Gyanendra Deuja

Gyanendra Deuja (born 5 May 1967) (Nepali: ज्ञानेन्द्र देउजा) is a retired officer of Nepal Rastra Bank - the central bank of Nepal and a Nepali film Producer, Director and Screenwriter. He directed his first movie, Rakshak, in 1997. It contained the first instance of an underwater action sequence ever shot in a Nepali movie. He then started adding a novelty to each of his movies. One of his notable movies is Muna Madan (Nepali: मुनामदन) based on the long poem of the same name by Laxmi Prasad Devkota. This movie was Nepal's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2004 Oscars. As of June 2025, he is preparing to start shooting his next film Jhingedaau - 2, which is a to his 2022 release jhingedaau. While jhingedaau was based on a timeless one act play of Bhim Nidhi Tiwari; Jhingedaau 2 is his own take on continuance of the open ended story.