Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

Did you know...Buddha Park, Ravangla is featured in a 7-second scene in Aamir Khan starrer Laal Singh Chadda.

Singtam, September 17 : Sarita Pradhan, an aspiring actress and model from Burung, near Singtam is back home after doing a small cameo at the most awaited Aamir Khan's bollywood flick Lal Singh Chadda. Pradhan, is the 1st runner up of Face of Zylish 2020 organised by Zylish Academy held at Malbazaar, West Bengal. Born to Govind Pradhan and Mamta Pradhan, she has two nepali music videos to her credit and a nepali short film soon to be released. Sarita Pradhan is a make-up artist and the owner of Magical Touch, a professional beauty parlour at Singtam. Speaking on the occasion, Sarita thanked Samir Chandra Sir, casting director for the lifetime opportunity. She further said, she was at Kalimpong for the shoot of an episode of the Amazon Prime web-series The Girl when there was an announcement of the photo audition for the hindi movie in Mumbai. From the thousands that took part in the photo auditions, eight people were selected from Gorubathan, Jaigaon, Kalimpong and Sikkim. She fee...

Aamir Khan tweets...My daughter Ira's first exhibition, and I managed to buy this one. It's called 'The Tiger's Nest'. I love it! Ira Khan, the eldest daughter is holding her first painting exhibition at Mumbai where Aamir Khan had brought the black and white painting of Paro  Taktsang  Monastery . The monastery build in 1692 is one of the sacred sites of Buddhism; is located in the cliff-side of the upper Paro valley, in Bhutan. Paro Taktsang is the better known for its thirteen taktsang or "tiger lair" caves in which Guru Padmashambhava meditated. Legend says Guru Padmashambhava had flown to this place on the back of tigress. The place was blessed to tame the Tiger Demon. Padmasambhava is credited with introducing Buddhism to Bhutan. Thus getting the word Tiger’s Nest!!

Do you know Saino was made four times? First, it was a Nepali movie in Bengali, followed by Hindi, and finally, the serial Ajnabhi.  It was named Bandhu in Bengali, and if everyone gets a chance upon the Bengali audio cassette, get a hold of the song  Amai Ley Bhanthey  in Bengali.  I still recall when I first saw Saino at Vajra Hall. I was upset with my stomach but was not ready to miss any of those scenes.  The film was simply dominated by the presence of Danny Denzongpa, ala Aamir Khan in Ghajini. I find it strange Danny too shares a similarity with Aamir Khan, we all know Aamir is very selective about his movies and does one or two films in a year but this trend was started by Danny Denzongpa way back.  No one denies Danny's talent, but very few know he is a great singer and has sung with legends like Asha Bhonsle, Kishore Kumar, and Rafi. He is a good writer. Did you know he even directed a Hindi movie that had Rajesh Khanna as the lead?  Well, co...