Shree Krishna Shrestha was a Nepalese actor, who achieved nationwide recognition with roles in movies like Maiti and Afno Manche. Thousands of people participated in the funeral proceeding in Kathmandu on 11/08/2014.
Shree Krishna Shrestha was a
Nepalese actor, who achieved nationwide recognition with roles in movies like
Maiti and Afno Manche. Thousands of people participated in the funeral
proceeding in Kathmandu on 11/08/2014.
Shree
Krishna Shrestha was a successful Nepali actor who has acted in dancing and
romantic movies. Shrestha was also a producer and an entrepreneur. Shrestha’s
excellent acting abilities have been noted and adored by thousands of his fans.
Shrestha has been in the Nepali film industry for many years and was seen in
numerous movies. Shrestha gave various hits in Kollywood like Afanta, Afno
Manchey, Maiti, Kohinoor and many more for which he had earned many awards for
Best actor. Many of Shrestha’s fans were shocked and devastated due to
his death, recently on August 10 2014.
Shree
Krishna Shrestha was born on 19 April 1970 in Bagbazar, Kathmandu, Nepal. Shree
Krishna was the son of father Radha Krishna Shrestha and mother Jagat Kumari
Shrestha and was the youngest among his 6 brothers. Shrestha lost his beloved
elder sister when he was very young. Shrestha was a stubborn child who always
fought to get what he wanted. Shrestha was good at dancing from a tender age ,
he loved dancing and thus danced in many festivals. Shrestha took deceived his parednts
and took dancing classes for six months instead of taking mathematics tuition.
Later due to his excellent dancing capabilities, Shree Krishna got a dance
scholarship. After few months, Shree Krishna did a show in Nepal Pragya
Pratisthan , where elite people had come. Shrestha received much recognition
and praise from the show and later was called in to star in Chetan Karki’s
Bhumari in 1989 AD which became Shrestha’s first movie. To prevent difficulties
in his upcoming movies, he learned boxing and martial arts. Shrestha’s first
major movie was “Naata” directed by Bishwa Basnet. Later Shrestha went on to
act in movies like Maiti, Afanta , Afno Manche , Ae Mero Hazura as character
Bijaya. Then in 1997, Shrestha did 2 movies; Guru Chela, Jhajalko. Then after
many years in 2005 he gave another hit Ajambari Nata and Garib and many more.
In 2007, Shrestha was seen in movies like Nata, Sukha Dukha as character
Abhishek and Hami Teen Bhai as character Ram.After that he has acter in other
various romantic movies like Shriman Shrimati, Ram Balaram. Till date Shrestha
has bagged many movies and awards. He has acted in over 100 Nepali movies and
is adored by many viewers and film critics.
In
2010, he acted and produced the movie Kaha Bhetiyela. Thus, Shrestha proved to
be a self established actor as well as a successful producer through this
movie. Shrestha’s final movie was Kohinoor which was released on August 8.
Shree Krishna Shrestha married Kaha Bhetiyela’s co-actor Sweta Khadka in July 7
2014. The couple left for India, where Shrestha found out that he was having
pneumonia and bone cancer. He was also suffering from severe throat pain thus
was promptly admitted to India’s renowned, Apollo Hospital. Shortly after being
admitted, Shrestha aged 47 died early in the morning at 5 am on 10 August 2014.
The entire Nepali film industry and viewers were shocked by the sudden news.
The entire nation mourned at this soft spoken and phenomenal actor’s death. His
dead body arrived at Tribhuwan International Airport, Nepal on 11th august
2014. Shrestha’s last honors were to be given in National Academy (Nepal
Pragya Pratisthan) but due to the huge gathering of his fans near the gate of
National Academy, the plan was cancelled and his dead body was taken to
Pashupatinath Temple. At the final rituals, the Nepal Police paid their honors
to Shrestha. The Minister of Information and Communication paid respect to him
by covering Shrestha’s body with Nepal’s National Flag. Soon after the release
of his last movie, Kohinoor, Shrestha managed to bag NRs 1 crore in one day
which is a record for Nepali films. In no time, Kohinoor had managed to gross
over NRs 7 crores which is highest record movie in Kollywood.
