The Film Development Board is a government body responsible for the development and promotion of motion picture sector in Nepal. The board is under the Ministry of Information and Communication Nepal.
The highest-grossing Nepali movie of all time worldwide is Purna Bahadur Ko Sarangi (2024), which made history by collecting over रू72.60 crore globally.
Nepali cinema has seen massive exponential box office growth, driven by unprecedented domestic ticket sales and rapidly expanding international markets (primarily in Australia, the US, the UK, and the Middle East).
Because complete global box office breakdowns are occasionally estimated differently across international distributors, the following list ranks the top performing films based on the latest available Film Development Board (FDB) tracking and consolidated global collections:
History Film Development Board (FDB) was established on 30 June 2000 by the Government of Nepal according to the Clause 10a of Motion Picture (Production, Exhibition and Distribution) Act amended on 20 November 1991 with the mandate of first, look after the research, planning and development, production, library and archive, film festivals and international relations. Second, distribution, exhibition and monitoring and supervision of the films produced for the commercial purpose.
List of Chairperson +S.NNameTenure1Dinesh D.C.29 Aug 2024 - Present2Bhuwan K.C.25 Jul 2022 to 24 Jul 20243Dayaram Dahal4 Jun 2020 to 3 Jun 20224Late. Keshab Bhattarai18 Mar 2019 to 15 Dec 20195Nikita Poudel15 Dec 2017 to 9 Feb 20196Ram Chandra Dhakal21 Aug 2017 to 14 Dec 20177Raj Kumar Rai8 Jun 2015 to 7 Jun 20178Dharmendra Morbaita30 Jan 2013 to 30 Jan 20159Ganesh Bhandari26 May 2011 to 18 Oct 201210Amar Giri1 Jul 2009 to 15 Mar 201111Ishwar Chandra Gyawali22 Aug 2007 to 22 Aug 200812Sailesh Raj Acharya31 Jul 2007 to 21 Aug 200713Krishna Malla26 Dec 2006 to 7 May 200714Sambhujeet Baskota22 Apr 2004 to 25 Dec 200615Mukunda Prasad Acharya14 Nov 2002 to 21 Apr 200416Neer Shah18 Apr 2002 to 28 Oct 200217Yadav Kharel30 Jun 2000 to 12 Apr 2002
See also Cinema of Nepal
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