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1. Amazing Grace (2018 film)
2. Aama (1964 film) (before)
3. Samragyee RL Shah (before)
4. Vicky Knight
5. On Her Shoulders
6. Mike Wallace Is Here
7. Nischal Basnet (before)
8. 868-HACK (before)
9. A Story About My Uncle
10. Loot (2012 film) (before)
11. What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (before)
12. Swastima Khadka (before)
13. Tum Hi Aana

13. Tum Hi Aana
14. Taruni Sachdev (before)
15. You Go to My Head (film)

Featured list

1. Sanjay Dutt filmography (before)
2. Nischal Basnet filmography
3. Jennifer Aniston filmography (before)
4. List of Ayushmann Khurrana performances (before)
5. List of awards and nominations received by Scarlett Johansson (before)
6. Robert De Niro filmography (before)
7. Wikimedian of the Year (before)
8. List of awards and nominations received by Brad Pitt (before)
9. List of accolades received by Charlize Theron (before)
10. List of awards and nominations received by Natalie Portman (before)
11. List of stupas in Nepal (before)
12. List of awards and nominations received by Joaquin Phoenix (before)
13. Dayahang Rai filmography
14. List of Nepalese kings

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Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah
Jessie Bonstelle
Devi Mahatmya
Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana
Tribhuvan of Nepal

