Gyanendra Deuja

Gyanendra Bahadur Deuja
Born (1967-05-05) May 5, 1967 (age 57)
Kapan, Nepal
NationalityNepali
OccupationDirector
Years active1997 - Present
Children
  • Sulav Pratik Deuja
  • Samikshya Deuja

Gyanendra Deuja (born 5 May 1967) (Nepali: ज्ञानेन्द्र देउजा) is a Nepali film director and screenwriter.[1][2] He directed his first movie, Rakshak, in 1997.[3] It contained the first instance of an underwater action scene in a Nepali movie.[citation needed] He then started adding a novelty to each of his movies. One of his notable movies is Muna Madan (Nepali: मुनामदन)[4] based on the long poem of the same name by Laxmi Prasad Devkota.[5][6][7] This movie was Nepal's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2004 Oscars.[8] As of May 2016, he was shooting his latest film, Buddha - born in Nepal, which is a story of a struggling Nepali student In America.[9]

  1. ^ Deuja, Gyanendra Bahadur (2003-06-27), Muna Madan, retrieved 2016-05-01
  2. ^ "Gyanendra Deuja » Nepali Movies, Nepali Films". xnepali.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  3. ^ "Rakshyak(2013) - Nepali Movie - Details, Rating, Synopsis, Storyline, News, Photos, Videos, Reviews and all other details of this Nepali Film". reelnepal. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  4. ^ Deuja, Gyanendra Bahadur (2003-06-27), Muna Madan, retrieved 2016-05-01
  5. ^ "Laxmi Prasad Devkota". Goodreads. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  6. ^ "मुनामदन". Goodreads. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  7. ^ "Feature: Tibet tale remains Nepal's bestseller - China News - SINA English". english.sina.com. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  8. ^ "Nepal's Submission for Best Foreign Language Film (Academy Award)". www.international.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  9. ^ "'Kollywood': Nepalese film shoots at Cornell | Cornell Chronicle". www.news.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-01.