About Rajesh Hamal

Rajesh Hamal was born on 9 June, 1964 in Mission Hospital, Palpa, Nepal. He completed his schooling from Moscow except for the 8th grade which he studied at the St. Xavier’s School, Nepal. He has a M.A in English from Punjab University, India.

He has 3 sisters and a brother. All of his sisters are doctors. Most of his family members reside at the United States now.

Before getting into the Nepalese film industry, Rajesh Hamal aligned himself to modeling and has modeled for an Indian Fashion Magazine, Fashion Net and had also engaged himself in other modeling works in Nepal and India. He made his way into the Nepalese film industry with the movie “Yug Dekhi Yog Samma” which was made by his uncle in 1990. After his first movie “Yug Dekhi Yug Samma”, there has been no looking back for this immensely talented actor. On average, he works on 10-12 Nepali movies a year and till date he has acted in over 180 movies including one Pakistani movie. Devata and Basanti are his favorite among the movies he’s acted.

In his early years, Rajesh Hamal liked to collect badges with pins. Now, he likes to follow the world news and read non-fiction books and autobiographies in his leisure time. He also loves playing tennis and swimming. He jogs everyday and has a personal gym at his home. Rajesh Hamal also loves spending time with this dog, Johnny.

Rajesh Hamal has always had long hair. He was extremely conscious with the way his hair looked since his childhood and would wear a cap while sleeping so that his hair would not look unkempt the next day. :-) Once, he shaved his hair to show his father that he can indeed have short hair.

Many of us don’t know that Rajesh Hamal is acrophobic, i.e. he’s afraid of heights and has a stunt man to perform for him in movies when it comes to movie scenes that require dealing with heights.

Rajesh Hamal when 17 fell in love with a 22 years old Indian girl but their love was short lived as the girl’s parents married the girl to someone else. He was linked with Kristi Mainali in his earlier carrier and later with Karishma Manandhar. Rajesh Hamal is still single and says he’s comfortable being single.

Rajesh Hamal is a brand ambassador for some well selling items and a Goodwill Ambassador for the Nepalese Government’s campaign against drug abuse in the country. Now-a-days Rajesh Hamal also hosts a quiz show “Wai-Wai Quiz-Whiz” on Kantipur Television Channel.

Rajesh Hamal’s presence and talent has turned KolyWood into an one man show. His acting skills, voice and personality place him at a much higher level than all his colleagues in the Nepalese Film Industry.

Posted on: Apr 15, 2009 / Labels: Rajesh Hamal