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

GANGTOK, May 12: Prashant Rasaily, the first runner up of the television reality show “Gateway to Hollywood” was felicitated in glittering function held at Nepali Sahitya Parishad Bhawan here today. The ceremony was organized by the Sikkim Filmmakers and Artist Society for his landmark achievement in the show. Shyam Pradhan, a film maker based in Sikkim and Chandra Prakash Ghimirey, a cinematographer also from Sikkim chaired the occasion as the chief guest and guest of honour respectively. Prashant was felicitated with a citation, shawl and a memento. Expressing his gratitude towards the Association, Prashant said he was touched with the gesture and the support that he received from the people of Sikkim. The young director said that there are very talented youths in Sikkim who are in desperate need for proper guidance and mentoring, especially in the area of filmmaking. He further expressed his desire to make a film on Sikkim for which he sought the support of the people. In his addres...

GANGTOK, May 11: Sikkim’s Prashant Rasaily lost the ticket to Hollywood by a whisker. The extremely talented young filmmaker was beaten in the finals of Gateway, a reality show aired on the Sony Pix television channel, by Bejoy Nambiar from Mumbai. The final episode, which was aired today, had its tense moments when films of both the finalists were scrutinised by the jury. While most of the jury members liked Prashant’s filmmaking techniques, especially his camera work and editing, Bejoy ultimately won the title on the basis of his strong script. ‘Gateway,’ conceptualised by Hollywood producer Ashok Amritraj, featured 18 contestants from all across India who competed intensively over several weeks to get a chance to direct a Hollywood film produced by Amritraj’...