# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nischal-basnet
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:00:39.690Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nischal-basnet"
name: "Nischal Basnet"
slug: "nischal-basnet"
description: "Nischal Basnet is a Nepalese director, writer, actor, and playback singer who predominantly works in Nepali cinema. Considered as one of the best directors of Nepali cinema, he is widely acclaimed for \"revolutionizing Nepali cinema\" through his realistic, dark, and comic depiction of social problems prevalent in Nepal on the celluloid screen. Basnet has directed three feature films: Loot (2012), Talakjung vs Tulke (2014), and Loot 2 (2017). He has acted in the films Kabaddi (2014), Dui Rupaiyan (2017), Prasad (2018), Dimag Kharab (2023), and Behuli From Meghauli (2024)"
tagline: "Nepalese film director, actor, singer, producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nischal_Basnet_02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1981-01-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.964293333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4849913/"
    handle:    "nm4849913"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nischal_Basnet"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "نيستشال باسنيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "निश्चल बस्नेत"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nischal_Basnet"
    title: "Nischal Basnet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nischal_Basnet"
    title: "Nischal Basnet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nischal_Basnet"
    title: "Nischal Basnet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4"
    title: "निश्चल बस्नेत"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4"
    title: "निश्चल बस्नेत"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nischal_Basnet"
    title: "Nischal Basnet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16198160"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1509574"
    title: "Nischal Basnet"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump