At the awards ceremony held in London, Chhakka Panja 5 was declared the best film, with Deepashree winning the Best Director award, while Swastima and Pradeep won the Popular Actress-Actor awards.
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Actor Pradeep Khadka has won the 'Popular Actor' award at the 'Second INFA Film Awards 2025'. Actress Upasana Singh Thakuri received the Best Actress award for 'Khusma' at the awards ceremony held in London, presented by Ins My Talent and organized by INFA Events UK.
At the award ceremony, actress Swastima Khadka received the award in the 'Popular Actress' category along with actor Pradeep. Similarly, when 'Chhakka Panja 5' was declared the best film, the director of the same film, Deepashree Niraula, won the best director award. While Vijay Baral won the best actor award for 'Purna Bahadur Ko Sarangi', the best actress award went to Upasana.
Deepak Raj Giri won the best screenplay award for 'Chhakka Panja 5'. Similarly, Sahil Khan won the best editing award for 'The Outlaw: Section 219'. Purushottam Pradhan won the cinematography award for 'Pitamber'. Actor Pramod Agrahari was declared 'Best Actor' for 'Pitamber'. He had reached London with Upasana, Pradeep and others to receive the award. At the
awards ceremony, Jitu Nepal won the supporting actor award for 'Karsang', while Srijana Subba (Anjila) and Richa Ghimire (Tel Visa) won the supporting actress award. Vivek Karmacharya and Srijana Ninglekhu won the new actor/actress award. Chulthe Kaji and Shree Shrestha won the best 'conflict director' award. Sunil Shrestha and Gambhir Bista won the dance director award for 'Chhakka Panja 5', while singer Shanti Shree Pariyar won the best singer award for 'Rukumai Kot'. Similarly, she won the best singer award for the song 'Raiya Chandi' sung by 'Purna Bahadur Ko Sarangi'. Thaneshwor Gautam won the music composer award for 'Raat Kin Honcho Hazur' (Anjila).
The film 'Sati Devi' and director Krisha Chaulagain were given special mention at the event. Actor Suman Bhandari and actress Divya Rayamajhi received the 'Encouragement Award' for 'The Outlaw: Section 219' and 'Pitamber', respectively, while actor Deepak Raj Giri received the 'Public Choice Award' for 'Chhakka Panja 5' and actress Neeta Dhungana received the 'Public Choice Award' for 'Hraswo Dirgha'.
Similarly, Milan Chams was declared the best director for 'Anjila', Mahesh Tripathi the best actor for 'Laaz Sharanam', Diya Maskey the best actress for 'Karsang', Kedar Prasad Ghimire the 'Comedy Actor of the Year', Keki Adhikari the special contribution award, 'Purna Bahadur Ko Sarangi' the 'Blockbuster Movie of the Year' and 'Tel Visa' the 'Diaspora Movie Award', and Teriya Magar the 'Performer of the Year'.
A large group of filmmakers from Nepal had reached London to receive the award. The organizing committee includes Ashish Pant, Tanka Bhattarai, Raj Pandey from the UK in the Info team and Sanil Shrestha, Manoj KC, Palden Lama, and Manish Karki from Nepal. The awards were presented in London this year by a 3-member jury of Ramesh Budhathoki and Karun Thapa, coordinated by Gauri Malla, selecting films released after the end of Asar in 2081.
This year, actress Sharmila Malla was awarded the Dirgha Sadhana Samman. Footballer Angela Tumhamphe Subba and Kavita Nepali were awarded the Special Inspiration Samman. The award program included comedy performances by artists Deepak Raj Giri and Deepashree Niraula, Jeetu Nepal, Kedar Ghimire Magnebudha and Sitadevi Timilsina, as well as various performances by Teriya Magar, Kavita Nepali, Samarpan Lama, Usha Upreti, Alisa Sharma and others.
