# Dinesh Raut

Dinesh Raut (born 1975) is a Nepali film writer, director, producer and songwriter, He is known for I Am Sorry, November Rain, Classic, Parva, Prasad, and Prakash . Raut is the recipient of several awards, including National Film Awards and many other awards.

## Career

Raut started his career at the age of 14 as a Theater Artist and later he worked as an assistant director in movie “Mero Euta Sathi Cha” before moving into directing. He made his directorial debut with “I am Sorry” (2012). His biggest success to date is November Rain, starring Aaryan Sigdel and Namrata Shrestha from which he received Box Office movies award 2015 Best film director award and CG DCine award 2015 in Best film Director. Raut's Classic (2016) also became a big success at the box office and won the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) Film Director Award. Also received the Jury award for movie Classic at International Nepalese Artist Society (INAS) Award, 2016. Raut's recent release was “Parva” (2017) starring Koshish Chettri, Namrata Shrestha which also became a huge success in thriller genre. He has also won Nepal Rural Film Festival (NERUFF) - 2023 Jury award for movie “Prakash”, Spiny Babaaler International Film Festival (SBIFF) - 2023 Best director feature film from movie “Prakash” also won Pim Nepal Film Festival - 2022 Best director award for movie “Prakash”. He has written lyrics for his own movies like all songs for November Rain, Kale Dai from Parva, Hare Hare from Classic as well as provided the lyrics for many other movies like Bir Bikram, Happy Days and so on.

## Filmography

| Year | Film | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Notes | Ref(s) |
| Year | Film | Director | Producer | Lyricist | Notes | Ref(s) |
| 2009 | Mero Euta Sathi Chha | Chief AD | No | No | | |
| 2012 | I Am Sorry | Yes | No | No | | |
| 2014 | November Rain | Yes | No | Yes | | |
| 2014 | Naaike | No | No | Yes | | |
| 2016 | Classic | Yes | No | Yes | | |
| 2016 | Bir Bikram | No | No | Yes | | |
| 2017 | Parva | Yes | No | Yes | | |
| 2018 | Happy Days | No | No | Yes | | |
| 2018 | Romeo & Muna | No | No | Yes | | |
| 2018 | Prasad | Yes | No | No | | |
| 2019 | Garud Puran | No | No | Yes | | |
| 2020 | Selfie King | No | Yes | No | | |
| 2022 | Prakash | Yes | No | No | | |
| 2024 | Pujar Sarki | Yes | No | Yes | | |
| 2025 | Mahabhoj | Yes | No | Yes | |

## Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations :
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2014 | Dcine Award | Best Director | November Rain (2014 film) | Won |
| 2016 | NFDC National Film Awards | Best Director | Classic (film) | Won |
| 2018 | Kamana Film Awards | Best Director | Prasad | Won |
| 2016 | INAS Award | Jury Award | Classic (film) | Won |
| 2016 | Box Office Award | Best Director | November Rain (2014 film) | Won |
| 2022 | Nawoda international film festival | Best feature film | Prakash | Won |
| 2022 | National Film Award | Best Director | Prakash | Won |
| 2023 | Spiny Babaalar International film Festival | Best Director | Prakash | Won |
| 2023 | Nepal Rural Film Festival | Jury award | Prakash | Won |
| 2022 | pim Nepal Film Festival | Best Director | Prakash | Won |