Nikhil Upreti or Nikhil Uprety is a Nepali actor. His first film was Pinjada, released in 2000, in which he jumped off a seven storied building of Manipal Hospital.[1][2] Nikhil is one of the four children, two girls and two boys, of Govinda Upreti and Bhoj Kumari Upreti.
He has worked in more than 110 films, won Best Actor in National Films Award for Hami Tin Bhai. He was awarded with Rastriya Nagarik Swarna Samman in 2006.[1][2] Nikhil is well known for doing his own stunts. He has been loved and appreciated by many nepali movie audiences ever since the release of his first movie. Some of his hit movies are Pinjada, Nikhil dai, Hami Tin Bhai, dhadkan, Bhairav and Lootera.
After years in Mumbai (Home of Bollywood), he was scheduled to direct and act in a Hindi movie called Commitment.[3] He made a comeback to Nepali Film Industry with 'Bhairav' in 2015, which was a commercial hit.
