{{Short description|Nepalese actor, songwriter and filmmaker}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox person | image = Neer Shah.jpg | name = Neer Bikram Shah | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1953|10|11}} | birth_place = Kathmandu, Nepal | birth_name = | native_name = नीर विक्रम शाह | native_name_lang = ne | other_names = | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director|producer|poet|songwriter|businessman}} | years_active = 1981–present | website = | political_party = Nepali Congress | height = }}
'''Neer Bikram Shah''', also known as '''Nir Shah''', is a Nepalese film actor, director, producer, poet, songwriter, and businessman. He is considered one of the leading actors in Nepali cinema history and an actor with multiple identities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bossnepal.com/neer-shah-man-multiple-identities/|title=Neer Shah, man with multiple identities – Boss Nepal|access-date=16 November 2020|archive-date=29 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429152912/http://bossnepal.com/neer-shah-man-multiple-identities/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is related to the royal family of Nepal.<ref name="thepeninsula_tv_doha">{{cite web |date=17 October 2006 |title=Nepalese TV channel comes to Doha |url=https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Local_News&subsection=Qatar+News&month=October2006&file=Local_News200610177414.xml |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503035959/https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Local_News&subsection=Qatar+News&month=October2006&file=Local_News200610177414.xml <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate=3 May 2007 |accessdate=7 May 2007 |publisher=The Peninsula}}</ref>
==Film career==
Neer Shah is the producer or co-producer of many Nepali movies. He has also directed several Nepali movies produced by himself, including ''Basudev'', ''Pachchis Basanta'', ''Basanti'', and a Nepal Bhasa movie Rajamati.<ref>{{cite web |title=Film names: Director |url=https://www.nfpa.org.np/film_names_sorted_director.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206213523/https://www.nfpa.org.np/film_names_sorted_director.pdf |archive-date=6 February 2007 |accessdate=7 May 2007 |publisher=Nepal Film Producers Association}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Production of Films by Decades |url=https://www.nfpa.org.np/film_names_eng.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205758/https://www.nfpa.org.np/film_names_eng.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |accessdate=7 May 2007 |publisher=Nepal Film Producers Association}}</ref> He is also a co-producer of the Oscar-nominated film ''Himalaya – l'enfance d'un chef'', which was co-produced and directed by the French movie maker Eric Valli.<ref>{{cite web |author=Menon |first=Sreelatha |date=3 March 2003 |title=Oscar-nominated Caravan is running to packed houses in Kathmandu |url=https://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/20000303/ien03028.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050420223047/https://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/20000303/ien03028.html |archive-date=2005-04-20 |accessdate=7 May 2007 |work=The Indian Express}}</ref> The film, also released as ''Caravan'' (in Canada) and ''Himalaya'' (in Denmark and France), was the first film from Nepal to win an Oscar nomination.<ref name="deccanherald_manisha">{{cite web |author=Sarkar |first=Sudeshna |date=16 May 2004 |title=Manisha Koirala is now Mother India |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may162004/enter7.asp |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304034748/https://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may162004/enter7.asp |archivedate=4 March 2006 |accessdate=7 May 2007 |work=Deccan Herald}}</ref>
Shah has also played antagonistic as well as other character roles in movies such as ''Prem Pinda'' and ''Balidan''. He has also appeared in a few Bollywood movies as a guest artist. Shah has also penned down many Nepali and Nepal Bhasa songs. He has also done the scriptwriting for a few of his films.
In 2001, he served on the jury of Film South Asia '01, the festival of South Asian documentaries, along with Firdous Azim and Shyam Benegal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Report on FSA '01 |url=https://www.himalassociation.org/fsa/filmsouthasia_fsa-01-report.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070411102028/https://www.himalassociation.org/fsa/filmsouthasia_fsa-01-report.htm |archivedate=11 April 2007 |accessdate=7 May 2007 |publisher=Himal Association}}</ref>
==Filmography == === As an actor === {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role !Notes |- | 1980 | ''Sindoor'' | Usa's First Husband | |- | 1985 | ''Kusume Rumal'' | | |- | 1995 | ''Prem Pinda'' | | |- | 1995 | ''Nata Ragat Ko'' | | |- |1997 |''Balidaan'' | | |- | 2000 | ''Dhuk Dhuki'' | | |- |2000 |''Yo Maya Ko Sagar'' |Abhayjan | |- | 2001 | ''Badal Paree'' | Arjun | |- | 2001 | ''Siudo Ko Sindoor'' | | |- | 2001 | ''Jeevan Sathi'' | | |- | 2001 | ''Gaunthali'' | | |- | 2001 | Badal Paree | | |- | 2002 | ''Bakshis'' | | |- | 2002 | ''Baacha Bandhan'' | | |- | 2003 | Muna Madan | | |- | 2008 | Sano Sansar | Police Officer | |- | 2008 | Kismat | | |- |2010 |''The Flash Back: Farkera Herda'' |Sirish's uncle | |- |2014 |''Chha Yekan Chha'' |Shreeman Judge | |- |2015 |''Woda Number 6'' |Kaji | |- |2018 |''Chhakka Panja 3'' |Kaji | |- |2023 |''Chhakka Panja 4'' | |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-07-25 |title=Shooting of film 'Chakka Panja 4' kicks off |url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/129603/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728024911/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/mycity/news/shooting-of-film-chakka-panja-4-kicks-off |archive-date=2022-07-28 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Republica |language=en}}</ref> |- |2025 |''Paran'' | |<ref>{{Cite web |title='परान' आजदेखि प्रदर्शनमा |url=https://gorkhapatraonline.com/news/177641 |access-date=2025-11-15 |website=GorakhaPatra}}</ref> |}
