12 Kollywood Nepali Celebrities Actors | Singers Who Died Too Young
Since it’s not long Nepali Cinema started. Although, it has its place in the cultural heritage of the country. Most commonly Nepali Cinema industry is known by the name Kollywood and Kollywood. It includes movies in various languages spoken in Nepal. Most Nepali Films are more or less inspired by the Indian Movie Industry and use Bollywood-style songs and narratives. When it comes to Kollywood most people are unaware of what is happening. In most parts of Nepal, we hear either Bollywood songs and see Bollywood movies or Hollywood songs and movies.
We are sometimes so unaware of the Nepali market in the film industry or music industry that we even don’t know how much talent was available and what happened to those talented persons. Like, do they even exist now or not, or have they stopped their career? Due to various reasons either actors or actresses or singers or other talented persons do not exist either in the industry or entirely on earth.
The first film produced in Nepal was Aama which was released on October 7, 1964. The success of the first Nepali movie under a private banner was Maitighar which was released at the end of 1996 by Sumonanjali Films Pvt. Ltd the craze of Nepali cinema is somewhat increasing. Knowing about actors, actresses, or singers who died young the people who love artists their hearts will be filled with pain and eyes with tears. Do you also think so? Sometimes knowing the reason behind the stars who died makes us a little bit comfortable. Sometimes respect towards them increases. Some of the unusual things happening in the Film Industry will make you even more furious.
This time we have collected a report on 10 stars including actors, actresses, and singers along with some of the rising stars. Our heart cries knowing that some of these people were a victim of road accident in high traffic area in the capital city of Nepal named Kathmandu. Some were severely sick which led them to the mouth of death. And knowing some were a victim of Scandals we make ourselves furious towards the Nepali Film Industry.
12 Kollywood Nepali Celebrities Actors | Singers Who Died Too Young
1. Shree Krishna Shrestha (Born in 1967 A.D., Died in 2014 A.D., Cause of Death: Pneumonia)
Shree Krishna Shrestha was born on April 19, 1967. He was a Nepali Actor, producer as well as and entrepreneur. His Father’s name was Radha Krishna Shrestha and his mother’s name was Jagat Kumari Shrestha. He was the youngest among his 6 brothers. His elder sister died whom he loved so much when he was very young. He was born in Bagbazar, Kathmandu, Nepal. He was a stubborn child who always fought to get what he liked or wanted to get. He was from Newar Background. He used to dance at different kinds of festivals.
Shree Krishna Shrestha was fabulous at dancing since his childhood. His parents wanted him to take Mathematics tuition but he refused and went to learn dance. Because of his mind-blowing dancing skills, he got a Dance scholarship. He also did a show in Nepal Pragya Pratisthan. He was married to Sweta Khadka. He did not have any children. He started his acting career with the movie Bhumari. He was mostly known for his best dancing skills. He achieved nationwide recognition with roles in movies like Maiti and Afro Manche. Nepal Government provided him with national honor. In his death, many honored persons including the prime minister of Nepal expressed their deep condolence to him.
Shree Krishna Shrestha had roles in many movies like Nirmala, Bhumari, Prem Yudha, Maiti, Afanta, Ae Mero Hajur, Bar pipal, Gorkhali, Guru chela, Jhajhalko, Hami tin Bhai, kahuna, Afro Manche, Ajambari Nata, Hamro Maya Juni Juni lai, Jali Rumal, “Subhakamana”, Yestai Huncha pirate, Garib, Nata Ragatko, Bharosa, Jeevan Rekha, Unko Samjhanama, Sukha Dukha, Ram Balaram, Shriman Shrimatee, Kaha Bhetiyela, Kohinoor.
His some roles in movies he acted as Abishek in Ae Mero Hajur, Aakash in Ajambari Nata, Dev in Hamro Maya Juni Juni Lai, Pritam Thakur in Nata Ragatko, Abishek in Sukha Dukha, In as In Ram in Ram In Balaram, In as In Rajesh in In Shriman In Shrimatee, as Abhisekh in Kaha Bhetiyela. He acted in Nirmaya in 1996, in Guru Chela in 1997, in Hami tin Bhai in 2004, in pahuna in 2005, in Nata Ragatko in 2007, in Ram Balaram in 2010. Among the movies, he acted in his last movie Kohinoor. He acted in this movie in 2014. This movie was his last home production film. In this movie, he had the role of Abhisekh Kharel(Babu). He has acted in more than hundreds of Nepali movies.
