married to one of three former King Gyanendra Shah's sisters, Princess Sharada Shah. Both his brother and sister-in-law were killed in the infamous Royal Massacre of 2001. His other brother is Lalit Bikram Shah. Politics Shah is also affiliated with the Nepali Congress. Earlier, close to CPN (Maoist Centre), he became close to the Nepali Congress after he was appointed as director of Nepal Television during the period of Bimalendra Nidhi as communication minister. Awards Chinnalata Geet Puraskar (2011). References External links Nepalese film directors Nepalese songwriters Nepalese screenwriters Living people 20th-century Nepalese male actors 21st-century Nepalese male actors 1967 births Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu Actors from Kathmandu 21st-century Nepalese screenwriters 20th-century Nepalese screenwriters 20th-century Nepalese nobility 21st-century Nepalese nobility 20th-century Nepalese film directors Nepali Congress politicians from Bagmati Province