{"id":"bhuwan-chand","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bhuwan-chand","language":"en","name":"Bhuwan Chand","name_en":"Bhuwan Chand","name_ne":"भुवन चन्द","description":"Nepalese actress","headline":"Nepalese actress","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Bhuwan Chand (Nepali: भुवन चन्द; born June, 1949) is a Nepalese actress. She is known for Aama, the first Nepali feature film which was produced in 1964. Owing to her lead role in the first feature film produced in Nepal, which was produced by the Nepal government, she is known as the first actress of Nepal.","summary_more":["Her other works include Hijo, Aaja, Bholi (1967), Manko Baandh (1973), Sindoor (1980), Jivan Rekha, Ke ghar ke dera (1987), Pachchis Basanta (1988) and Santideep (1989) among others.","Chand is one of the leading faces of Rastriya Nachghar, the iconic national theatre on Nepal. She is also set to receive \"Extraordinary Services Award (Actress), 2019\" from the Film Development Board, in its 19th anniversary celebration event."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"14 June 1949","date":"1949-06-14"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59821973#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Kathmandu","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3037","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59821973#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59821973#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"actor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33999"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59821973#P106"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhuwan_Chand","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59821973"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Bhuwan Chand born?","a":"Bhuwan Chand was born on 14 June 1949 in Kathmandu."}],"related":[{"name":"Araniko","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/araniko"},{"name":"Tara Devi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tara-devi"},{"name":"Motiram Bhatta","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/motiram-bhatta"},{"name":"Rohit Saraf","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rohit-saraf"},{"name":"Aanchal Sharma","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/aanchal-sharma"},{"name":"Anmol K.C.","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/anmol-k-c"},{"name":"Indira Joshi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/indira-joshi"},{"name":"Jassita Gurung","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jassita-gurung"},{"name":"Pashupati Sharma","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pashupati-sharma"},{"name":"Richa Ghimire","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/richa-ghimire"},{"name":"Thinle Lhondup","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/thinle-lhondup"},{"name":"Usha Rajak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/usha-rajak"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/bhuwan-chand-208d43fb56.jpg","width":500,"height":394,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","credit":"NK TV","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bhuwan_Chand.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Bhuwan Chand","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhuwan_Chand","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): भुवन चन्द","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q59821973","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59821973","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Bhuwan Chand.jpg by NK TV (CC BY-SA 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bhuwan_Chand.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Bhuwan Chand, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Bhuwan Chand.jpg — NK TV, CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"Bhuwan Chand\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/bhuwan-chand. Retrieved 3 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T14:57:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-03","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/bhuwan-chand","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/bhuwan-chand","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/bhuwan-chand?lang=ne"}}