Rabindra Singh Baniya

Acting

Rabindra Singh Baniya

Born

1982-02-14 (44)

Place of birth

Dhading, Nepal

Known for

Acting

Credits

16 titles

Rabindra Singh Baniya is a highly respected Nepali actor and film producer known for his significant contributions to the "New Wave" of realistic Nepali cinema. He first gained widespread recognition and reached peak popularity with the critically acclaimed film Pashupati Prasad (2016), where his performance as the clever yet conflicted gold trader showcased his talent for nuanced character acting. Beyond his work in front of the camera, Baniya is a key figure at Shatkon Arts, the production house responsible for some of Nepal's most successful and artistically ambitious films, including Jatra (2016) and its sequels, Jatrai Jatra, and Mahajatra (2024). In these films, he starred as Joyas, a…

Known for

White Sun poster
7.1

Young Pooja lives with her mother in a village in Nepal. Though saddened by the death of her grandfather, she is secretly thrilled at the prospect of meeting the man she hopes may be her father — Chandra, a former Maoist guerrilla who is returning home after a decade-long civil conflict.

White Sun

2016

Supermonk poster
NR

The journey of an eleven years old monk, who finds his way of applying the Buddha’s teachings of compassion and joy in an unconventional way

Supermonk

2018

Pashupati Prasad poster
8.6

Pashupati visits Kathmandu to meet his Mitbaa and pay his father's loans but his stay is made difficult by Bhasme and his gang.

Pashupati Prasad

2016

Pashupati Prasad 2: Bhasme Don poster
9.0

After the tragic death of Pashupati Prasad, Bhasme sets out in search of his own identity. He must complete his journey while also protecting his empire.

Pashupati Prasad 2: Bhasme Don

2023

Jatra poster
8.0

An innocent, poor and hardworking man Phadindra Timsina finds a sack full of 3 Crores Nepalese rupees stolen from a bank. He then consults with his 2 friends Jayas and Munna to turn that money white.

Jatra

2016

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

Film credits

2020s · 6 titles

2010s · 6 titles

White Sun poster
7.1

Young Pooja lives with her mother in a village in Nepal. Though saddened by the death of her grandfather, she is secretly thrilled at the prospect of meeting the man she hopes may be her father — Chandra, a former Maoist guerrilla who is returning home after a decade-long civil conflict.

White Sun

2016

Pashupati Prasad poster
8.6

Pashupati visits Kathmandu to meet his Mitbaa and pay his father's loans but his stay is made difficult by Bhasme and his gang.

Pashupati Prasad

2016

Jatra poster
8.0

An innocent, poor and hardworking man Phadindra Timsina finds a sack full of 3 Crores Nepalese rupees stolen from a bank. He then consults with his 2 friends Jayas and Munna to turn that money white.

Jatra

2016

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

Jhumkee poster
NR

A suspenseful story about violence towards women in Nepal.

Jhumkee

2016

Jatrai Jatra poster
6.0

The three main characters get arrested by the police are released. The film's story revolves around them finding a bag of gold and its consequences.

Jatrai Jatra

2019

Behind the camera