Miss teen college on Talent Show

Glamour Nepal, Kathmandu – TVS WEGO Miss Teen College 2014 is right on its final preparation. In that regard the young teenage girls are going through different activities including grooming session by the choreographer Rojin Shakya.

The 34 contestants competing for the miss teen college award were seen performing for the talent round on 22nd of February. During the talent round most of the contestants felt comfortable to perform dance while some of them were singing their talent whereas couple of them delivered the speech on the topic of their choice.

The contestants were judged to finalize winner in the category of miss talented. The grand finale of the event is scheduled for 27th of February 2014 at Rastriya Nachghar, Jamal. The event to be organized by Season Media claims that the winner would be receiving the brand news tvs wego scooter along with the scholarship award of worth rupees fifty thousand while first and second runner-ups of the competition receiving cash prize of worth rupees twenty five and fifteen thousand respectively along with the scholarship for further studies and other gift hampers. (Source: GlamourNepal.com)

Nepali Student Shreya Paudel On Guardian’s Inspiring Students List!!

Huge congratulations to University of Middlesex student Shreya Paudel for making it on The Guardian newspapers INSPIRING STUDENTS: Our Hopes for 2014! Apart from being involved in the National Union of Students in the UK – Shreya has also been involved in countless campaigns and effectively used his role as a student to highlight the experiences of international students in the UK.

Very wonderful of the newspaper to recognize the students and wishing Shreya a great year ahead!

“Shreya Paudel is a Nepalese student at Middlesex University, who this year wrote for Guardian Students about the issues faced by international students from poor backgrounds. He is a committee member of the international student campaign at the National Union of Students.

International students are being sent mixed messages about whether we are welcome or not. On one hand, there is a huge liberal population who welcome migrants and especially international students, who contribute £8bn pounds in tuition fees every year to the British economy. But then plans to cut immigration numbers will affect us all and our right to remain in the country.

Many international students, especially from developing countries, come to the UK with a polished, heavenly image of Britain. They need to be informed that its wealth doesn’t reach everyone in society. For many immigrants and international students, the story is very different and life can be really hard.

Job opportunities are low and often paid only at minimum wage. I wish the information of the reality of life in Britain for international students – which reaches to the corners of Nepal, Ghana and Romania – would be more honest in 2014.

International students need more tailored support in their universities, colleges and society in general in UK. If we have to pay for NHS services because of cuts, on top of thousands of pounds in tuition fees and without sufficient advice at university, it will make life hard for us. I hope that this kind of support will increase rather than decrease in 2014.” – Inspiring Students – Original Page

Source: LexLimbu.com 

HOSTEL Nepali Movie 2013- Movie Review

Nepali movie ‘Hostel’ was released on August 30 in theaters all over Nepal. The movie is produced by Sunil Rawal under Durgish Films. The movie features the friendship of three characters played by Anmol KC, Salon Basnet and Gaurav Pahadi. Actresses Rista Basnet and Prakriti Shrestha are also featured in important characters in the movie. Although the movie is advertised as a college love story, it is more about friendship and relationships. The movie is directed by Hemraj BC.

 

Story

The movie is the story of Aditya Bikram Rana (Anmol KC), Junge (Salon Basnet) and Shree (Gaurav Pahadi) – three medical college students living in a hostel. Aditya is from a rich family, Junge is from a medium income family and Shree’s background is not clear in the movie. They go through every ups and downs a young student goes through hostel life. There is love, tragedy, betrayal, friendship, family relationship, classroom, hostel warden and so on.

Producer

The producer of ‘Hostel’ Sunil Rawal was successful in winning the hearts of viewers in his debut movie ‘Saayad‘. Based on the the initial crowd in the theaters, ‘Hostel’ is going to be much more successful than his previous movie. In addition to producing good movies, he is also known to debut new talents in Nepali film industry. He introduced Samyam Puri, the son director Narayan Puri in the last movie. In his second movie he experimented in a huge way by introducing some high profile star sons and daughters in ‘Hostel’.

Star Cast

Although Anmol Kc, the son of actor Bhuwan KC, was featured in a very short role in ‘Sathi Ma Timro‘, ‘Hostel’ is his debut movie in leading role. With the success of the movie, Anmol is believed to be the next big star in the Nepali movie industry. In the movie, Anmol is featured as a son of a rich father and is the central character in the movie. He is a bit disconnected with his family, often ignoring his mother’s call.

Salon Basnet, the son of actor/director Shovit Basnet is featured as a student from a medium class family. The family had to borrow money to pay for his tuition. He is careless of his study and is humorous in the movie. In the first half of the movie Salon gets a lot of focus in an entertaining way. In the past, Salon had worked as child actor in a lot of movies and he had also acted in ‘Janzeer’.

The role of Gaurav Pahadi, the son of actor Tika Pahadi, is not that well defined. He is featured in a serious character. Gaurav had debuted as the lead actor in ‘Manjari’.

Strength and Weakness

The movie is strong in portraying the life of college going youth, their hardships and problems in an entertaining way. The attempt to present the college life is a challenge the director has fulfilled successfully. The youth actors have done a very good in portraying the characters they represent. The movie is going to liked by youth as some might see themselves in one of the characters in the movie.

The weakest point in the movie is the script or the presentation of the story. Unrealistic scenes like the MBBS students get to wear stethoscope on the first day of college, or unrealistic dialogues, lack of coordination between the dialogue and actions are some of the things the director has overlooked.

Conclusion

If you have ever been through a college life, there might be something entertaining in the movie to go for. ‘Hostel’ is an entertaining relief in a long list of failures. It has a potential to be successful in spite of some weakness.

I recommend going to the movie for entertainment although I wish, the script were written in better manner.

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