Tulsi Ghimire

Tulsi Ghimire is a renowned Indian Gorkha film director. He is best known for his work in the Nepali film industry. He was born on the 15th of July, 1951 in Kalimpong in West Bengal to Dhojman Ghimire and Narbada Ghimire, and both of them were of Nepali origin. He started his career in the film industry by assisting directors and other artists by being a light boy, stunt double, etc. He has worked as an assistant in famous Hindi movies like Amar Akbar Anthony, Dharam Veer Dharam Veer is a fictional Indian period drama ser >> Read More... , Chacha Bhatija Chacha Bhatija is a Hindi language show and is Hun >> Read More... , etc. Ghimire then catapulted himself as one of the most influential and greatest filmmakers of the Nepali film industry with his directorial debut Basuri in 1981. His second movie Kusume Rumal, released in 1985 which was based on his own life, was a theatre hit. Along with being a director, he is also an actor, lyricist, screenwriter, cameraman, etc.

To talk about his personal life, Ghimire did his schooling at Mani Memorial Primary School located at Sindeybong, Darjeeling, and later at Scottish University Mission Institute (SUMI) situated at Kalimpong. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Kalimpong College. He is married to Bharathi Ghimire. She has sung in some of his Nepali films. The couple has two daughters, Panchami Ghimire and Bhavana Ghimire, both of whom have made appearances in the Nepali children's film Swarg ki Pari.

Kusume Rumal, Lahure, Deute, Chino, and Darpan China are some of his successful films with Darpan Chhaya being a chartbuster.  

He had won the Box Office Film Awards in 2012 and 2014. Ghimire was also honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020 at the National Film Awards The National Film Awards gets presented every year >> Read More... (Nepal).