Khagendra Lamichhane


Khagendra Lamichhane is a Nepali theater personality, actor, writer and director. He is best known for his work in Talakjung vs Tulke and Pashupati Prasad. He has been successfully pursuing what he has been doing since 1999. He acted in three acclaimed movies and one is soon to release. He has directed five plays among which most of them have been staged in different national and international theatre festivals. As a writer, he published three books. Apart from these, he worked with BBC Media Action as an actor, writer, producer and editor for an international award-winning drama 'Katha Mitho Sarangiko', and as an editor for its reconstruction radio drama 'Kathamaala'. He also worked with British Council as Drama Production Consultant. Currently, he is the chairperson of Tukee Arts Pvt. Ltd. He is now preparing script for another movie.

Career

Lamichhane was born in Syangja village. In 1989, Khagendra and his friends participated in Western District Drama contest that got him interested towards drama. He shifted to Kathmandu to pursue his career in acting. He applied to Naachghar and started writing plays.
He wrote and starred his first feature film, Talakjung vs Tulke and he is best known name from tulke by this film and also known as Pashupati from his movie character name Pashupati Prasad Khakurel' in 2014.
He is also a live theater actor and playwright in Kathmandu, appearing in his own play Dant Ko Dob. In 2012, he starred in HIGHWAY, which was screened at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.

Acting, movies and dramas

Dhanapati
Pashupati Prasad
Talakjung vs Tulke
Badhshala
Maya Devika Sapana
Hajurbako Katha
Peeda Geet
Katro
Sirumarani
Daantko Dob
AtalBahadurko Aatanka
Paaniphoto
Hajurbako Katha
Peeda Geet
YearFilmNotes
2013BadhsalaDebut movie
2014Talakjung vs TulkeSelected for Oscar award from Nepal
2016Pashupati PrasadBlockbuster
2017DhanapatiHit
2018Jai BholeSuperhit

Awards and filmography