Can Indian Idol Prashant Tamang become Nepali matinee idol?
Kathmandu, Nov 10 – This is going to be a critical week for former “Indian Idol” Prashant Tamang. He is now aiming to become the new matinee idol of Nepal, the country that helped him win the popular Indian reality show three years ago. The 27-year-old former constable from West Bengal Police Force starts his new innings as an actor with his debut film, “Gorkha Paltan”, running in almost 60 theatres across the country. Though the film on a poor boy from the hills who joins the British Army to escape poverty was released Friday, the actual commercial run started Tuesday because the festivities kept the viewers away and the absence of newspapers meant no critical reviews of the movie. Directed by Nepali singer Narayan Rayamajhi, “Gorkha Paltan” brought two unexpected visitors in Kathmandu to promote the film. One of them is Prashant himself, who reportedly cut short a concert in the US to attend the premiere. The other is his mascot, who had boosted his morale in 2007 when he participate
