Evergreen Nepali actress Karishma Manandhar

She has been known as the most beautiful actress of Nepali films; she was the reigning queen for more than fifteen years of her career.Formerly Karishma K.C., She started her career with Santaan (1985), opposite Bhuwan K.C., when she was just fourteen years old. At that tender age, with her acting, dance and physical beauty she won over the viewers heart. She went on to become a familiar name in and there was a time, when hardly any films were made without her.

It had been quite sometime that she had been away when she came back on the scene with Bashma Chaina Yo Mann. The reason for her disappearance from, first, the Nepali movies and then Nepal, is thought to be the failure of her much anticipated movie, Babu Saheb.

Babu saheb was not only Karishma’s acting venture, but also one of her first film as a producer. Babu Saheb was released in 2002, and could not perform well in the market; despite Karishma’s denial that the failure was the only reason for her moving away to the USA.
Many film critics and people close to her, bank on the very reason.

It is a cause of much joy for the her lovers and her fans that she is once again back, and has been doing some flicks lately. She is also seen in many premiere shows, and recently inaugurated the fashion boutique of Former Miss Nepal, Usha Khadgi. She was also photographed in a stunning polka dot, black gown in the Nepal Fashion Week, here in the Capital.

when she was the leading lady, she made goog pairing with Rajesh Hamal; the two have worked together in Allare, Saathi, Ek Number ko Pakhe, Paapi Manche, among other movies. They were awarded the best on- screen couple of the decade, in around 2057 B.S. They are also considered, the follow up on screen couple to Bhuwan K.C. and Tripti Naadkar.

Some of her best works are: Mayalu, Truck Driver, Jindagani, Saathi, Allare, Ek Number kopPakhe, Paapi Manche, and so on. She is one of those actresses, despite being forty years old, she can turn heads, wherever she goes. Along with her acting skills, she is well known for her eternal beauty.