Shree Krishna Shrestha produced a Nepali movie Kaha Vetiyela. Sweta Khadka had a lead role in this Nepali movie. They met each other in this particular movie. They had been in a relationship with each other for a long time. But finally, they married each other on July 7, 2014.
Just after they got married the couple went to India. Before some time he was diagnosed with an ulcer. In India Shree Krishna Shrestha was diagnosed with pneumonia and bone cancer. He was suffering from severe throat pain. He died in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi on 4Sunday, 10 August 2014 at the age of 47. He died early morning at 5 AM local time. Since Kohinoor was his last movie this movie got the best ratings and all his fans, as well as well-wishers, loved this movie. This movie is seen even now by the people who loved him deeply with their entire hearts.
2. Kul Prasad Pokhrel (Born in 1981 A.D., Died in 2004 A.D., Cause of Death: Suicide)
Kul Prasad Pokhrel was born on September 21, 1981, in Nawalparasi District, Butwal, Nepal. He was a Nepali singer as well as a songwriter. Cool poker was the name he was popularly known for which was his stage name. He was well known among the people also as a pop and folk music singer.
Kul Prasad Pokhrel was raised by his family. But he preferred to live with his relatives. He studied at Gyanu Babu Boarding School, Pokhara. His favorite place was Pokhara. He moved to London to get a diploma graduation in Business Administration. When he was thinking of moving to the USA to get a Higher education he came back to Nepal to start a music career. The singers he adores the most were Bob Dylan, Kurt Kobain, and Jhalak Man Gandharva. His favorite hobby was watching Nepali films. He started singing in his childhood when he was at the age of 11 years. When he sang in front of his relatives they used to think that he will be one of the biggest stars of Nepal.
After that, he recorded a song called “Sun Meri Mayalu” in 1999. This song became a blockbuster. This song led him to join a popular hip-hop group named The Unity band. In this band, he made his strong career in the Nepalese Music industry. Later he made and released an album on the title of the song he sang for the first “Sun Meri Mayall”. After achieving huge success with this album he made and released another album called ama in 2000 and Hunna Ra in 2002. His last album’s recording was finished in 2004 but it has not been released yet because of his untimely death.
Kul Prasad Pokhrel released many songs and albums in his life many of which were blockbusters. Some of his Super hit songs are Meri Mayalu, Bolauda Kheri boldine, yespali Dashain ma, mu ko cyan, and kina Udas. These songs were blockbusters in Nepal. He was known as the king of Pop.
Kul Prasad Pokhrel was known as the King of Nepalese Pop by many Nepali audiences. All audience, including the International audience, could not stop their tears after hearing about his death. He is still remembered by people for being the King of Nepalese pop. He is also remembered in other Nepalese pop songs some by other popular singers such as Unity Band, Jhilkey Badal, Sugam Pokharel, Girish Khatiwada, and many others. Girish Khatiwada was the founder of rap music in Nepal. His occupation was Rapper Lyricist DJ RJ. Kul Prasad Khatiwada is also recognized as a revolutionary singer in the history of pop music. Kul mostly sang songs for an issue that was happening or happened in his lifetime. He also used to sing for his family to describe how they became a role model for him. He was active in the music industry for 9 years from 1995 to 2004.
Kul Prasad Pokhrel died at the age of 23 on October 4, 2004, at Patan Hospital. The doctor after his death concluded that he died due to a drug overdose. The death of Cool Pokhrel left hundreds and hundreds of people with tears in their eyes. To this day he is remembered by his audience. Sunn ko Bala was his last song project which later on Avinash Ghising performed.
After Cool’s death Unity Band sang a song for cool titled Tribute. Jhilkey Badal sang Yespali Dashain and another song for him was Miss You Cool.
