Arpan Thapa (Nepali: अर्पण थापा) was born on November 15, 1979) is a Nepali actor, director, and scriptwriter. Thapa began his acting career with the Nepali film Sick City, Where he got a chance to play in the lead role as Krishna. Similarly, He has directed the movie Mukhauta in 2014, which was released on 13 June 2014. He studied acting in Mumbai in 2002 before the start of his career.
Arpan Thapa
(Nepali: अर्पण थापा) was born on November 15, 1979) is a
Nepali actor, director, and scriptwriter. Thapa began his acting career with
the Nepali film Sick City, Where he got a chance to play in the lead role as
Krishna. Similarly, He has directed the movie Mukhauta in 2014, which was
released on 13 June 2014. He studied acting in Mumbai in 2002 before the start
of his career.
Arpan Thapa is a resident of Kathmandu who started his career
in Nepali film industry from the movie Sick City (Birami Sahar) as the lead
actor of the movie. Known best for his acting, Thapa has also been involved in
story writing, direction and production. Sick City, Batch No. 16, Chhadke,
Badhshala, Dhanda are a few movies in which he has contirbuted his roles. Thapa
completed his acting training form Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Academy, Mumba
in 2002. He currently works at Riff Entertainment as a director.
His favorite director
is Murray Kerr (director of Sick City), favorite actors are Hari Bansa Acharya
and Madan Krishna Shrestya (Maha jodi). Besides acting Arpan Thapa likes music,
sports and reading. He loves listening to jazz and blues while he loves
watching football and reading fiction novels. His favorite footballer is
Zinedine Zidane. Despite of his polite and outgoing nature he loves spending
time alone at times. Arpan Thapa is a talented individual with interest in
vairety of fields. Having bagged DCN Award from the movie Batch No. 16, without
a question Thapa is a shining star in Nepali Film Industry you wanna keep an
eye on.
After the
completion of his acting courses in Mumbai, Thapa returned to Nepal to start
his career in the Nepali film industry. He sold CDs at Mahabouddha, to promote
the business of a friend, which was where he had the opportunity to meet Murray
Kerr, the director of his debut movie.
Thapa cites
Daniel Day-Lewis as his inspiration and has expressed respect for other
Nepalese actors, including Hari Bansha Acharya and Madan Krishna Shrestha.