Film Development Board

{{Short description|Governing-body responsible for distribution of films in Nepal}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Film Development Board (FDB)

| logo = Film Development Board.png

| parent = Nepal Government

| foundation = {{start date and age|2000|June|30|p=y|df=y}}

| predecessor =

| location_city = Kapan, Kathmandu, Nepal

| location_country = Nepal

| area_served = Nepal

| key_people = Bhuwan K.C., Chairperson

| num_employees = 27

| native_name = चलचित्र विकास बोर्ड

| industry = Cinema of Nepal

| products = Films

| revenue =

| owner = Ministry of Information and Communications

| operating_income =

| homepage = {{URL|https://film.gov.np/}}

}}

The Film Development Board is a government body responsible for the development and promotion of motion picture sector in Nepal. The board is under the Ministry of Information and Communication Nepal.{{cite web |title=Introduction |url=http://www.film.gov.np/beta/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=107 |access-date=2014-02-22 |publisher=}}{{cite web|title=National Film awards held after three years | Entertainment|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/2010/09/01/entertainment/national-film-awards-held-after-three-years/321530.html|accessdate=2014-02-22|publisher=ekantipur.com}}{{Cite web |last=Subedi |first=Bijay |date=2021-09-28 |title=Incapable Film Development Board rules Nepal's underdeveloped film industry |url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/film-development-nepal.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325151315/https://english.onlinekhabar.com/film-development-nepal.html |archive-date=2022-03-25 |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=Online Khabar |language=en-GB}}

History

Film Development Board (FDB) was established on 30 June 2000 by the Government of Nepal according to the Clause 10a of Motion Picture (Production, Exhibition and Distribution) Act amended on 20 November 1991 with the mandate of first, look after the research, planning and development, production, library and archive, film festivals and international relations. Second, distribution, exhibition and monitoring and supervision of the films produced for the commercial purpose.

List of Chairperson

class="wikitable"

!S.No

!Name

!Tenure

|Bhuwan K.C.

|26 Jul 2022–present{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-07-26 |title=Bhuwan KC appointed the chair of the Film Development Board |url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/bhuwan-kc-film-development-board.html |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=Online Khabar |language=en-GB}}

|Dayaram Dahal

|4 Jun 2020{{Cite web |date=2020-06-05 |title=Dayaram Dahal appointed Film Development Board chair |url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/dayaram-dahal-appointed-film-development-board-chair.html |access-date=2020-06-07 |website=Online Khabar |language=en-GB}} to 3 Jun 2022{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-06-06 |title=Dahal's tenure as Film Development Board's chairperson ends |url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/127522/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=Republica |language=en}}

|Late. Keshab Bhattarai

|18 Mar 2019 to 15 Dec 2019{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-12-16 |title=Film Development Board Chair Bhattarai passes away |url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/81847/ |access-date=2020-06-07 |website=My Republica |language=en}}

|Nikita Poudel

|15 Dec 2017 to 9 Feb 2019

|Ram Chandra Dhakal

|21 Aug 2017 to 14 Dec 2017

|Raj Kumar Rai

|8 Jun 2015 to 7 Jun 2017

|Dharmendra Morbaita

|30 Jan 2013 to 30 Jan 2015

|Ganesh Bhandari

|26 May 2011 to 18 Oct 2012

|Amar Giri

|1 Jul 2009 to 15 Mar 2011