Kathmandu. The official announcement and promo of the new teleserye ‘Yo Katha Hoy’, which was created with the aim of bringing the reality of Nepali society a century ago, social structure and caste discrimination, has been released.
Last Tuesday, the announcement of the series and the first promo were made public during a special ceremony at Dalo Restaurant in Anamnagar organized by National Public Broadcaster Nepal. Leading artists, media persons and personalities from various fields of Nepali art and entertainment were present in the program.
Senior actor Madankrishna Shrestha, the chief guest of the program, praised Shri Prasad Thapa’s contribution in the field of Nepali series and said that he will always be optimistic about the content he will produce. “Shri Prasad Thapa is a popular actor in the field of Nepali series. The work he has done is excellent. He is also known by many viewers through the song ‘Lahureko Karim Bol’. This series will definitely be great. It is said in the title that this is not a story, I think it is not a story but a real thing. I am eager to see the first part of it. All the best to the entire team,” he said.
Special guest and lead actor of the series Ravi Giri mentioned that he is also an important character of the series and said that the production team worked very hard. “We have put in a lot of effort. We have tried to give a different flavor and presentation than the current series. We believe that the audience will like it,” he said.
Chandramani Gautam, another special guest of the program and President of National Public Media Nepal, said that he was proud to organize such a creative program under the auspices of his organization. “It is a matter of pride for our organization to announce and publicize the promo of the series involving experienced and respected actors like Shri Prasad Thapa and Ravi Giri. The promo itself reflects Nepali originality. We feel that it has become an excellent series with Nepaliness. We wish success to the entire production team,” he expressed.
The writer, director and lead actor of the series Shri Prasad Thapa informed that after a long time he has come up with a new creation in his own story writing and direction. According to him, ‘This is not a story’ is not just a series made for entertainment but an attempt to expose the history and reality of Nepali society.
“After a long time, I have brought this series by writing and directing my own stories. In ‘Yo Katha Hain’, the story of Nepalese society is covered about 100 years ago. We have tried to present the issues of how the society was at that time, what was the lifestyle of the people, how was the caste discrimination and social division. Many aspects of the society are covered in this series,” said Thapa.
Sriprasad Thapa has written the story, directed and acted in the main role of the series. Cinematography is done by Sagar Khadka, Gharshyam Pokharel, Shivsharan Neupane and Roshan Poudel while video editing is by Ashok Chaudhary and Roshan Poudel.