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Maitighar

Maitighar
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Directed by B.S. Thapa
Produced by Sumononjali Films
Music by Jaidev
Release date
  • 16 December 1966 (1966-12-16)
Country Nepal
Language Nepali

'Maitighar' (Nepali: माइतिघर) (meaning birth home of a girl) is a classic 1966 Nepali film directed by B.S. Thapa. It was the third Nepali film produced and the first under a private banner.

The main story about the movie is love for homeland.

Maitighar was the first film to be produced under a private banner in Nepal. It had many Indians contributing towards the making of the film - actors, musicians and technicians. The place where the office for film shooting was established in Kathmandu, Nepal has been named Maitighar after the movie.

The music was scored by Jaidev, a veteran music maestro. Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, Manna Dey and Geeta Dutt did the playback singing, along with Nepali singers Prem Dhoj Pradhan, C.P. Lohani and Aruna Lama. Lata Mangeshkar sang a Nepali song that was penned by the late King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal.


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