Arjun Sapkota’s Tihar song 'Yasai Ramailo’ out
Singer Arjun Sapkota has released a Tihar song 'Tihar Aayesi Yessai Ramailo' through his official YouTube channel on Sunday. The lyrics is written by Yagya Sapkota. The song has been arranged by Sunil Pariyar. In the video directed by Jerry Bhandari, Yagya Sapkota, Santosh Sapkota, Crystal Sapkota, Badal Ghimire, Tank Dumre, and Sridhar Adhikari among others are in the music video.
Roger Waters gigs in Poland cancelled amid Ukraine backlash
Planned concerts in Poland by Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters have been cancelled amid outrage over the musician's stance on the Ukraine war, BBC reported.
The concert's promoter, Live Nation Poland, confirmed the cancellation but gave no reason for it.
The controversy was triggered by an open letter Waters wrote to Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska.
In it, he said, "extreme nationalists" in Ukraine "have set your country on the path to this disastrous war".
He accused her husband, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, of failing to fulfil his election campaign promises to bring peace to the Donbas region and and made no mention of Russia's responsibility for the war.
In response, Mrs Zelenska wrote on Twitter that it was Russia which invaded Ukraine and was now destroying its cities and killing civilians. "Roger Waters, you should ask for peace from the president of another country," she wrote.
City councillors have drafted a resolution to declare Mr Waters persona non grata, due to be voted on at a session on September 28.
Mr Waters, currently on tour in the US, hit back in another Facebook post entitled "Hey Łukasz Wantuch, Leave them kids alone", referencing the lyrics of the classic Pink Floyd song, Another Brick in the Wall.
He denied an earlier media report that he or his management had cancelled the concerts themselves and accused Mr Wantuch of the "draconian censoring" of his work, according to BBC.
Asked whether the cancellation was connected to Mr Waters' comments, a venue spokesman for the Tauron Arena in Krakow told the BBC: "No comment."
Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, the government decided to open Poland's borders to millions of Ukrainian women and children fleeing the fighting.
According to the United Nations' Refugee Agency, UNHCR, close to 1.4 million Ukrainians have registered for temporary protection in neighbouring Poland.
Hundreds of thousands of refugees have been put up by Poles in their own homes, BBC reported.
Comedian Raju Srivastava passes away at 58
Comedian Raju Srivastava passed away in Delhi on Wednesday morning, confirmed his family. He was 58. Raju Srivastava was admitted to AIIMS, Delhi on August 10, after he suffered a heart attack. Raju Srivastava was on ventilator support for 15 days, after which he regained consciousness. However, on September 1, after he ran a fever as high as 100 degrees, he was out on ventilator support again. Raju Srivastava's chief advisor Ajit Saxena said that despite best efforts by the doctors, the comedian could not be saved. Raju Srivastava was the entertainment industry since the 1980s. He shot to fame after participating in the first season of the reality stand-up comedy show "The Great Indian Laughter Challenge" in 2005. He was also the chairman of the Film Development Council Uttar Pradesh.
Nepali movie 'Aina Jhyalko Putali' to represent Nepal in 95th Academy Awards
Nepali film 'Aina Jhyalko Putali' has been selected to represent Nepal in 95th Academy Awards (The Oscars), announced by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. A meeting held on Monday under the chairmanship of International Feature Film Selection Committee, Bimal Poudel, selected 'Aina Jhyalko Putali' directed by Sujit Bidari for the same. A member of the selection committee, Samipya Raj Timalsena, said, "We received three films for the selection. But we selected 'Aina Jhyalko Putali' analyzing its technical aspects, narrative style and presentation, emotional analysis of characters and art of presentation. This film has carried artistic presentation that we have been searching." 'Aina Jhyalko Putali' is the story of brother's wishes, sister's dream and mother's struggle. Kanchan Chimriya, Dinesh Khatri, Siru Bista, Umesh Shrestha, Kshitiz Limbu, Bisha Rai, Mallika Shrestha, Raj Thapa, among other artists are characters of the movie. The Selection Committee had called those film artists, willing to participate in Oscars competition, to submit their films within September 15. Application of three Nepali films --'Prakash' directed by Dinesh Raut, 'Radha' directed by Subarna Thapa and 'Aina Jhyalko Putali' directed by Sujit Bidari were filed in order to participate in Academy Awards.
