# Pradip Bhattarai

_Nepalese film director_

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> Pradip Bhattarai is a Nepalese screenwriter and film director. He made his directorial debut in 2016 with the film Jatra. It was a heist-comedy film which was produced by Singe Lama and Yadav Poudel under the banner of Shatkon Arts. The film was commercially successful. Since then he directed two other films, Shatru Gate in 2018, and Jatrai Jatra in 2019, both of which were commercially successful. Bhattarai is also one of the judges of the first Nepali comedy-reality TV show Comedy Champion. He has been associated with renowned Nepali comic actors Maha Jodi since the early 2000s.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 6 August 1983 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54855265#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Janakpurdham ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54855265#P19))
- **Occupation:** film director; screenwriter ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54855265#P106))

## Questions

**When was Pradip Bhattarai born?**  
Pradip Bhattarai was born on 6 August 1983 in Janakpurdham.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Pradip Bhattarai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pradip_Bhattarai) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): प्रदीप भट्टराई](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q54855265](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54855265) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Pradip Bhattarai.jpg by Nirmal Dulal (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pradip_Bhattarai.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Pradip Bhattarai, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Pradip Bhattarai.jpg — Nirmal Dulal, CC BY-SA 4.0.

## Cite this page

"Pradip Bhattarai". DigiNepal. Last updated 18 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pradip-bhattarai. Retrieved 4 November 2026.