Kathmandu, Feb. 17 -- It's a quiet, warm afternoon as Bikas Rauniar gives one last check to his display of photographs for his 'Stills from Films' exhibition organised by Nepal International Film Festival (NIFF) at Nepal Tourism Board. The display includes some of the most historic shots by the veteran photojournalist of the cinematic world he witnessed taken in the late 90s and the early 2000s.

Rauniar's pictures in the series are ordinary, but because they are put together now, his collection feels significant and momentous. The series incorporates celebrations like actor Shiva Shrestha being felicitated by the Nepali Congress Leader Ganesh Man Singh to mark 100 days-box office success for his movie Chino to iconic film moments like th...