business Age, nepalnews.com. August 2003. Retrieved 7 May 2007.[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ "Satellites and South Asia". Himal Southasian. 2000. Archived from the original on 9 February 2001. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
  11. ^ Ananta Wagle (September 2001). "Showbiz: Training". New Business Age, nepalnews.com. Retrieved 7 May 2007.[permanent dead link‍]
  12. ^ "Film Producers List". Film Development Board of Nepal. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
  13. ^ "Governing Council". College of Journalism and Mass Communication in Nepal. Archived from the original on 8 October 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
  14. ^ "KC honours Nir Shah, Shrestha". Nepal News. 13 January 2002. Archived from the original on 18 August 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
  15. ^ Swamy, Raman. "Laboratory tests revealed traces of cocaine in Dipendra's bloodstream: report". NetGuru India. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
  16. ^ यादव, अनिल (12 November 2017). "राजनीतिमा कलाकार : पार्टीका 'गहना' मात्रै?". Shukrabaar (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  17. ^ "Chinnalata Geet Puraskar". Kathmandu Craze. 12 July 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.