== Service ==
Shah was the first head and founder of Nepal Television (NTV), the first TV station in Nepal, and is the chairman of Shangri-La TV (STV), a film production and microwave TV distribution company.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.nepalnews.com/contents/englishmonthly/businessage/2003/aug/cover.htm |title = Sky War Ground Reality |publisher = New Business Age, nepalnews.com |date = August 2003 |accessdate = 7 May 2007 }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |year=2000 |title=Satellites and South Asia |url=https://www.himalmag.com/dec2000/coverfile.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010209011647/https://www.himalmag.com/dec2000/coverfile.html |archivedate=2001-02-09 |accessdate=7 May 2007 |publisher=Himal Southasian}}</ref> STV produced many programmes for NTV and also provided the cable television network in Kathmandu valley. Shah holds 33 per cent equity in a United Kingdom-based firm, Galaxy, which is involved in telecasting Nepalese TV channels overseas.<ref name="thepeninsula_tv_doha"/> Along with Nirmal Nicholas Paul, he set up a production company called "888 Films", that produces Nepalese and Hindi films.<ref name="deccanherald_manisha"/> Another of his companies, National Studio, provides training in various fields of cinema production.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.nepalnews.com/contents/englishmonthly/businessage/2001/sep/showbiz.htm |title = Showbiz: Training |author = Ananta Wagle |publisher = New Business Age, nepalnews.com |date = September 2001 |accessdate = 7 May 2007 }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He is also one of the proprietors of New Century Pictures Pvt.Ltd., a film production company.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.film.gov.np/film_production.html |title=Film Producers List |publisher=Film Development Board of Nepal |accessdate=7 May 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928052110/http://www.film.gov.np/film_production.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 28 September 2007}}</ref> Shah also serves on the Governing Council of College of Journalism and Mass Communication in Nepal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Governing Council |url=https://www.colofjournalism.edu.np/governing.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008130441/https://www.colofjournalism.edu.np/governing.php |archive-date=8 October 2007 |accessdate=7 May 2007 |publisher=College of Journalism and Mass Communication in Nepal}}</ref>
In 2002, he was felicitated by the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in recognition of his contribution in the "promotion of Nepalese art and culture and tourism industry".<ref>{{cite web |date=13 January 2002 |title=KC honours Nir Shah, Shrestha |url=https://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/trn/2002/jan/jan13/index.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040818171649/https://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/trn/2002/jan/jan13/index.htm |archivedate=18 August 2004 |accessdate=7 May 2007 |publisher=Nepal News}}</ref>
He currently lives in London.
== Royal affiliation ==
One of his two brothers, ''Kumar'' Khadga Bikram Shah, was married to one of three former King Gyanendra Shah's sisters, Princess Sharada Shah. Both his brother and sister-in-law were killed in the infamous Royal Massacre of 2001.<ref>{{cite web |author=Swamy |first=Raman |title=Laboratory tests revealed traces of cocaine in Dipendra's bloodstream: report |url=https://www.netguruindia.com/news/Jun01/11/NAT1.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714165536/https://www.netguruindia.com/news/Jun01/11/NAT1.html |archivedate=14 July 2011 |accessdate=7 May 2007 |publisher=NetGuru India}}</ref> His other brother is Lalit Bikram Shah.
==Politics== Shah is also affiliated with the Nepali Congress. Earlier, close to CPN (Maoist Centre), he became close to the Nepali Congress after he was appointed as director of Nepal Television during the period of Minendra Rijal as communication minister.<ref>{{Cite web |last=यादव |first=अनिल |date=2017-11-12 |title=राजनीतिमा कलाकार : पार्टीका 'गहना' मात्रै? |url=https://shukrabar.nagariknetwork.com/news/3365 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808154807/https://shukrabar.nagariknetwork.com/news/3365 |archive-date=2020-08-08 |access-date=2021-12-01 |website=Shukrabaar |language=ne}}</ref>
== Awards == * Chinnalata Geet Puraskar (2011).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-07-12 |title=Chinnalata Geet Puraskar |url=https://www.kathmanducraze.com/event_details-eid-43.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928132058/https://www.kathmanducraze.com/event_details-eid-43.html |archive-date=28 September 2015 |access-date=27 September 2015 |website=Kathmandu Craze}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|787463}}
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