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Khagendra Lamichhane

Khagendra Lamichhane

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Biography

Khagendra Lamichhane (born 1988) is a celebrated Nepalese theater personality, actor, screenwriter, and director who has become a household name in Nepali cinema. Born in the Syangja district of Nepal, he began his journey in the performing arts in 1999, eventually moving to Kathmandu to pursue higher education at Tribhuvan University and advance his career in theater. He achieved widespread national prominence for writing and starring in critically and commercially acclaimed feature films like Talakjung vs Tulke, and the blockbuster hit Pashupati Prasad. Beyond his iconic film roles, Lamichhane is an accomplished playwright and director who has staged multiple modern theater classics at both national and international festivals. He is also an authored writer with published books, the chairperson of Tukee Arts, and has collaborated extensively as a producer and writer with international organizations like BBC Media Action.

Known For

Talakjung vs Tulke
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Tulke – a simpleton day-laborer in a Nepalese mountain village –struggles to reclaim his lost aristocratic identity while a violent revolution disrupts every aspect of village life. Humiliated everyday by everybody around him, Tulké desperately seeks recognition and respect. Instead, he is falsely accused by the woman he loves and forced to flee from his ancestral village. When the city corrupts him and teaches him how the treacherous accumulate and wield power, he returns to his village to avenge himself against people who have wronged him and his family. He becomes a lackey to the revolutionaries in the village, and because he refuses to wrong those he loves, finds himself ensnared in a web of deception and violence, leading to a tragic conclusion for everybody.

Talakjung vs Tulke

2014Movie