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Jiwan Kumar Parajuli professionally known as Jiwan Parajuli is a famous film and Entertainment Journalist & Author from Nepal. He is involved in journalism and has been continuing the work since 2007 AD. On March 19, 2022, Parajuli released a book, Close-up. In the book, Parajuli interviews 61 people related to the Nepali film industry and develops a story from each of them. His non-fictional book is about the multidimensional portrayal of the Nepali film industry through a journalistic lens. Mr. Parajuli is the Immediate Past Vice President of the Film Journalist Association Nepal. In 2007, he started his media career as a technical team member at FM station Radio Upatyaka 87.6MHz in Kathmandu, Nepal. Later on, he started to host some regular film and entertainment shows. He is also the media coordinator of the Film Development Board (Government of Nepal). His interest in films and the entertainment industry made him in a way to work as a professional film journalist. After getting experience with a few other FM stations, national television (Nepal Television), and online portals, he also started his own online news portal "Thuloparda.com". Thuloparda.com, a web portal, and its own YouTube channel Thuloparda TV contribute their service to film and entertainment news content. He has also received recognition for my work. In 2022, he was awarded the "Press Council Beat Journalism Prize" and in 2021, he received the "PIM Nepal Film Festival Excellence in Entertainment Journalism award".

Dr. Naba Raj Lamsal is a Nepali poet, radio journalist, and government official. He was born on July 23, 1969, in Jyamrung, Dhading, Nepal. He has made significant contributions to Nepali literature and media, serving as the Director of Program Division at Radio Nepal and previously working as a correspondent for BBC Nepali Service. Career Highlights Dr. Lamsal began his poetry journey in 1984, publishing his first poem in Arunodaya newspaper. Over the years, he has written several epic poems, including: Paile Pichhe Sagarmatha (2004) Karn: Mahakavya (2009) Udum Udum Lagcha (2016) Dhara: Mahakavya (2017) Agni: Mahakavya (2021) – Winner of the Madan Puraskar (2022) Personal Life & Legacy Dr. Lamsal holds a PhD in Nepali Literature from Tribhuvan University. He has won multiple national literary awards, including the National Poem Competition and National Lyrical Music Competition. His work has been recognized for its depth, cultural significance, and poetic excellence.

Reema Bishwokarma  is a Nepali actress, beauty queen, model, VJ and television journalist . She was born on 5 August in Bardiya, Gulariya, Nepal. Reema did her first screen time when she was in grade 6 or 7 hosting a TV program “Jada Jadye” at an early age. She did her Lower-secondary schooling from Bhassara Secondary School, but completed her SLC from Navaratna Secondary School. Recently, she is doing bachelor 3rd year in Mass Communication from Pinnacle Academy. Before starting her acting career, she had worked as a VJ for Nepal Television and a news caster for National TV. She started her acting career from the music video Jindagibhar Saath Dinchhu Bhannele by Chris KC. This pretty girl Reema is highly appreciated in the Nepali music video by Shreya Ghosal’s Chayechha Basanta.Later she enter into Nepali movie industry. She debuted in the movie ‘Swor’ as an actress. The movie was released in 2011. The movie Swor directed by Prasanna Poudel under the production of MRS Movies Pvt. Ltd. Similarly, she did the movie like Visa Girl, Ritu and so on. Reema went to Rajasthan for the shooting of a music video and also went to Australia for the shooting of the movie “Ritu”. World recognized her from international franchise reality show "Nepal Idol". She co-hosted "Nepal Idol" which was highly praised by the Nepali speaking people around the world.

Aashish Sharma Pangeni is a Nepalese artist. He has starred in short films and music videos. Engineer by qualification, Aashish has worked as a stage and screen actor, director, producer, screenwriter, model, voiceover artist, etc. Aashish has worked in various short films like 'Darkmoon', 'Visa', 'Chronic', 'Days without Name'. He has worked on the music video 'I'm Losing You'. He has also worked as a Theatre artist for 3 years in Bhubaneshwar, India. He has acted and directed ad-like short films for 'Worldlink' & 'Study In India'. He has also worked as a Line Producer for the KIMFF award-winning short film 'Alter the Change'. Aashish Sharma is also the recipient of numerous awards including Best Actor and Director for the film 'Darkmoon' in 'Glocal Short Film Competition 2020'. His next film 'Chronic' was awarded the second runner up prize at 'Kalinga International Medical Film Festival 2018, India'. 'Visa' was another short film which got official selection at 'Saath Sadhaiko Short Film Competition'. His two ad-like short videos 'Worldlink and Me' and 'Study In India' are awarded as the Winner and Second Runner Up respectively.