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Vidhan Karki
Vidhan Karki is an extraordinary filmmaker of Nepal. He is known for his directorial short movie “Jeevan Jovan Sagun”. Mr. Karki won 2nd Seti National Short Film Award 2014 for his film. Vidhan is also a television Program Producer, Director, and a music video director who has directed more than 40 Music Videos to date. He has been serving Nepali Film Industry more than 10 years now.

Vidhan Karki began his career as a radio program Producer and Jockey in 2004 A.D. He produced a radio show “Cine Sansar” for Hits F.M 91.2 MHz. Since then, Karki has worked in various capacities for Nepal’s top Television stations: Nepal Television, Himalaya Television, Mountain Television, and Araniko Television and has produced more than 100 TV Programs.

The real talent of the extraordinary filmmaker was seen in the short movie “Jeevan Jovan Sagun’’. Since then he has directed seven remarkable short films. His video film creates a milestone in the film industry. Mr. Karki is currently involved in the development of the feature movie, “Jung Bahadur Rana" under the production of American based company “NepCine LLC”.

Apart from the short films, Karki is also known for his magic in music videos. He has directed more than 40 hit music videos and won several national awards includes Khumbu Kolsch Global Nepali Film Award, Music Khabar Music Award, Film Personality of the year, Seti National Film Award and so on. Karki currently resides in the United States of America and pursuing the degree in film production.

Karki is also very active in social works. He has worked with numerous local, national and international organizations for social awareness programs.

In 2014 Karki’s film “Jeevan Jovan Sagun’’ became the first Nepali short film to achieve a commercial success. It was the first short film ever to be bought by the national TV network, opening the door of commercialization of short films. Short films in Nepal were mainly produced as a portfolio for new filmmakers or to be sent to film festivals. Mr. Karki changed that status-co through creating a whole new eco-system around the short films in Nepal. In recent days, numerous film directors and producers are flocking to the genre to benefit from the newly formed market. As a result whole film industry benefited through an explosion of stories and films. In his 10 years of career, he also gave notable actors and technicians to the industry such as Barsha Siwakoti (Actress), Bikram Budhathoki (Actor) and Sudit Shrestha (Actor) who are currently ruling the Nepali feature films scenes. idhan Karki ==