Neer Shah
Neer Bikram Shah, also known as Nir Shah, is a Nepalese film actor, director, producer, poet, songwriter, and businessman. He is considered one of the leading actors in Nepali cinema history and an actor with multiple identities. He is related to the royal family of Nepal.
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Neer Shah

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- Name
- Neer Bikram Shah
- Born
- 11 October 1953
- Birthplace
- Kathmandu, Nepal
- Occupation
- * Actor
- Nationality
- Nepal
- Languages
- Nepali
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Neer Bikram Shah, also known as Nir Shah, is a Nepalese film actor, director, producer, poet, songwriter, and businessman. He is considered one of the leading actors in Nepali cinema history and an actor with multiple identities. He is related to the royal family of Nepal.
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Neer Shah (born 1960) is an actor, businessperson and film director, among other activities and a national of Nepal. The actor was born in Kathmandu. Languages used include Nepali.
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• Name — Neer Bikram Shah • Born — 11 October 1953 • Birthplace — Kathmandu, Nepal • Native Name — नीर विक्रम शाह • Occupation — * Actor • director • producer • poet • songwriter • businessman • Years Active — 1981–present • Political Party — Nepali Congress
Film career
Film career
Neer Shah is the producer or co-producer of many Nepali movies. He has also directed several Nepali movies produced by himself, including Basudev, Pachchis Basanta, Basanti, and a Nepal Bhasa movie Rajamati. He is also a co-producer of the Oscar-nominated film Himalaya – l'enfance d'un chef, which was co-produced and directed by the French movie maker Eric Valli. The film, also released as Caravan (in Canada) and Himalaya (in Denmark and France), was the first film from Nepal to win an Oscar nomination. Shah has also played antagonistic as well as other character roles in movies such as Prem Pinda and Balidan. He has also appeared in a few Bollywood movies as a guest artist. Shah has also penned down many Nepali and Nepal Bhasa songs. He has also done the scriptwriting for a few of his films. In 2001, he served on the jury of Film South Asia '01, the festival of South Asian documentaries, along with Firdous Azim and Shyam Benegal.
As an actor
As an actor
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1980 — Sindoor — Usa's First Husband • 1985 — Kusume Rumal • 1995 — Prem Pinda • 1995 — Nata Ragat Ko • 1997 — Balidaan • 2000 — Dhuk Dhuki • 2000 — Yo Maya Ko Sagar — Abhayjan • 2001 — Badal Paree — Arjun • 2001 — Siudo Ko Sindoor • 2001 — Jeevan Sathi • 2001 — Gaunthali • 2001 — Badal Paree • 2002 — Bakshis • 2002 — Baacha Bandhan • 2003 — Muna Madan • 2008 — Sano Sansar — Police Officer • 2008 — Kismat • 2010 — The Flash Back: Farkera Herda — Sirish's uncle • 2014 — Chha Yekan Chha — Shreeman Judge • 2015 — Woda Number 6 — Kaji • 2018 — Chhakka Panja 3 — Kaji • 2023 — Chhakka Panja 4 • 2025 — Paran
Service
Service
Shah was the first head and founder of Nepal Television (NTV), the first TV station in Nepal, and is the chairman of Shangri-La TV (STV), a film production and microwave TV distribution company. STV produced many programmes for NTV and also provided the cable television network in Kathmandu valley. Shah holds 33 per cent equity in a United Kingdom-based firm, Galaxy, which is involved in telecasting Nepalese TV channels overseas. Along with Nirmal Nicholas Paul, he set up a production company called "888 Films", that produces Nepalese and Hindi films. Another of his companies, National Studio, provides training in various fields of cinema production. He is also one of the proprietors of New Century Pictures Pvt.Ltd., a film production company. Shah also serves on the Governing Council of College of Journalism and Mass Communication in Nepal. In 2002, he was felicitated by the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in recognition of his contribution in the "promotion of Nepalese art and culture and tourism industry". He currently lives in London.
Royal affiliation
Royal affiliation
One of his two brothers, Kumar Khadga Bikram Shah, was married to one of three former King Gyanendra Shah's sisters, Princess Sharada Shah. Both his brother and sister-in-law were killed in the infamous Royal Massacre of 2001. His other brother is Lalit Bikram Shah.
Politics
Politics
Shah is also affiliated with the Nepali Congress. Earlier, close to CPN (Maoist Centre), he became close to the Nepali Congress after he was appointed as director of Nepal Television during the period of Minendra Rijal as communication minister.
Identity
Identity
Neer Shah is recorded with the occupation businessperson. Recorded as poet, film director, businessperson, actor and lyricist.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1960
Neer Shah was born on 7 July 1960.
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Neer Shah was born at Kathmandu.
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Kathmandu.
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- “Neer Shah”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards
• Chinnalata Geet Puraskar (2011).
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- 1.Neer Shah, man with multiple identities – Boss Nepal.
- 2.The Peninsula. Nepalese TV channel comes to Doha. 17 October 2006.
- 3.Nepal Film Producers Association. Film names: Director.
- 4.Nepal Film Producers Association. Production of Films by Decades.
- 5.Menon, Sreelatha. Oscar-nominated Caravan is running to packed houses in Kathmandu. The Indian Express. 3 March 2003.
- 6.Sarkar, Sudeshna. Manisha Koirala is now Mother India. Deccan Herald. 16 May 2004.
- 7.Himal Association. Report on FSA '01.
- 8.Shooting of film 'Chakka Panja 4' kicks off. Republica. 2022-07-25.
- 9.'परान' आजदेखि प्रदर्शनमा. GorakhaPatra.
- 10.New Business Age, nepalnews.com. Sky War Ground Reality. February 2018.
- 11.Himal Southasian. Satellites and South Asia. 2000.
- 12.Ananta Wagle. Showbiz: Training. New Business Age, nepalnews.com. February 2018.
- 13.Film Development Board of Nepal. Film Producers List.
- 14.College of Journalism and Mass Communication in Nepal. Governing Council.
- 15.Nepal News. KC honours Nir Shah, Shrestha. 13 January 2002.
- 16.Swamy, Raman. Laboratory tests revealed traces of cocaine in Dipendra's bloodstream: report. NetGuru India.
- 17.यादव, अनिल. राजनीतिमा कलाकार : पार्टीका 'गहना' मात्रै?. Shukrabaar. 2017-11-12.
- 18.Chinnalata Geet Puraskar. Kathmandu Craze. 2011-07-12.
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