KATHMANDU, March 12 -- Given his multinational background, it was perhaps inevitable that it would be Pema Dhondup would make the first truly global Nepali feature film. Dhondup's family moved down from Tibet to Jomsom after the Chinese annexation, and from there to Himachal Pradesh and cities across India. He has been living in the United States for the past 15 years.
His movie The Man from Kathmandu is shot in Kathmandu and Los Angeles, features a stellar cast of Nepali actors like Karma, Neer Shah, Mithila Sharma, Anna Sharma and international stars including Gulshan Grover from India, and other actors from Puerto Rico and Spain.
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