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... that Nepal declared a national day of mourning after the 2019 Taplejung helicopter crash?
... that a documentary film of Aretha Franklin's (pictured) Amazing Grace concert in 1972 languished in a studio vault for decades because the director did not use a clapperboard?
... that Nepalese student Sangita Magar became a human rights activist after she survived an acid attack at the age of 16?'
... that Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli praised the 2019 sports drama Captain for "delivering patriotism"?
... that Pema Dhondup studied filmmaking at the University of Southern California so he could use the medium to tell the story of his "lost generation" of Tibetan youth?
... that Binod Chaudhary is the first Nepali to be listed on Forbes's billionaire list?
... that Starting for the Hunt by Aelbert Cuyp is an early example of an equestrian portrait of someone who was not a member of court?
... that Vicky Knight, who played an acid-attack victim in her debut film role, works as a healthcare assistant in the hospital where she was treated as a child?
... that the novel Trust Exercise was inspired by discussions about sexual abuse which followed the publication of the Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape?
... that Samragyee RL Shah (pictured) is the highest-paid actress in Nepali cinema as of 2019?
... that Aama was the first Nepalese film to be produced in Nepal?
... that a 2018 documentary depicts Nadia Murad (pictured), who escaped sexual enslavement by the Islamic State, alerting politicians and journalists to the atrocities being committed in her native Iraq?
... that the 2019 film Ask Dr. Ruth features Holocaust survivor Ruth Westheimer reflecting on her career as a sex therapist?
... that director Avi Belkin said the title of his 2019 documentary Mike Wallace Is Here once constituted "the four most-dreaded words in the English language"?
... that before becoming a film director, Nepal's Nischal Basnet went to Australia to study 3D animation, but ended up studying hospitality and becoming a chef?
... that for their 2019 documentary film The Elephant Queen, the two directors followed elephant herds for four years?
... that Memory: The Origins of Alien defines the Alien franchise as "a collective art form" inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Francis Bacon, and the Greek Furies?
... that the director of a 2018 documentary uncovered evidence of FBI surveillance of Arab American families in her hometown outside Chicago?
... that Nepal's first highway tunnel was constructed by the country's first civil engineering graduate?
... that according to a 2001 documentary, Ron Jeremy became a pornographic actor after his girlfriend sent a nude photo of him to Playgirl magazine?
... that the developers of the indie video game A Story About My Uncle had to teach themselves how to use Unreal Engine to produce it?
... that Indian lyricist Gulzar wants his patriotic song "Ae Watan" to become the "song of our nation"?'
... that the player controls a smiley face in 868-HACK?
... that the 2018 American superhero film Deadpool 2 was nominated for fifteen Golden Trailer Awards?
...that "The Night We Met", a song by indie-folk band Lord Huron, was certified two-times platinum nearly two years after its initial release?
... that the 2018 indie video game Past Cure was developed by a team from Turkey, Belgium, Egypt, Romania, England, and North Macedonia?
... that Newsweek described the Goucher College campus in Towson, Maryland, as "unusually bucolic"?
... that composer Payal Dev used multiple instruments in the 2019 Hindi ballad "Tum Hi Aana" to "give it the right amount of emotions"?
... that a man suspected of carrying coronavirus in Nepal ran away from the hospital?
... that a 2020 documentary about Pepe the Frog raises the question of whether Pepe can be redeemed?
... that James Blunt wrote "Monsters" to express his feelings about his father and his father's illness?
... that in the film Dick Johnson Is Dead, director Kirsten Johnson has her elderly father act out different ways – some of them violent "accidents" – in which he could die?
... that Ayushmann Khurrana learned to play the piano and make omelettes blindfolded for one of his performances?
... that the idea for the documentary film Crip Camp came to the directors after an "off-hand comment at lunch"?
... that Karan Johar launched the pop song "Genda Phool" on social media during India's coronavirus lockdown?
... that actor Ranveer Singh was slapped 21 times while filming the music video for "Ude Dil Befikre"?
... that Camp Jened, a summer camp for disabled people, was heavily influenced by the 1960s counterculture and hippie values?
... that Awkwafina is the first woman of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe Award for best actress in a film?
... that Nepali actress Swastima Khadka holds a three-year diploma in architectural engineering?
... that Nepali director Nischal Basnet based Loot's lead character on himself?
... that the 2017 romantic thriller You Go to My Head does not use any artificial lighting?
... that Indian child actress Taruni Sachdev was nicknamed the "Rasna girl"?
... that Martin Scorsese created his first film, What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?, as part of a summer program?
... that PewDiePie's first YouTube video, "Minecraft Multiplayer Fun", has been viewed more than 14 million times?
... that Martin Scorsese filmed It's Not Just You, Murray! in his apartment?
... that Scarlett Johansson was nominated for two Academy Awards in the same year?
... that Robert De Niro won the first of his two Academy Awards for his portrayal of the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II?
... that actress Natalie Portman was nominated for an Oscar for playing the First Lady of the United States?
... that the 2019 romantic comedy Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi set the record for the highest-grossing opening of a film in Nepal?
... that a comedian was jailed for his negative video review of the 2019 Nepali romantic comedy Bir Bikram 2?
... that the 2018 Nepali comedy-drama Mr. Virgin was criticised for its title?
... that the Film Development Board of Nepal refused to issue a production license to Gaja Baja because its title alluded to marijuana?
... that in Nepal, it is against the law to beg?
... that Bandana Nepal achieved the Guinness World Record for "longest dance marathon by an individual" by dancing for 126 hours continuously?
... that the 14-year-old lead actress in the 1931 British Indian film The Last Kiss was brought from a brothel in Dhaka?
... that Nepali actor Jayanendra Chand Thakuri starred in more than 100 films?
... that on the first few days of the launch of the internet bench (pictured), two teenagers phoned the local council and Bill Gates after discovering it could be used to make international calls?
... that most Nepali families disapprove of inter-caste marriage because they are afraid of becoming social outcasts?
... that the 1997 historical drama Balidaan (Sacrifice) was banned in 2005 by King Gyanendra's government for its portrayal of Nepal's communist movement?
... that the title of the 2020 Nepali comedy-drama film Senti Virus was changed from Anti Virus upon the advice of an astrologer?
... that for its 2020 tourism campaign, the Government of Nepal proposed building 108 sculptures of the Yeti painted by 108 different artists?
... that the 379-year-old dance musical play Kartik Naach (video clip featured) is performed every year in Nepal?
... that on National Paddy Day in Nepal, people splash each other and play in the mud (pictured), plant rice seedlings, eat curd and beaten rice, and sing folk songs?
... that Nepal's first woman auto rickshaw driver, Laxmi Sharma, went on to start the first button factory in the country?
... that the song and visual images in the music video for "Bola Maya" express the pain of those who lose their loved ones in foreign lands?
... that King Ram Shah of Gorkha introduced criminal codes to the kingdom?
... that Ghansi created a well so he could be remembered after his death?
... that in 1911, George V (pictured) killed 21 tigers, 8 rhinos, and 1 bear in Nepal?
... that construction of the 195 m (640 ft) Gorkha Bridge in Nepal, reconnected seven remote villages and reestablished a portion of a popular hiking trail?
... that a print of Badnam Basti, often described as India's first gay film, was discovered in 2019 after being lost for 40 years?
... that residents of Devdaha, Nepal, decided that a 13-year-old girl should marry her 25-year-old alleged rapist?
... that according to legend, Swayambhunath (pictured), one of the oldest stupas in Nepal, came out of a sacred lotus at the centre of Kathmandu when the city was a lake?
... that the queen and others apparently used to watch Malla kings taking baths in the Tusha Hiti?
... that Nepali author Krishna Lal Adhikari (pictured) was sentenced to nine years in prison for publishing a book about the cultivation of corn?
... that the 2013 Nepali historical drama Badhshala was briefly banned by the Nepali Army because the actors wore military uniforms without permission?
... that the film roles of Nepali actor Dayahang Rai include a crime boss, a Maoist, the suspected killer of a popular communist leader, a police officer, and a bank robber?
... that on the second day of Tihar each year, Nepali people worship dogs (example pictured) to please Yama?
... that Hamro Lok Sanskriti (Our Folk Culture) was one of three books to win the first issuance of Madan Puraskar, Nepal's highest literary honour?
... that Tribhuvan and Gyanendra each became King of Nepal twice?
... that women are prohibited from entering the Chisapani Gadhi in Nepal due to the belief that this could bring them bad luck or even death?

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