Miruna Magar

{{Infobox person

| name = Miruna Magar

| image = Miruna Magar.png

| caption = Magar in 2022

| native_name = मिरुना मगर

| native_name_lang = ne

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|07|18}}

| birth_place = Hong Kong

| nationality = Nepalese

| occupation = Actress
Model

| years_active = 2018–present

| known_for = Kabaddi 4: The Final Match (2022), Jaari (2023)

}}

Miruna Lisara Magar ({{Langx|ne|मिरुना लीसारा मगर}}; born July 18, 1994) is a Nepalese actress.

She made her film debut in 2018 with Lalpurja. She starred in a lead role in the 2022 film Kabaddi 4: The Final Match, which became the highest-grossing Nepali film of all time.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-07-10 |title=Kabaddi 4: Highest grossing domestic movie |url=https://nepalnews.com/s/entertainment-and-lifestyle/kabaddi-4-highest-grossing-domestic-movie |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928182034/https://nepalnews.com/s/entertainment-and-lifestyle/kabaddi-4-highest-grossing-domestic-movie |archive-date=2022-09-28 |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=nepalnews.com}} She starred in the 2023 film Jaari, which also became one of the highest-grossing Nepali films.{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-04-30 |title='Jari' outperforms Salman's khan's film and three other Nepali films at box office |url=https://en.nepalkhabar.com/news/detail/4062/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430201417/https://en.nepalkhabar.com/news/detail/4062/ |archive-date=2023-04-30 |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Nepalkhabar |language=en-gb}}

Personal life

Miruna Magar was born in Hong Kong; her family returned to Nepal when she was two years old. Her family originally belonged to Dharan, and she lived her early years there until she was twelve.{{Cite web |last=पौडेल |first=राजाराम |date=2020-02-03 |title=दिदिकै विवाह भएको छैन : अभिनेत्री मिरुना |url=https://www.pokharanews.com/2020/02/95974/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501074204/https://www.pokharanews.com/2020/02/95974/ |archive-date=2023-05-01 |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Pokhara News |language=ne}} Her father served in the British Army's Royal Gurkha Rifles. She migrated to London with her family when she was twelve and completed her schooling there.{{Cite web |last=न्यौपाने |first=रविन |date=2022-04-10 |title=लण्डनबाट आएर फिल्म क्षेत्रमा जमिरहेकी 'कबड्डी ४' की नायिका मिरुना (भिडिओ) |url=https://www.setopati.com/multimedia/267166/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531163007/https://www.setopati.com/multimedia/267166 |archive-date=2022-05-31 |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Setopati |language=ne}} She came back to Nepal in 2016, where she got the opportunity to learn acting.{{Cite web |last=Dangol |first=Kuber |date=2022-05-28 |title=Want to contribute to women empowerment: Miruna Magar |url=https://english.khabarhub.com/2022/28/254518/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611005641/https://english.khabarhub.com/2022/28/254518/ |archive-date=2022-06-11 |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Khabarhub |language=en}}

Career

Magar had her first role in the 2018 film Lalpurja; she also starred in Rose in the same year. In 2019, she starred in Saino and Cha Cha Hui, which mostly received negative reviews from the critics, although her performance was praised.{{Cite web |last=Mahat |first=Sunny |date=2019-11-25 |title=Cha Cha Hui: No method to this mindless comedy |url=https://theannapurnaexpress.com/news/cha-cha-hui-no-method-to-this-mindless-comedy-2053 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113160153/https://theannapurnaexpress.com/news/cha-cha-hui-no-method-to-this-mindless-comedy-2053 |archive-date=2021-01-13 |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=The Annapurna Express |language=en}} She then starred in the record-breaking Kabaddi 4: The Final Match in 2022, which became the highest-grossing Nepali film of all time, collecting over 22.73 crore.

In 2022, while Magar was in promotion of her film Kabaddi 4: The Final Match, there was an incident where she claimed a monk touched her inappropriately, and she slapped him in public and humiliated him for the misbehavior. The monk asked for forgiveness. She filed a lawsuit against him, which she later dropped. Some people called it a publicity stunt; they even protested and wanted to ban the film. Consequently, it was banned in the Indian state of Sikkim.{{Cite web |last=Choudhury |first=Ratnadip |date=2022-06-15 |title=Why A Nepali Film's Release Has Been Stopped In Sikkim |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/kabaddi-4-controversy-kabaddi-4-release-controversy-kabaddi-4-release-stopped-why-a-nepali-films-release-has-been-stopped-in-sikkim-3069522 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617025611/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/kabaddi-4-controversy-kabaddi-4-release-controversy-kabaddi-4-release-stopped-why-a-nepali-films-release-has-been-stopped-in-sikkim-3069522 |archive-date=2022-06-17 |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=NDTV}} Later, when the incident started to get worse, she reached an agreement with the monk and apologized to the entire Buddhist community for the negative impact of the incident.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-31 |title=Bad touch case: Actress and monk reach an agreement |url=https://english.khabarhub.com/2022/31/255192/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203201938/https://english.khabarhub.com/2022/31/255192/ |archive-date=2022-12-03 |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Khabarhub |language=en}}

In 2023, she starred in Jaari, which earned 13 crore in its first two weeks of release and became one of the highest-grossing Nepali films.

