Subhadra Adhikari

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Subhadra Adhikari
सुभद्रा अधिकारी
BornJune 9th, 1959
Asan, Kathmandu, Nepal
Died17 August 2019(2019-08-17) (aged 60)
OccupationActress
Years active2068-present

Subhadra Adhikari (1959 - 2019) [1] was a Nepalese actress of film, stage and television. [2] She was also a singer. In a career spanning six decades, she acted in more than a hundred feature films, and dozens of stage plays and television soap operas. Her debut film was Manko Bandh . Other notable films include Chino , Kanyadan , Basudev , Basanti , Muna Madan , Swarga , Saubhagya and Bato Muniko Phool , among others. [3] She was awarded the Chalachitra Dhirgha Sadhana Samman (with cash prize Rs 351,111) by President Bidya Devi Bhandari for her work in film. [4]

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References

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