Gyanendra Deuja

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Gyanendra Bahadur Deuja
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Born (1967-05-05) May 5, 1967 (age 54)
Nationality Nepali
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]

One of his most well known feature films is Muna Madan (Nepali : मुनामदन) [3] based on the long poem of the same name by Laxmi Prasad Devkota. [4] [5] [6] This movie was Nepal's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2004 Oscars. [7]

As of May 2016, he was shooting his latest film, Buddha - born in Nepal. [8]

Early life

Gyanendra Deuja was born in Kapan, Nepal to Mr. Dev Bahadur Deuja and the late Mrs. Kanchhi Deuja. He is the youngest of four children, two sisters and a brother. His father is a farmer and a Nepalese Army veteran. He went to school at the Pashupati School in Chabahil, and to college at the Nepal Commerce Campus in Minbhawan[ citation needed ].

When he was still an undergraduate, he worked in the theater called Aarohan (nepali:आरोहण), now Gurukul (nepali: गुरुकुल), where he got acquainted with senior actors and directors, such as Sunil Pokharel, Saroj Khanal, Badri Adhikari, Narayan Puri and so on[ citation needed ].

Career

With the establishment of Nepal television in the early 1980s, many theatre artists transitioned to making soap opera. Deuja started taking minor roles and working as production assistant as well. Resh Raj Acharya the film director later mentored him.

Deuja worked as chief assistant director in tele-serials like Sparsh, Dushman, Aama, etc. and celluloid feature films like Tuhuro, Bandhan, Aama with Mr. Acharya[ citation needed ].

His first directorial venture was Rakshak (1997) which had scenes shot under water, a novelty in Nepali Cinema. [9]

He has since built a reputation for innovative experiments in his movies. His films are usually based on contemporary social issues. Rakshak was highly controversial for depicting maoist issues during the Maoist insurgency. The movie was followed by Gorkhali and Dagbatti in the late nineties and early 2000s. Then, he did Muna Madan based on an epic love poem by the great poet Lakshmi Prasad Devkota (Nepali: महाकवि लक्ष्मीप्रसाद देवकोटा). It was selected as Nepal's entry to the 76th Academy Awards in 2004 in the "Best Foreign Language Film" category. It was also screened at Palm Springs Film Festival the same year.

Deuja is a graduate of Tribhuvan University. He graduated as a Bachelor of Commerce.

He has worked as deputy director of Nepal Rastra Bank since 1988.

Private life

He is married to Rosani Adhikari Deuja. He has a son, Sulav Pratik Deuja and a daughter, Samikshya Deuja.

Apart from being a screenwriter and director, Deuja is also a professional banker, having been the deputy Director of Nepal Rastra Bank since 1988[ citation needed ].

Filmography

YearTitle
1997Rakshak [10]
1999Gorkhali [11]
2000Daagbatti [12]
2002-2003 Muna Madan [13]
2004Kurukshetra [14]
2006Barmala [15]
2006Lavkush [16]
2007Hami Taxi Driver [17]
2008Dewar Babu [18]
2009Rana Sangram
2010 Hifajat [19]
2010Khusi [20]
2011Chhabilal Kanjus Chaina [21]
2013-2016Buddha Born in Nepal

Television

Deuja has also done work in television:

Awards

· Nomination of Muna-Madan in 76thOscar Awards-2003

· Participated in Palm springs film festival- 2004

· Prakash Thapa Memorial Award- 2007 Awarded for the most successful Director of the Year for the movie Dewar-Babu (from Nepal films producers association)

· KTV Film Award -2008 Awarded as the Best Director for the movie Dewar-Babu.

· 5th NEFTA TTV Award-2011 Nominated in Best director category for the movie Rana-Sangram.

· Samjhana digital film award- 2010 Nominated in Best Director category for the movie Hifajat

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