Nischal Basnet

Directing

Nischal Basnet

Born 1980-01-17 · Kathmandu, Nepal

Nischal Basnet is a director, actor, comedian, dancer, and singer of Nepali films. Loot, directed by him in 2012, garnered positive reviews from film critics and topped the box office.

Acting credits

Dui Rupaiyan poster
6.0

One day, while conducting such smuggling, they lose the transaction slip - a Rs. 2 note. The film "Dui Rupaiyan" entails their quest to find that Rs. 2 and save their necks, all the while saving themselves from local thugs, police, and their boss too.

Dui Rupaiyan

2017

Garud Puran poster
NR

Henriks doesn’t want to join his father’s band and is trying to go abroad. His friend Rambo, a virgin, is eager to lose his virginity. Karan is in love with a beautiful local girl Jyoti, and Jyoti is using her charm to fulfill her materialistic needs. Garud Puran is a comedy-based drama that revolves around these four characters and their journey.

Garud Puran

2019

Behuli from Meghauli poster
10.0

Mina, nearing her late twenties and facing mounting family and societal pressure to marry, waits for her long-distance boyfriend, Niraj, only to be heartlessly ditched by him.

Behuli from Meghauli

2024

Ke Ghar Ke Dera - Ghar No. 2 poster
NR

The film tells the story of people from different backgrounds who are all struggling during a tough financial crisis. As their money problems grow, they begin to question their purpose and lose trust in the government, which seems unable to help. Their relationships suffer, some face betrayal over money, while others deal with family problems and growing mental stress. The film shows how financial issues affect not just daily life, but also people's emotions, families, and hopes for the future. The story holding relevance for everyone !!!!!

Ke Ghar Ke Dera - Ghar No. 2

2025

Lappan Chhappan poster
8.0

A dangerous game of cat-and-mouse as a police inspector, a vengeful mobster, and corrupt figures constantly deceive and double-cross each other to secure a massive digital heist.

Lappan Chhappan

2017

Ghamad Shere poster
7.0

A social comedy about a stubborn returnee migrant worker who, after his newly purchased farmland is ruined by a flood, gets entangled in absurd legal battles— even deciding to sue the river itself.

Ghamad Shere

2019

Kabaddi Kabaddi poster
7.8

Kaji dreams of marrying Maiya but things go wrong when Bamkaji returns to the village who also wants to marry Maiya.

Kabaddi Kabaddi

2015

Prasad poster
8.0

Newly married couple face a lot of challenges when they find out they can't conceive.

Prasad

2018

Dimag Kharab poster
4.0

When bureaucratic barriers obstruct Indra Sharma's desire to work overseas, his dreams of a stable family life take a turbulent turn.

Dimag Kharab

2023

Kabaddi poster
9.0

Aimless Kaji dreams of marrying village girl Maiya by any means. However, she wants to go to the city seeking higher education. Their lives are thrown into turmoil with the arrival of Bibek, a charming young man from the city.

Kabaddi

2014

The Secrets of Radha poster
NR

Radha, a young pregnant woman from a village in Nepal, embarks on a journey to find her husband, a migrant worker in Doha, who's gone missing, but instead discovers an intriguing web of lies, deceit and fraud behind his disappearance and of many others.

The Secrets of Radha

2022

Agastya – Chapter 1 poster
NR

Saurya is haunted by a difficult past and grapples with his troubled mind. After a year, his brother embarks on a quest to find him. A touching story unfolds as Nisan delves into Saurya's history.

Agastya – Chapter 1

2024

Behind the camera

Loot poster
7.6

Loot is the story for five guys who find quick ways of success and accomplishment in life. It is a quest for quick money and better life. In a place where the crime rates are ascending day by day, Loot draws a reality check on the present security system of the city. Loot is about relationships: it's about friendship and betrayal. Loot is the real picture of Kathmandu; the city of crime and lawlessness like never explored before.

Loot

2012

Loot poster
7.6

Loot is the story for five guys who find quick ways of success and accomplishment in life. It is a quest for quick money and better life. In a place where the crime rates are ascending day by day, Loot draws a reality check on the present security system of the city. Loot is about relationships: it's about friendship and betrayal. Loot is the real picture of Kathmandu; the city of crime and lawlessness like never explored before.

Loot

2012

Talakjung vs Tulke poster
7.3

Tulke – a simpleton day-laborer in a Nepalese mountain village –struggles to reclaim his lost aristocratic identity while a violent revolution disrupts every aspect of village life. Humiliated everyday by everybody around him, Tulké desperately seeks recognition and respect. Instead, he is falsely accused by the woman he loves and forced to flee from his ancestral village. When the city corrupts him and teaches him how the treacherous accumulate and wield power, he returns to his village to avenge himself against people who have wronged him and his family. He becomes a lackey to the revolutionaries in the village, and because he refuses to wrong those he loves, finds himself ensnared in a web of deception and violence, leading to a tragic conclusion for everybody.

Talakjung vs Tulke

2014

Behuli from Meghauli poster
10.0

Mina, nearing her late twenties and facing mounting family and societal pressure to marry, waits for her long-distance boyfriend, Niraj, only to be heartlessly ditched by him.

Behuli from Meghauli

2024

Loot 2 poster
6.0

Loot ended with Haku Kale plotting against his four team members to take over entire robbed money. The four gang members, who were framed for the bank robbery, now escape from the prison and want to take revenge against Haku Kale.

Loot 2

2017

Loot 2 poster
6.0

Loot ended with Haku Kale plotting against his four team members to take over entire robbed money. The four gang members, who were framed for the bank robbery, now escape from the prison and want to take revenge against Haku Kale.

Loot 2

2017

Loot 2 poster
6.0

Loot ended with Haku Kale plotting against his four team members to take over entire robbed money. The four gang members, who were framed for the bank robbery, now escape from the prison and want to take revenge against Haku Kale.

Loot 2

2017

Bansulli: The Flute poster
4.5

After a decade long civil war which costs more than 13000 lives, the Maoists have come into the front-line, to compete in the national election for the Constituent Assembly. Amid the political changes going to take place in the pristine kingdom of Himalaya, the life of BIJULI, a 12 years old girl in the remote west of Nepal is also about to change forever. BANSULLI is a journey of hopes and desires, against the social stigma that still prevails in Nepal.

Bansulli: The Flute

2012

Dimag Kharab poster
4.0

When bureaucratic barriers obstruct Indra Sharma's desire to work overseas, his dreams of a stable family life take a turbulent turn.

Dimag Kharab

2023

Kabaddi poster
9.0

Aimless Kaji dreams of marrying village girl Maiya by any means. However, she wants to go to the city seeking higher education. Their lives are thrown into turmoil with the arrival of Bibek, a charming young man from the city.

Kabaddi

2014