Magar was chosen as a brand ambassador of 12th Nepal European Union Film Festival which took place between April 28 to April 30, 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-21 |title=12th edition of Nepal-European Union Film Festival in offing |url=https://english.makalukhabar.com/2023/04/112563/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501052512/https://english.makalukhabar.com/2023/04/112563/ |archive-date=2023-05-01 |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Makalu Khabar |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-04-25 |title=Nepal European Union Film Festival 2023 to kick off on April 28 |url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/nepal-european-union-film-festival-23.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425085640/https://english.onlinekhabar.com/nepal-european-union-film-festival-23.html |archive-date=2023-04-25 |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Online Khabar |language=en-GB}}

Filmography

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|+Key

| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}

| Denotes films that have not yet been released

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" !Year !Film !Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \|Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \|{{Tooltip\|Ref(s)\|Reference(s)}}
rowspan="2" \|2018 ! scope="row" \|Lalpurja \|Parpala \|Debut film \|style="text-align:center;"\| {{Cite web \|last=Mahat \|first=Sunny \|date=26 October 2021 \|title=Lal Purja movie review: Eccentric, experimental and mildly entertaining \|url=https://theannapurnaexpress.com/news/lal-purja-movie-review-eccentric-experimental-and-mildly-entertaining-3719 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028055328/https://theannapurnaexpress.com/news/lal-purja-movie-review-eccentric-experimental-and-mildly-entertaining-3719 \|archive-date=28 October 2021 \|access-date=1 November 2021 \|website=The Annapurna Express \|language=en}}
scope="row" \|Rose \|Sneha \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|
rowspan="2" \|2019 ! scope="row" \|Saino \|Anu \| \|style="text-align:center;"\| {{Cite web \|date=2019-08-14 \|title=An unimpressive production \|url=https://theannapurnaexpress.com/news/an-unimpressive-production-1817 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624162454/https://theannapurnaexpress.com/news/an-unimpressive-production-1817 \|archive-date=2020-06-24 \|access-date=2023-05-01 \|website=The Annapurna Express \|language=en}}
scope="row" \|Cha Cha Hui \|Sangeeta \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|
2022 ! scope="row" \|Kabaddi 4: The Final Match \|Shanti \| \|style="text-align:center;"\| {{Cite web \|last=नेपाल \|first=सुकृत \|date=2022-05-30 \|title=कमेडी शैलीको चलचित्र 'कबड्डी ४' \|url=https://gorkhapatraonline.com/news/14455 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530052825/https://gorkhapatraonline.com/news/14455 \|archive-date=2022-05-30 \|access-date=2022-07-30 \|website=Gorkhapatra \|language=ne}}
rowspan="2" \|2023 ! scope="row" \|Jaari \|Hangma \| \|style="text-align:center;"\| {{Cite web \|last=Acharya \|first=Urza \|date=2023-04-26 \|title='Jaari' could've been so much more. It's unfortunate that it wasn't \|url=https://kathmandupost.com/movie-review/2023/04/26/jaari-could-ve-been-so-much-more-it-s-unfortunate-that-it-wasn-t \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426022922/https://kathmandupost.com/movie-review/2023/04/26/jaari-could-ve-been-so-much-more-it-s-unfortunate-that-it-wasn-t \|archive-date=2023-04-26 \|access-date=2023-04-29 \|website=The Kathmandu Post \|language=English}} {{Cite web \|last=Dhakal \|first=Renuka \|date=2023-04-20 \|title=Jaari review: Mirror of Limbu culture \|url=https://risingnepaldaily.com/news/25649 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420025626/https://risingnepaldaily.com/news/25649 \|archive-date=2023-04-20 \|access-date=2023-04-29 \|website=The Rising Nepal}}
scope="row" \|Nango Gau \|Nima \| \|style="text-align:center;"\| {{Cite web \|date=2023-04-23 \|title=दया र मिरुनाको 'नाङ्गो गाउँ' भदौ २९ मा रिलिज हुने \|url=https://ekagaj.com/article/cinema/136872/?v=1 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523005439/https://ekagaj.com/article/cinema/136872/?v=1 \|archive-date=2023-05-23 \|access-date=2023-05-23 \|website=ekagaj.com \|language=ne}}
rowspan="3" \|2024 ! scope="row"\| Rangeli \|Junkiri \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web \|date=2024-01-15 \|title=Movie ‘Rangeli’ teaser unveiled \|url=https://english.makalukhabar.com/2024/01/167661/\|access-date=2024-01-19 \|website=english.makalukhabar.com \|language=en}}
scope="row" \| Mansarra \|Mansara \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web \|date=2024-01-08 \|title=मिरुनाको ‘मनसरा’को छायाङ्कन सुरु\|url=https://www.ratopati.com/story/405030/miruna-magar\|access-date=2024-01-19 \|website=ratopati.com \|language=ne}}
scope="row"\|Gharjwai \|Binjuri \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web \|title=घरज्वाइँ र ‘अश्लीलता’ को काँडेबार \|url=https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2024/07/13/son-in-law-and-the-thorn-of-obscenity-25-37.html \|access-date=2024-07-27 \|website=ekantipur.com \|language=ne}}
2025 ! scope="row" \| Woonko sweater \| \| \|
2025 !Kushti \| \| \|

