Rajesh Hamal

Rajesh Hamal
Rajesh Hamal in Sydney, 2014
Native name	राजेश हमाल
Born	Rajesh Hamal June 4 1964 age (52) Tansen, Palpa, Nepal
Residence	Kathmandu, Nepal
Nationality	Nepali
Other names	Rajesh Dai (राजेश दाइ) Shankar (शङ्कर) Hamro Rato (HaMaRo RaaTau)
Education	Bhanubhakta Memorial School Panjab University (M.A.)
Occupation	Actor, TV Presenter, Social Worker
Years active	1985  – present
Spouse(s)	Madhu Bhattarai Hamal(2014–present)
Awards	“National Citizen Golden Award" “National Films Award"

Rajesh Hamal (Nepali: राजेश हमाल) ( Listen ) is a Nepalese actor. He has received many awards for his acting including the National Film Awards from 1988–2014. He is currently serving as Goodwill Ambassador for the Building Back Right initiative to promote reconstruction after the April 25 earthquake that is safe, environmentally sustainable, culturally appropriate and free of rights violations such as child and bonded labour.

Rajesh Hamal was born in Tansen, central Nepal. He did his schooling at Bhanubhakta Memorial Higher Secondary School up to class 8. Then he went to Moscow, Russia with his father who was Nepalese Ambassador to Russia. Rajesh Hamal finished his M.A in English literature from delhi university.

Rajesh Hamal in his college years, first modelled for Fashion Net, an Indian magazine in 1985; he walked the ramp in Kathmandu and New Delhi in 1986. He started his career as a film actor with Yug Dekhi Yug Samma in 1988, a film made by his maternal uncle. Hamal received a National Film Award for "Best Actor Debut" in 1989, for this film. Till date he has worked in over 230 Nepalese, one Punjabi cinema and five hollywood cinemas..