{"id":"nischal-basnet","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nischal-basnet","language":"en","name":"Nischal Basnet","name_en":"Nischal Basnet","name_ne":"निश्चल बस्नेत","description":"Nepalese film director, actor, singer, producer","headline":"Nepalese film director, actor, singer, producer","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Nischal Basnet (Nepali: निश्चल बस्नेत) is a Nepalese director, writer, actor, and playback singer who predominantly works in Nepali cinema. Considered as one of the best directors of Nepali cinema, he is widely acclaimed for \"revolutionizing Nepali cinema\" through his realistic, dark, and comic depiction of social problems prevalent in Nepal on the celluloid screen. Basnet has directed three feature films: Loot (2012), Talakjung vs Tulke (2014), and Loot 2 (2017). He has acted in the films Kabaddi (2014), Dui Rupaiyan (2017),  Prasad (2018), Dimag Kharab (2023), and Behuli From Meghauli (2024)","summary_more":["Basnet debuted as a film director with the crime-thriller Loot, which became a \"cult classic\" and the highest-grossing Nepali film ever, which revived the condition of fate of Nepali film at the box office and changed the way Nepali films were made. After his successful debut as a director, he made his acting debut in Uma (2013).  Basnet later directed the dark comedy Talakjung vs Tulke, which was critically acclaimed and commercially successful. The film was selected as the Nepalese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.","Basnet has received numerous awards, including the DCine Award for Best Debut Director and Best Cameo Role. He has also won a National Film Award for Best Director, and a nomination for Best Actor in a Negative Role at the Kamana Film Awards and Dcine Awards. Basnet has been married to Nepalese film actress Swastima Khadka since 2016."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"17 January 1981","date":"1981-01-17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16198160#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/Q16198160#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16198160#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"singer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177220"},{"text":"actor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33999"},{"text":"film director","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2526255"},{"text":"screenwriter","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28389"},{"text":"film producer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3282637"},{"text":"film actor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10800557"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16198160#P106"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Swastima Khadka","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21064203","page":"https://diginpl.com/people/swastima-khadka","start":"2016-02-17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16198160#P26"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nischal_Basnet","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16198160"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Nischal Basnet born?","a":"Nischal Basnet was born on 17 January 1981 in Kathmandu."}],"related":[{"name":"Tenzing Norgay","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tenzing-norgay"},{"name":"Suman Pokhrel","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/suman-pokhrel"},{"name":"Manisha Koirala","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/manisha-koirala"},{"name":"Gyanendra of Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gyanendra-of-nepal"},{"name":"Birendra of Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/birendra-of-nepal"},{"name":"Nirmal Purja","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nirmal-purja"},{"name":"Dipendra of Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dipendra-of-nepal"},{"name":"Udit Narayan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/udit-narayan"},{"name":"Śuddhodana","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/suddhodana"},{"name":"Mahendra of Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mahendra-of-nepal"},{"name":"Chandra Bahadur Dangi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/chandra-bahadur-dangi"},{"name":"Tribhuvan of Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tribhuvan-of-nepal"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/nischal-basnet-43d609cf76.jpg","width":500,"height":666,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Nirmal Dulal","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nischal_Basnet_(3x4_cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Nischal Basnet","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nischal_Basnet","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): निश्चल बस्नेत","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q16198160","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16198160","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Nischal Basnet (3x4 cropped).jpg by Nirmal Dulal (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nischal_Basnet_(3x4_cropped).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 Nischal Basnet, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Nischal Basnet (3x4 cropped).jpg — Nirmal Dulal, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Nischal Basnet\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/nischal-basnet. Retrieved 9 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T10:00:46Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-09","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/nischal-basnet","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/nischal-basnet","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/nischal-basnet?lang=ne"}}