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!Year

!Film

!Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Notes

! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}

rowspan="2" |2018

! scope="row" |Lalpurja

|Parpala

|Debut film

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Mahat |first=Sunny |date=26 October 2021 |title=Lal Purja movie review: Eccentric, experimental and mildly entertaining |url=https://theannapurnaexpress.com/news/lal-purja-movie-review-eccentric-experimental-and-mildly-entertaining-3719 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028055328/https://theannapurnaexpress.com/news/lal-purja-movie-review-eccentric-experimental-and-mildly-entertaining-3719 |archive-date=28 October 2021 |access-date=1 November 2021 |website=The Annapurna Express |language=en}}

scope="row" |Rose

|Sneha

|style="text-align:center;"|

rowspan="2" |2019

! scope="row" |Saino

|Anu

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |date=2019-08-14 |title=An unimpressive production |url=https://theannapurnaexpress.com/news/an-unimpressive-production-1817 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624162454/https://theannapurnaexpress.com/news/an-unimpressive-production-1817 |archive-date=2020-06-24 |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=The Annapurna Express |language=en}}

scope="row" |Cha Cha Hui

|Sangeeta

|style="text-align:center;"|

2022

! scope="row" |Kabaddi 4: The Final Match

|Shanti

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=नेपाल |first=सुकृत |date=2022-05-30 |title=कमेडी शैलीको चलचित्र 'कबड्डी ४' |url=https://gorkhapatraonline.com/news/14455 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530052825/https://gorkhapatraonline.com/news/14455 |archive-date=2022-05-30 |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Gorkhapatra |language=ne}}

rowspan="2" |2023

! scope="row" |Jaari

|Hangma

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Acharya |first=Urza |date=2023-04-26 |title='Jaari' could've been so much more. It's unfortunate that it wasn't |url=https://kathmandupost.com/movie-review/2023/04/26/jaari-could-ve-been-so-much-more-it-s-unfortunate-that-it-wasn-t |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426022922/https://kathmandupost.com/movie-review/2023/04/26/jaari-could-ve-been-so-much-more-it-s-unfortunate-that-it-wasn-t |archive-date=2023-04-26 |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=The Kathmandu Post |language=English}}
{{Cite web |last=Dhakal |first=Renuka |date=2023-04-20 |title=Jaari review: Mirror of Limbu culture |url=https://risingnepaldaily.com/news/25649 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420025626/https://risingnepaldaily.com/news/25649 |archive-date=2023-04-20 |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=The Rising Nepal}}

scope="row" |Nango Gau

|Nima

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |date=2023-04-23 |title=दया र मिरुनाको 'नाङ्गो गाउँ' भदौ २९ मा रिलिज हुने |url=https://ekagaj.com/article/cinema/136872/?v=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523005439/https://ekagaj.com/article/cinema/136872/?v=1 |archive-date=2023-05-23 |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=ekagaj.com |language=ne}}

rowspan="3" |2024

! scope="row"| Rangeli

|Junkiri

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |date=2024-01-15 |title=Movie ‘Rangeli’ teaser unveiled |url=https://english.makalukhabar.com/2024/01/167661/|access-date=2024-01-19 |website=english.makalukhabar.com |language=en}}

scope="row" | Mansarra

|Mansara

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |date=2024-01-08 |title=मिरुनाको ‘मनसरा’को छायाङ्कन सुरु|url=https://www.ratopati.com/story/405030/miruna-magar|access-date=2024-01-19 |website=ratopati.com |language=ne}}

scope="row"|Gharjwai

|Binjuri

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |title=घरज्वाइँ र ‘अश्लीलता’ को काँडेबार |url=https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2024/07/13/son-in-law-and-the-thorn-of-obscenity-25-37.html |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=ekantipur.com |language=ne}}

2025

! scope="row" | Woonko sweater

2025

!Kushti

References

External links

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Category:21st-century Nepalese actresses

Category:Living people

Category:Nepalese film actresses

Category:Actresses in Nepali cinema

Category:1994 births