By 2006, as the situation in Nepal calmed down and with Maoists coming into mainstream politics, the Nepali film industry started to return to its previous state, and more films were being made and released. Some of the successful post-2006 films include Kagbeni, Sano Sansar, Mero Euta Saathi Cha, First Love and Kohi Mero.
In the 2010s, films such as Loot, " Andaj"( 2011 film) Chapali Height, Nai Nabhannu La 2, Kohinoor, Kabaddi, Kabaddi Kabaddi,(2015 film) " Wada No 6" was the highest grossing in the year and Kalo Pothi became critically acclaimed.
The highest grossing Nepali film is Chhakka Panja (2016), grossing about NRs 22 crore followed by Kohinoor (2014) with NRs 12 crore. Highest watched film in YouTube is 'Chhaka Panja" and second highest watched film was Wada No 6 till date which was directed by Ujwal Ghimire.
The US-Nepali documentary Manakamana, about pilgrims on the Manakamana Cable Car, was released in 2013 and received positive reviews.
In December 2016, Bijuli Machine, Nepal’s first science-fiction film with a social story was released and ran successfully in cinemas.[3] The movie was directed and written by Navin Awal with Santosh Lamichhane as a scientific consultant.[4][5] It was reported that the movie set a trend in Nepali films by a making a movie with a low budget, without an item song, stereotypical fights or a romantic story, rather with an authentic Nepali story inspired by the problems faced in the society, like electricity power cuts, and still succeeded to entertain the audience.[3]
Likewise, Kalo Pothi (Black Hen) by Min Bahadur Bham, Highway by Deepak Rauniyar, Nivna Lageko Diyo (Dying Candle) by Naresh K.C. and Seto Surya (White Sun) by Deepak Rauniyar have been officially selected to major international film festivals like Venice, Berlin, Toronto international film festival and winning award at Singapore international film festival. Nepalese cinema scenario is at transformation phase due to beginning of cinema studies in Nepal academically decade ago. Film graduates from Oscar International College of Film Studies might change the cinematic scenario of Nepalese cinema in coming near future.
