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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 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.

Khagendra Lamichhane’s novel ‘Phurke’ was launched amid a program in Kathmandu on Saturday. Along with Lamichhane, a Nepali theater personality, actor, writer and director, Nepal national cricket team former captain Paras Khadka, poet Biplav Pratik and singer Lochan Rijal among others launched the novel at Nepal Pragya Pratisthan in Kamaladi yesterday. The book is an autobiography of a dog named ‘Phurke’. According to the author Lamichhane, the relationship between dogs and humans, dog’s point of view, his experiences and feelings are presented in the book. He said that the book can be useful to see the society through the eyes of dogs and to understand the role of humans in the lives of dogs.

A Nepali short film entitled 'Survival – Living through Covid', has won the Best Cinematography Award at the Albori Soulplace Film Festival held in Albori, Italy. The film is three minutes 50 seconds long and based on visual narration technique. It is directed by Afzal Khan and produced by Kishor Shrestha for the Dream Vision Studio. Sakriya Shrestha is the cinematographer of this short film. The film succinctly gives the message of human resilience and power of endurance in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic which affected all aspects of life, said Kishor about the theme of the festival. Also the winner of the 'Best Covid Film' category in the Cannes World Film Festival, this film has participated in eight film festivals in various countries and indirectly promoted the tourism of Nepal.