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This is a list of actors born, or active in the acting field, in Bhutan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk is a Bhutanese actor and filmmaker and an adventurer. [1] He was born in 1982 to an army captain and a teacher. Growing up in remote Bhutan, he was able to nurture his love for the natural world.
This is a list of films produced in the country of Bhutan. The films are all produced in Dzongkha language, the national language of Bhutan. Bhutanese films have gained a vast popularity amongst its citizens in the recent times due to various available multi media. Dzongkha movies contain many songs for audience attentions.
Lhaki Dolma topped the prestigious civil service selection exams, and went on work with Ministry of Agriculture and Forests.However, she resigned from the government after three years to pursue a career in films where she resumed her acting life and also started scripting, producing and directing feature films.
The casting of the film is fascinating in itself. Most of the cast (including Einhorn, an academic) are making acting debuts here. One, Tandin Wangchuk as Tashi, is a Bhutanese alt-rock star.
Khyentse Norbu wrote and directed four award-winning [13] films, The Cup (1999), for which The New York Times called him "a born filmmaker;" Travellers and Magicians (2003), the first feature film to be produced in Bhutan; Vara: A Blessing (2013), and Hema Hema: Sing Me A Song While I Wait (2016). [14] [15] [16]
In 1999, Tshering Wangyel released the first commercially successful movie in Dzongkha language, Rewaa (Hope), a love story where two college boys fall for the same girl. As one critic put it, "the commercial Bhutanese film industry was born." [4] Wangyel went on to produce some 50 movies and died of pneumonia while making his last film.
The trusty old tale of a city slicker teacher being posted to a school in the sticks is given a fresh coat of paint in the delightful Bhutanese comic drama “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom.”