{"id":"shiva-shrestha","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/shiva-shrestha","language":"en","name":"Shiva Shrestha","name_en":"Shiva Shrestha","name_ne":"शिव श्रेष्ठ","description":"Nepalese actor","headline":"Nepalese actor","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Shiva Sundar Shrestha (Nepali: शिवसुन्दर श्रेष्ठ), known professionally as Shiva Shrestha, is a Nepali actor best known for his work in action films. He is renowned as the \"Action King\" of Nepali cinema. He has starred in many commercially successful films, including Jeevan Rekha (1982), Badalindo Akash (1984), Kanchi (1984), Bishwas (1986), Chino (1989), Manakamana (1991), Milan (1993), Dharma Sankat (1998), and Thuldai (1999), etc. During the 1980s, 1990s, and the early 2000s, he was called the \"second pillar\" of the film industry because of the hits he has given.","summary_more":["Shrestha has also acted in Pakistani films; he has acted in over a dozen Urdu films, seven of which were commercially very successful. He made his come back to Nepali cinema in 2016 with the film Bagmati, where he appeared alongside Rajesh Hamal. In 2018, he announced a film, Euta Esto Prem Kahani, which he would write, produce, and star his son Shakti, who would debut through this film. Shrestha was set to feature in a prominent role himself."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1954","date":"1954"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7499220#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/Q7499220#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7499220#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"actor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33999"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7499220#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Adarsha Higher Secondary School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93479831"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7499220#P69"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_Shrestha","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7499220"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Shiva Shrestha born?","a":"Shiva Shrestha was born on 1954 in Kathmandu."},{"q":"Where did Shiva Shrestha study?","a":"Shiva Shrestha was educated at Adarsha Higher Secondary School."}],"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/shiva-shrestha-aa495b4205.jpg","width":500,"height":468,"license":"CC BY 3.0","credit":"Budha Subba Digital","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shiva_Shrestha.png"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Shiva Shrestha","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_Shrestha","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): शिव श्रेष्ठ","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q7499220","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7499220","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Shiva Shrestha.png by Budha Subba Digital (CC BY 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shiva_Shrestha.png","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 Shiva Shrestha, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Shiva Shrestha.png — Budha Subba Digital, CC BY 3.0.","cite":"\"Shiva Shrestha\". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/shiva-shrestha. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-04T06:41:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/shiva-shrestha","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/shiva-shrestha","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/shiva-shrestha?lang=ne"}}