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१९७४ एडी

One of Nepal's most successful rock bands, known for fusing rock with Nepali folk, funk, and jazz

आर्यन सिग्देल

Actor known for a wide range of roles, including the highest-grossing film Kismat

अमृत गुरुङ

Lead vocalist, songwriter, and founder of the folk-rock band Nepathya

अनमोल के.सी.

Actor and one of the highest-paid leads in contemporary Nepali cinema

आना शर्मा

Actress known for her debut alongside Anmol K.C. in Jerryy

अंशिका शर्मा

Miss Universe Nepal 2020 and founder of the Anshika Education Welfare Foundation

अनुप बराल

Theatre and film actor-director, founder of the Pratibimb Theatre Laboratory and a National School of Drama graduate

अरुण थापा

Singer-songwriter whose song Reetu Haruma Timi Hariyali Basant was voted among the BBC's top 10 most popular songs of all time

अरुणा लामा

Singer known as the "Nightingale of the Hills," one of the most celebrated voices in Nepali music

आस्था राउत

Pop singer known for Chaubandi Ma Patuki and Jhumke Bulaki; coach on The Voice of Nepal

बालेन्द्र शाह

Prime Minister of Nepal; former Mayor of Kathmandu and rapper

वर्षा राउत

Actress known for Jatra, Gopi, and the Chhakka Panja film series

भक्तराज आचार्य

Widely considered one of the greatest singers in Nepali music history, known as "Bhajan Shiromani"

बिनोद पौडेल

Film producer and founder of Seven Seas Cinema, best known for producing Purna Bahadur Ko Sarangi

बिपिन कार्की

Versatile method actor known for his villainous role in Pashupati Prasad

बुद्ध लामा

First winner of Nepal Idol

दयाहाङ् राई

One of Nepal's most acclaimed contemporary actors, known for Loot, Kabaddi, and White Sun

दीप श्रेष्ठ

Veteran singer from Nepali music's golden era, known for Jhaskiyecha Maan Mero; coach on The Voice of Nepal

दिपाश्री निरौला

Comedian, actress, and Nepal's highest-grossing film director, best known for the Chhakka Panja series

दीपक बज्राचार्य

Singer, songwriter, and lead guitarist known for pop-rock hits including Man Magan and Maya Ko Dori Le

दिपकराज गिरि

Comedian and highest-grossing actor of Nepali cinema, creator of Tito Satya and the Chhakka Panja film series

दीपक रौनियार

Director of Highway and White Sun, the first Nepali films to screen at the Berlin and Venice film festivals

गोपाल योञ्जन

Lyricist, singer, and composer known for patriotic and wide-ranging Nepali songs

हरिवंश आचार्य

Comedian, actor, and one half of Nepal's best-known comedy duo, MaHa

हरिदेवी कोइराला

Folk singer who has recorded over 800 songs across a five-decade career

जितु नेपाल

Stand-up comedian and actor, best known for playing Mundre in the sitcom Jire Khursani and for the Chhakka Panja film series

काली प्रसाद बास्कोटा

Singer, lyricist, and composer behind Thamel Bazaar and other major Nepali film songs; Nepal Idol judge

केकी अधिकारी

Actress known for I Am Sorry, Masan, and Mero Best Friend; one of Nepal's highest-paid actresses

खगेन्द्र लामिछाने

Theatre actor, writer, and director known for Talakjung vs Tulke and Pashupati Prasad

लुना लुइटेल

Miss Nepal World 2025, representing Nepal at Miss World 2026 in Vietnam

मदन कृष्ण श्रेष्ठ

Comedian, actor, and one half of Nepal's best-known comedy duo, MaHa

माल्बिका सुब्बा

Miss Nepal 2002 titleholder who became a longtime television host, actress, and social activist

मनिषा कोइराला

Nepali actress who became one of Bollywood's leading stars of the 1990s and 2000s; granddaughter of B.P. Koirala

मञ्जुल

Singer, writer, and poet known for socially conscious songs and poetry, and for co-founding influential 1960s musical groups

मेलावा देवी

The first female singer from Nepal to be professionally recorded

मेलिना राई

Pop singer and coach on The Voice of Nepal and The Voice Kids Nepal

मिन बहादुर भम

Director of Kalo Pothi (The Black Hen) and Shambhala, the first Nepali films at the Venice Film Festival and Berlinale Competition

नम्रता श्रेष्ठ

Actress and model known for a string of commercial Nepali films since her 2008 debut in Sano Sansar

नारायण गोपाल गुरुवाचार्य

Singer and composer regarded as one of Nepal's most significant cultural icons

न्ह्यू बज्राचार्य

Nepali composer, lyricist, and singer regarded as one of the leading music composers in the Nepali music industry

निमा रुम्बा

Pop singer known for Priti Basyo and Huri Bataas

निश्चल बस्नेत

Director of Loot, widely credited with revolutionising Nepali cinema through realistic crime dramas

पूजा शर्मा

Actress known for the blockbuster romantic drama Prem Geet

प्रियंका कार्की

Actress, director, and one of Nepal's highest-paid film stars

प्रियंका रानी जोशी

Miss Nepal World 2022 who became the first Miss Nepal delegate to reach the sport challenge top 32 at Miss World

रचना रिमाल

Singer credited with recording over a thousand Nepali songs in under two years

राजेश हमाल

Leading actor of Nepali cinema, active since 1991

राजेश पायल राई

Playback singer who has recorded songs for more than 250 Nepali films

ऋचा शर्मा

Actress known for Loot and Talakjung vs Tulke, and longtime judge on Comedy Champion

रेखा थापा

Actress, producer, and politician known for female-led lead roles

रोबिन तामाङ

Rock singer and frontman of Robin and The New Revolution, a defining figure of Nepal's rock scene

सबिन राई

Rock singer-songwriter and frontman of Sabin Rai and The Pharaoh

सम्राज्ञी राज्य लक्ष्मी शाह

Actress known for A Mero Hajur 2 and other leading roles in Nepali cinema

सौगात मल्ल

Actor known for playing Haku Kale in Loot; one of contemporary Nepali cinema's most acclaimed performers

सेतुराम श्रेष्ठ

First Nepali artist to record a song on gramophone disc, in 1908

शिवहरी पौडेल

Comedian and director of the long-running sitcom Jire Khursani, popularly known as Shankar Prasad

सिसन बानिया

Pioneering Nepali YouTube vlogger and filmmaker, founder of Paradygm TV

सोनिए राजभण्डारी

Miss Nepal International 2014

सुगम पोखरेल

One of the most prominent figures in Nepali pop music, known for the top-selling album Mero Sansaar

सुनिता दुलाल

Prominent folk singer, actress, and television presenter

सुसान्त के.सी

Pop singer-songwriter known for Saathi and Bardali; first Nepali artist to headline a concert at Times Square's Palladium Hall

स्वस्तिमा खड्का

Actress; one of Nepal's highest-paid film stars

उषा पौडेल

Actress known for playing Muna in the 1999 film adaptation of Laxmi Prasad Devkota's celebrated poem Muna Madan

भिटेन

One of the most prominent artists in the Nephop (Nepali hip-hop) scene, known for Churot and Hami Yestai Ta Ho Ni Bro

यमबुद्ध

Pioneering Nepali hip-hop artist, widely regarded as one of the most influential rappers in Nepalese hip-hop