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Neer Shah

नीर शाह

Nepalese actor, musician and filmmaker

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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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Born
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Place of birth
Kathmandu wd
Citizenship
Nepal wd
Occupation
poet, film director, businessperson, actor, lyricist, songwriter wd

Career

Quoted from Wikipedia: Neer Shah (CC BY-SA 4.0); each sentence links the source Wikipedia cites for it. Checked 7 November 2026.

  • He has also directed several Nepali movies produced by himself, including Basudev, Pachchis Basanta, Basanti, and a Nepal Bhasa movie Rajamati. Nepal Film Producers Association Nepal Film Producers Association
  • 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 Indian Express
  • 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. Deccan Herald
  • 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. Himal Association
  • 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. Shukrabaar

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Questions

When was Neer Shah born?
Neer Shah was born on 7 July 1960 in Kathmandu.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Neer Shah · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (Nepali): नीर शाह · CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. Wikidata item Q6986918 · CC0 1.0
  4. Image: Neer Shah.jpg by Shikhar Online TV (CC BY-SA 3.0)
  5. Wikipedia (English), revision used for cited facts: Neer Shah · CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. Nepal Film Producers Association: Film names: Director
  7. Nepal Film Producers Association: Production of Films by Decades
  8. The Indian Express: Oscar-nominated Caravan is running to packed houses in Kathmandu (3 March 2003)
  9. Deccan Herald: Manisha Koirala is now Mother India (16 May 2004)
  10. Himal Association: Report on FSA '01
  11. Shukrabaar: राजनीतिमा कलाकार : पार्टीका 'गहना' मात्रै? (2017-11-12)

Last updated · facts checked 7 November 2026

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"Neer Shah". DigiNepal. Last updated 7 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/neer-shah. Retrieved 7 November 2026.

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